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Lesson
The project encountered considerable delays and significant cost escalations in the design and tendering of the remote water transport infrastructure restoration component as a consequence of the switch from restoring existing structures to building new structures and introducing equitable distribution of project structures among maritime provinces. Future projects should examine the relevance, design, and cost implications and determine the project scope and design resource needs, avoiding the need for scope changes.

Project Number: 34121-013
Project Name: Community Water Transport Project
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While the issue of delays to project mobilization were recognized in the lessons learned at appraisal, the project failed to ensure such delays did not occur. Future projects need to plan for timely advance procurement of consultants and ensure advance commitment to institutional and financing arrangements prior to loan approval. Where trust funds are part of project design, institutional and operating rules need to be agreed and trust deeds formulated and agreed, if not formally signed prior to loan approval. Advance appointment of fund managers should be considered.

Project Number: 34121-013
Project Name: Community Water Transport Project
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Lesson
The project demonstrated that subsidized community water transport services can be viable delivery mechanism that can provide improved access for marginalized and remote maritime and river-based communities so they can access health, education, and other government services.

Project Number: 34121-013
Project Name: Community Water Transport Project
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Due to inappropriate selection of the contractors, a significant delay in the completion of the contracts was caused by (i) weak planning; (ii) weak project management capacity; (iii) poor performance of the contractors; and (iv) inadequate participation of the lead partner, particularly the joint venture contractor, who was awarded three contract packages. Three out of five civil works contracts were ultimately terminated after a considerable delay. The criteria for the qualification of the contractor under a joint venture and for the award of multiple contracts should be strengthened.

Project Number: 31435-013
Project Name: Western Transport Corridor Project
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Lesson
The National Highways Authority of India undertook several measures towards achieving project readiness such as (i) project preparation using its own funds; (ii) deployment of a project team at its headquarters and field office during the initial stage to supervise project preparation and undertake procurement activities and pre-construction activities; and (iii) advance action on civil works procurement, recruitment of construction supervision consultants, and pre-construction activities such as shifting of utilities, cutting of trees, and land acquisition.

Project Number: 31435-013
Project Name: Western Transport Corridor Project
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Lesson
The success of the project can be attributed to a combination of solid government ownership and strategic vision; the long-term partnership between the government, ADB, and a number of development partners; the high level of advocacy of civil society groups; and a series of well-targeted technical assistance projects that bridged existing knowledge gaps.

Project Number: 26522-023
Project Name: Southern Transport Development Project
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Lesson
Recruitment of supervision consultants and major civil works contractor was delayed by the Roads and Highways Department. This delay was further aggravated by problems with land acquisition and tree removals. In recent ADB-assisted projects in Bangladesh, advance work for land acquisition, tree removal and resettlement commenced before selection of civil works contractors.

Project Number: 34415-013
Project Name: Road Network Improvement and Maintenance Project II
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Lesson
The growing evidence that community-driven development approaches deliver investments that greatly impact beneficiaries in a cost-effective manner is presumably applicable to situations where it is feasible and economical for beneficiaries to observe project activities.

Project Number: 40247-013
Project Name: Rural Infrastructure Support to the PNPM Mandiri Project
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Implementing a project with a large number of road subprojects together, with a capacity building component, would strain implementing agency staff resources and divide their attention among components. The capacity building component should have preceded the loan through a technical assistance grant.

Project Number: 36320-013
Project Name: Rural Roads Sector I Project
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Lesson
Need for further improvement of the executing agency's project management capacity. Inadequate knowledge on the part of Ministry of Transport and Communications and Committee for Roads relating to safeguards and procurement, and a lack of staff with appropriate expertise were major factors affecting smooth project implementation, and ultimately resulted in stakeholder complaints.

Project Number: 41121-023
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Zhambyl Oblast Section) Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Need for clear identification of the role of the project management consultant. The expected role of the project management consultant for the investment program was unclear in the beginning, and the original terms of reference did not properly define the tasks and deliverables of each expert, which resulted in considerable refinements to the terms of reference during implementation. The roles and responsibilities should have been properly defined during project preparation.

Project Number: 41121-023
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Zhambyl Oblast Section) Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Need for realistic cost estimates. During implementation it was realized that costs for civil works and consulting services had been overestimated, and that contingencies were excessive, which resulted in cancellation of 33.8% of the loan proceeds. Furthermore, various changes in scopes and designs were required to accommodate the geological conditions and needs of local populations, which had not been identified at design stage.

Project Number: 41121-023
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Zhambyl Oblast Section) Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Lesson
The project cost is within the approved cost estimate, which can be attributed to accurate preliminary and detailed designs. Contingencies envisaged at appraisal sufficiently covered all routine variations. The Sichuan Provincial Transport Department and Sichuan Dashaan Expressway Company Limited started preliminary and detailed designs during the project processing stage, and results of both designs were incorporated in the project design, contract packaging, and preparation of the procurement plan.

Project Number: 37490-013
Project Name: Eastern Sichuan Roads Development Project
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Subproject packaging and procurement. During procurement for civil works packages, the response to bid was low. Some packages received no response, even after the 7th call. Repackaging and rebidding for such contract packages slowed down the procurement process. In the meantime, the ADB procurement review revealed that a number of contractors had been awarded more than one contract and that most of them submitted bids for multiple contracts within a district.

Project Number: 37066-053
Project Name: Rural Roads Sector II Investment Program - Project 4
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Although the final cost of the project was much higher than the appraisal estimate, the increase was largely due to the unrealistic cost estimate at the feasibility study stage, which is evident even when other factors, such as price increase of construction materials, modification to the original design, and the addition of facilities, are considered. The completion review noted that many cost items in the original estimate were based on outdated cost quotas that were far below market prices.

Project Number: 36433-013
Project Name: Taiyuan-Zhongwei Railway Project
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