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Lesson
The overall financial strength and institutional capability of the sector are important to ensure the successful implementation of large infrastructure projects which require a significant amount of counterpart financing. The ADB loan contributed 21% of the cost of the ZPSHPP and 15% of the total project cost; the remaining financing was mobilized from domestic banks, shareholder financing, and local government financing.

Project Number: 28212-013
Project Name: Hebei Zhanghewan Pumped Storage Project
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A strong technical and economic rationale for the project ensures its success even if the institutional arrangements for its implementation change. Significant changes to the power sector in Hebei Province and to the implementation arrangements of the Zhanghewan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant (ZPSHPP) did not affect implementation of the ZPSHPP, as it had strong technical and economic relevance to the needs of the Hebei power system.

Project Number: 28212-013
Project Name: Hebei Zhanghewan Pumped Storage Project
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Lesson
The government should also be forewarned of the need to develop and install a support system to sustain the water management cooperative associations given their vulnerability to scheming and divisive tactics from various self-serving groups.

Project Number: 30209-013
Project Name: Second Small-Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project
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Lesson
Implementation delays could not have ensued and loan extension could have been negated if the following were undertaken early on during project preparation or implementation: (i) identification and deployment of qualified personnel, (ii) conscientious study of the manpower requirements of the Integrated Water Resources Management Unitwith the view of stemming employee turnover and sustaining staff interest and commitment to work, (iii) careful selection of partner NGOs, and (iv) thorough needs assessment of subprojects.

Project Number: 30209-013
Project Name: Second Small-Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project
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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 39652-033
Project Name: Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program – Dagushan Hydropower Project
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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 34390-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Transmission Project
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Project Management. Strong government ownership was critical to the successful implementation of the project. Creative and practical implementation arrangements ensured the investment program was soundly managed. Under the multitranche financing facility, a distinctive financial intermediary modality was adopted, and a third party was selected to conduct energy savings measurement and verification for each subproject.

Project Number: 39653-033
Project Name: Guangdong Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 2
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Institutional arrangements. The project management office serves a critical coordinating function in executing urban development projects that involve implementing agencies from several sectors. A project management office with strong leadership, experience with ADB procedures, and good communication skills is desirable. The establishment of databases and monitoring mechanisms by each implementing agency early in the project is important.

Project Number: 37596-013
Project Name: Guangxi Nanning Urban Environmental Upgrading Project
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Water reuse. Water reuse was included in the project design, which contributed to water conservation and efficiency. For commercial use of reclaimed water, identification of suitable industrial users is critical. Lingqing and Gaotang municipal wastewater management subprojects identified two existing paper mills close to the wastewater treatment plants as potential users at appraisal, and started providing treated wastewater upon operation of wastewater treatment plants to generate revenues.

Project Number: 36505-013
Project Name: Shandong Hai River Basin Pollution Control Project
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Lesson
It is easy to overestimate the capacity needed to implement a project that is largely undertaking pilot activities and which also involves significant reforms. At all levels of involvement - executing agency, service providers, contractors, farmers' water user community members - capacity constraints affected project performance. In these circumstances, the project design was both overambitious (e.g., by not focusing on fewer subprojects from the outset) and not rigorous enough (in its analysis of the risks and assumptions inherent in many operations).

Project Number: 34379-013
Project Name: Northwest Irrigation Sector Project
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Lesson
Understand that project implementation will require significant ADB staff resources, and allocate resources for additional support to bolster areas where project implementation was previously weak.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Despite the urgency of government requests for additional financing, conduct a thorough due diligence on all government entities involved and ensure that the available resources fit the scope of the project.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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At appraisal, all parts of previous project arrangements should be thoroughly reviewed to identify the real causes of past project implementation issues. For key past problems, new solutions should be sought, rather than trying to modify past arrangements.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Do not reengage in a sector with poor past performance until the government demonstrates its commitment and ownership by creating an enabling environment for delivery of sustainable outputs.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Lesson
Key lessons from previous projects incorporated in and validated by this project included: (i) area-based multi-sector community development projects need to be simple to be effective; (ii) institutions with built-in capacity should be used; (iii) a flexible, demand-driven approach to community development should be followed; (iv) civil works and effective social mobilization should be balanced; and (v) the focus should be on service delivery, rather than on policy reforms involving structural changes that are beyond the scope of an area-based development project.

Project Number: 37188-013
Project Name: Sindh Coastal Community Development Project
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