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Lesson
The financial intermediary loan modality was adopted, and the loan proceeds were relent to support implementation of more energy saving and emission reduction projects. Separate evaluations of technical feasibility of the subprojects and the financial viability of the candidate subborrowers were conducted by the efficiency power plant project management office and Guangdong Finance Trust Company independently to ensure that the technical merits and financial status of each subproject were assessed.

Project Number: 39653-023
Project Name: MFF: Guangdong Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Implementation of infrastructure projects, even in large regions such as Madhya Pradesh, can be successful given (i) proper planning; (ii) effective project monitoring mechanisms; and (iii) the application of skilled, motivated and well-trained personnel. The knowledge and insights gained by Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company Limited in this regard can be disseminated to other executing agencies through appropriate forums. The advance procurement actions greatly helped in timely project execution, and should be adopted for future projects.

Project Number: 32298-023
Project Name: MFF - Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Compliance with social safeguards requirements associated with ADB assistance can be improved through (i) advance capacity development of project staff regarding ADB social safeguards policies, procedures, and requirements; (ii) deployment of resettlement experts by the executing agency and consultants throughout the loan period, as appropriate; (iii) engagement of an experienced non-government office to assist with implementation of resettlement activities; (iv) timely supervision, monitoring, evaluation and reporting on implementation of resettlement plans; (v) periodic social safeguards

Project Number: 32298-023
Project Name: MFF - Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Compliance with environmental requirements associated with ADB assistance can be improved through (i) systematic, ongoing efforts to develop awareness, and periodic capacity enhancement of project staff regarding ADB's environmental policy, procedures, and requirements; (ii) ensuring timely mobilization and the ongoing participation of environmental experts with the executing agency, consultants, and contractors, beginning during preparation and continuing until loan closure (as appropriate); (iii) systematic supervision, monitoring, data mapping and reporting mechanisms on implementat

Project Number: 32298-023
Project Name: MFF - Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Strengthen community-based irrigation and water resources management through water management associations. ISC collection and timely operation and maintenance (O&M) activities require improvement, through motivational drive to pay irrigation service charge and improved O&M planning and timely allocation of funds.

Project Number: 34038-013
Project Name: Jamuna-Meghna River Erosion Mitigation Project
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Improve disaster preparedness and risk management against flood hazards induced by riverbank erosion. A riverbank erosion prediction model was developed under the project, and is still in use by Bangladesh Water Development Board. Dissemination of information on predicted bank erosion from the model requires improvement.

Project Number: 34038-013
Project Name: Jamuna-Meghna River Erosion Mitigation Project
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Strengthen institutional capacity for adaptive and cost-effective design and implementation of riverbank erosion and management. The Bangladesh Water Development Board's (BWDB) institutional capacity has been strengthened for implementing cost-effective riverbank erosion mitigation. To this end, Guidelines for Riverbank Protection were developed under the project and approved by BWDB's management. This is treated as a knowledge product of ADB. The lesson from this has also been replicated regionally in a similar project funded by ADB in Assam, India.

Project Number: 34038-013
Project Name: Jamuna-Meghna River Erosion Mitigation Project
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Strong government ownership is critical to the successful construction of the project and important to facilitate effective implementation and delivery of development results in ADB-financed projects. The Dagushan Hydropower Company (DHC) was consistently proactive and took initiative in solving problems, including the provision of design documents, timely delivery of equipment, approach to dealing with issues, and other areas. DHC's initiative guaranteed appropriate procedures and timely action for key tasks.

Project Number: 39652-033
Project Name: Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program - Project 2: Dagushan Hydropower Project
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The calculation of the economic and financial internal rates of return at appraisal should be made in a manner that facilitates their re-evaluation at project completion.

Project Number: 34355-013
Project Name: Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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The project provided sufficient resources to implement gender-focused design features. The provision of adequate resources is critical to both successful design and effective implementation of the gender action plan. The project was an excellent example of how attention to gender equality through a comprehensive and well-targeted gender action plan can lead to practical and strategic gender equality results.

Project Number: 34355-013
Project Name: Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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Sanitation coverage indicators should be simplified by using nominal targets rather than ratios. Monitoring of coverage ratios requires that two independent parameters - physical outputs and population growth - be known. This is complicated by the continuing growth of the service areas under the control of the concerned utilities.

Project Number: 34355-013
Project Name: Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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The loan covenants required compliance with most financial covenants within a certain number of months from the loan effectiveness date. It would be better to link the achievement of such covenants to the delivery date of project assets instead of the loan effectiveness date.

Project Number: 34355-013
Project Name: Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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The recruitment of consultants by executing agencies remains time-consuming. This problem is not specific to the project, but common in all ADB-financed projects in Viet Nam. Delays in consultant recruitment result in delays of the entire associated project. In the future, advance actions and project readiness filters should be applied to minimize start-up delays.

Project Number: 34355-013
Project Name: Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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