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Project Number: 40909-014
Project Name: Equity Investment in Bank of Hangzhou
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While it provides the benefit of flexibility (i.e., deferring subprograms wherein the program design cannot be fully defined at appraisal), care must be taken to maximize the achievement of critical objectives even if ongoing subprograms are canceled.

Project Number: 37752-013
Project Name: Power Sector Development Program
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The project-commissioned monitoring inadequately reported the actual implementation issues at field level. Third party monitoring on an annual basis would improve project performance. The reporting could be in the form of back-to-office notes that outline issues in need of attention and make recommendations.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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The government needed to review and include interim milestone dates in the contract documents to ensure timely work completion and avoid extensions. The government also needed to institutionalize a safeguard system within the organizational framework of the project, particularly during implementation, for effective monitoring and supervision of and timely compliance with safeguard covenants.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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There were some difficulties in contract administration between the DOC and UNCTAD. Although the contract for the ASYCUDA was signed between DOR and UNCTAD, DOC was the main agency to supervise UNCTAD’s work. DOC felt that it was less effective in the UNCTAD contract implementation because it was not a party to the contract. Contract provisions should have clearly stated the role, responsibilities, and implementation arrangements of DOC.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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The practice of international joint venture partners not actively participating in the implementation of the contracts awarded was observed during project implementation. To ensure involvement of all joint venture partners in contract administration, it would be necessary for each partner to issue a guarantee against the collateral for their individual and joint liability. Issuance of individual and joint liability along with a performance bond would ensure liability for the work among all joint venture partners.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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Project Number: 35337-013
Project Name: Guangxi Roads Development II Project
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One significant additional lesson is the importance of monitoring the results of reform programs even after the financial closure of the program, ensuring that the government and its various implementing agencies develop a strong sense of ownership for the reform initiatives. As pointed out in para. 19, these types of SME reform measures would usually take much longer time to achieve real outcomes on the ground.

Project Number: 34344 -013, 38335-013
Project Name: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development Program Cluster (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Project Number: 33459-013
Project Name: Xi’an Urban Transport Project
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Project Number: 33443-013
Project Name: Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Wastes Project
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Project Number: 33314-013
Project Name: Federated States of Micronesia: Private Sector Development Program
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Project Number: 30308-013
Project Name: Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program
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The devolution of project administration responsibilities to the resident mission during the project helped facilitate close working relationships between ADB staff and key officials. The experience Electricite? du Cambodge (EDC) gained in this project and the relationships that have developed between the resident mission and counterparts should greatly benefit any future project.

Project Number: 34390-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Transmission Project
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There were implementation delays in the initial period, especially in achieving loan effectiveness, recruiting implementation consultants, and awarding civil works contracts. These delays occurred even though advance procurement action had been approved. The formation of a new government following loan approval was a major factor in this respect, as was the time taken for a new executing agency to climb the learning curve on use of ADB procurement procedures.

Project Number: 34390-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Transmission Project
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Both support facilities were critical to the crisis response of Bangladesh as no other development partners provided any crisis-related assistance or program support during the program period. However, the pricing (interest spread of 200 basis points above the London Interbank Offered Rate or LIBOR) and maturity (5 years) of the CSF loan makes it is less suitable for a poorer country like Bangladesh.

Project Number: 43157-013
Project Name: Public Expenditure Support Facility Program and Countercyclical Support Facility Support Program
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