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Project Number: 30500-013
Project Name: Amu Zang Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
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Need to undertake prior and proper due diligence on the technical and resource capabilities and commitment ofpartner institutions. This would determine their suitability when ascertaining the risks and sustainability of their involvement.

Project Number: 40046-013
Project Name: Khatlon Province Flood Risk Management Project
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Ensure that all requirements for project implementation should be in place early on and, hence, immediate steps can be taken to avoid delays in future projects, which was the key issue during the first 2 years of project implementation.

Project Number: 35183-013
Project Name: Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction Project
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The agriculture science and technology adopted an expanded project structure involving over 25 project implementing units. It procured goods and services at the local level to overcome the challenge of implementing the innovative features in the existing public procurement system. A lesson from this project shows that while a high number of implementing units is generally discouraged in ADB project design, it may have been a success factor in this particular project.

Project Number: 36304-013
Project Name: Agriculture Science and Technology Project
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The project benefited from involving women in the planning process of infrastructure projects. There was strong community ownership; the structures targeted community needs; and in many cases women led the operation and maintenance of structures. This contributes strongly to the investment's long-term sustainability.

Project Number: 37530-013
Project Name: Rural Development Project
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Some payment delays occurred as a result of mistakes in withdrawal applications because of the complexities of cost sharing between the Global Environment Facility and Asian Development Fund grants. Simplified consistent arrangements should have been established.

Project Number: 37530-013
Project Name: Rural Development Project
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The project had too many DMF (design and monitoring framework) indicators, some of which were poorly defined and hence not properly measured, set too high for the activities to achieve, without clearly defined targets. Component 3 could only pilot technologies within the implementation period, hence the large-scale raion impacts could only be achieved many years after adoption. Project management did not have the capacity to prioritize the DMF indicators.

Project Number: 37530-013
Project Name: Rural Development Project
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The large number of civil works contracts was an administrative burden on both the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and ADB. Given the similarity of some rural infrastructure subprojects (e.g., the village potable water supply schemes), it should have been possible to group subprojects into fewer contracts to be more manageable, allowing MOA to focus more on implementing the other components more directly related to enhancing agricultural performance.

Project Number: 37530-013
Project Name: Rural Development Project
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At appraisal and during implementation, establishing demand-driven agricultural advisory centers and MIUs (market intelligence units) that were autonomous from government was seen as an essential project component. There was a desire for the organizations to be on a secure financial footing with farmers contracted to pay for advice they received. However, the transfer of project vehicles and equipment procured for them to government agencies, including MOA (Ministry of Agriculture), risks the centers' sustainability.

Project Number: 37530-013
Project Name: Rural Development Project
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The project showed commendable flexibility in implementing new activities (e.g., establishing veterinary centers) in response to beneficiary needs. As a result, the project has strong community support and ownership (e.g., infrastructure, veterinary centers, PUSs [pasture user societies]). This should ensure sustainability.

Project Number: 37530-013
Project Name: Rural Development Project
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Implementation of the credit line would have been more successful if (i) financial and integrity due diligence was conducted of financial intermediary and microfinance institutions at appraisal, and (ii) necessary project and subsidiary loan agreements were signed. Having signed agreements between MOF (Ministry of Finance), microfinance institutions, and ADB may have prevented MOF relinquishing its role as financial intermediary after project approval.

Project Number: 37530-013
Project Name: Rural Development Project
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Effective implementation is strongly linked to the quality of project management. Implementation suffered from poor leadership and a lack of focus on activities and outcomes by the first two project directors. This was reflected in the non-compliance with ADB's Guidelines on the use of Consultants and Procurement Guidelines, and the non-implementation of ADB- approved activity changes. These resulted in delays and reductions in project scope.

Project Number: 37530-013
Project Name: Rural Development Project
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Coordination with like-minded donors and other stakeholders on a regular basis helps in improving project implementation, harmonizing approaches, eliminating duplication, creating synergies, and resolving implementation issues.

Project Number: 34306-013
Project Name: Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project
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Intersectionality is an important element to be addressed in projects promoting women's empowerment and gender equality. Women are a heterogeneous group and their diversity based on caste, ethnicity, religion, region, and language are critical factors contributing to their abilities to benefit from and contribute to the overall project implementation.

Project Number: 34306-013
Project Name: Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project
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In order to reduce the gap in overall human development and gender equity indexes, the targeted interventions on women's empowerment are still highly relevant in Nepal. VDC (village development committee) clustering in the project area based on geographic contiguity and similarity should be considered when selecting project sites in remote areas. Doing so can improve staff mobility, service delivery, monitoring, and supervision.

Project Number: 34306-013
Project Name: Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project
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