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Lesson
The project cost overrun is another major lesson learnt. Regardless of common factors, such as Chinese yuan appreciation and raise of labor and material prices, inadequate project preparation and insufficient engineering design contributed directly to the project cost increase because they resulted in costs underestimate at appraisal and frequent contract variations during implementation.

Project Number: 37597-013
Project Name: Wuhan Wastewater and Stormwater Management Project
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Lesson
The lessons from delayed construction of the Huangpu Road WWTP showed necessity of securing domestic approval in advance, prior to the loan effectiveness. If flooding control permission had been approved earlier, construction of the plant could have been completed on schedule and thus the overall project output could have been delivered completely. The lessons learned from procuring the design, supply, and installation contract for the Huangpu Road WWTP were meaningful for improving procurement efficiency in similar projects and contracts.

Project Number: 37597-013
Project Name: Wuhan Wastewater and Stormwater Management Project
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Lesson
The project experienced significant delay in implementation and in delivering the project outputs. This was mainly caused by the construction delay of the Huangpu Road WWTP, which was completed in August 2015, 1.5 years after the loan closing.

Project Number: 37597-013
Project Name: Wuhan Wastewater and Stormwater Management Project
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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 41149-013
Project Name: Private Sector Development Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 41122-013
Project Name: Road Corridor Investment Program–Tranche 2
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No new lessons

Project Number: 36343-013
Project Name: Rural Cooperative Credit Restructuring and Development Program
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Lesson
Indicators should have been added in the design and monitoring framework to measure the level of investor confidence.

Project Number: 36197-013
Project Name: Improvement of Capital Market and Insurance Governance Project
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Lesson
Some form of incentive may be necessary to attract staff to project management units and new units or sections within executing agencies specifically established for project activities.

Project Number: 37056-013
Project Name: Chhattisgarh Irrigation Development Project
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Lesson
Project preparation should consider the capacity of local civil works contractors and ensure that eligibility criteria for bidding are not so prescriptive that they preclude participation by all but large contractors who may not be interested in smaller-scale works.

Project Number: 37056-013
Project Name: Chhattisgarh Irrigation Development Project
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Lesson
Where principles and approaches proposed under a project are innovative in the context of the prevailing institutional framework, capacity building of implementing agencies should be undertaken in advance to ensure ownership of those principles and the capacity to implement projects dependent upon them. Effective ADB supervision can help to overcome limitations in implementing institutions' capacity.

Project Number: 37056-013
Project Name: Chhattisgarh Irrigation Development Project
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Lesson
Operation and Maintenance (O&M). In Nanjing, management responsibilities for O&M of river systems, drainage systems, WWTPs (wastewater treatment plants), and sewerage systems were fragmented between Nanjing Qinhuai River Construction Company and Nanjing Municipal Water Company (under NCIC or Nanjing Urban Construction Investment Holding [Group] Company Limited), NDMD or Nanjing Drainage Management Department (under NMUMB or Nanjing Municipal Urban Management Bureau), water resources bureaus, and the district governments. This resulted in considerable confusion and inefficiency.

Project Number: 37603-013
Project Name: Nanjing Qinhuai River Environmental Improvement Project
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Lesson
Wastewater Tariff Revision. NMG (Nanjing Municipal Government) should continue to regularly review the tariff level, monitor and ensure that the wastewater tariffs are capable of meeting full cost recovery, covering the O&M (operations and maintenance) costs, interest, depreciation, debt repayment, and a reasonable profit margin.

Project Number: 37603-013
Project Name: Nanjing Qinhuai River Environmental Improvement Project
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Flexibility in Project Design. Changes in the design of the project during implementation should be considered in order to achieve a better outcome. For instance, the cancellation of the Jiangxinzhou WWTP (wastewater treatment plant), because of the introduction of new technology to use the sludge to co-incinerate at a power plant, has provided a cleaner form of power generation and is good practice for recycling waste.

Project Number: 37603-013
Project Name: Nanjing Qinhuai River Environmental Improvement Project
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Loan Reallocation. To optimize the utilization of the loan, cost savings identified during implementation can be reallocated to other components during the midterm and final reviews. Under the project, NMG (Nanjing Municipal Government) was able to reallocate the proceeds from the cancellation of component E to the other components, resulting in optimum utilization of loan proceeds.

Project Number: 37603-013
Project Name: Nanjing Qinhuai River Environmental Improvement Project
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Implementation Arrangements. The project management office serves a critical coordinating function in executing projects that involve several implementing agencies. The NPMO's (Nanjing project management office's) strong leadership and good communication skills proved to be crucial for the efficient implementation of the project. In addition, the establishment of databases and monitoring mechanisms by each implementing agency during the early stages of the project was very useful. Assurance of a good partnership among implementing and oversight agencies is essential.

Project Number: 37603-013
Project Name: Nanjing Qinhuai River Environmental Improvement Project
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