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Lesson
Project cost estimates need to factor in all duties and taxes, not only on machinery and equipment but also on service providers. Assessments of banking rules and the government's budget implementation process are also needed.

Project Number: 42001-013
Project Name: Philippine Energy Efficiency Project
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Projects implemented in a period when a change in government is foreseeable will undergo reevaluation and review by the new administration. If the core PMU (project management unit) team has a strong foundation and capacity to implement the project, and is seen to be politically impartial, the risk of changes to leadership and possibly even decisions can be mitigated. To have an efficient PMU, project monitoring needs to be programmed and reviewed regularly during implementation to ensure that the executing agency has sufficient staff and counterpart budget.

Project Number: 42001-013
Project Name: Philippine Energy Efficiency Project
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Stakeholder analysis and detailed consultation are very important for pioneering projects like this one. Ownership by stakeholders is at risk if project implementation requirements are insufficiently analyzed, and if the institutional environment and human resource capacity is inadequate. This was the first ADB loan to be implemented by DOE (Department of Energy), and it became apparent early on that it was not familiar with ADB procedures, especially on procurement matters and engagement of consultants, which led to project delays.

Project Number: 42001-013
Project Name: Philippine Energy Efficiency Project
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Need for market-based remuneration. The government's cost norm is too low and not competitive. Because of this, recruiting experienced senior national consultants (with the exception of retired government employees) remains a challenge. Training allowances are also too low. This also applies to its training allowances, which discourages participation by staff who must travel from where they live and work to take part. Future projects should include a clause that allows remuneration for consultants and allowances for staff training to be market-based.

Project Number: 34348-013
Project Name: Preventive Health System Support Project
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Phased approach. Implementing the project across almost four dozen provinces and such a wide geographical area led to challenges both in providing laboratory equipment in a timely manner and in ensuring that training was provided in the use of this equipment. A phased approach prioritizing provinces with stronger technical capacities would ensure a closer link between the provision of equipment and training thus increase efficiency.

Project Number: 34348-013
Project Name: Preventive Health System Support Project
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Consideration of local government fiscal capacity. The project originally required participating provinces to provide funds to upgrade the PPMCs (provincial preventive medicine centers), including their laboratories. While local government commitment to preventive health care is significant in Viet Nam, the fiscal situation of some provinces does not allow investments of the scale that was needed. ADB needs to carefully consider the local costs of such infrastructure projects and the fiscal ability of local governments to meet them before committing to an investment.

Project Number: 34348-013
Project Name: Preventive Health System Support Project
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The speed with which VLF (village livelihood fund) loans were absorbed shows that there is a strong unmet demand for credit among livestock producers. Access to finance is a constraint to further expansion of livestock production. Increases in loan ceilings and tenure terms are needed to meet the needs of commercial producers.

Project Number: 35297-013
Project Name: Northern Region Sustainable Livelihoods Through Livestock Development Project
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One of the major lessons from implementing the project is the importance of obtaining land and forestry permits, acquiring land, and obtaining ROWs (right of ways) for transmission lines at the right time. ADB and PLN (Perusahaan Listrik Negara, or State Electricity Company) have different strategies on the timing of obtaining ROW: PLN's practice is to obtain ROW after transmission towers are erected, while ADB's policy is to obtain ROW before the erection of transmission towers.

Project Number: 35139-013
Project Name: Power Transmission Improvement Sector Project
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Project design. The holistic flood risk management approach that combines physical, non-physical, and legal measures (as distinct from previous reactive infrastructure-oriented flood control measures) was quite effective in helping people address flood risks. Second, the specially designed spurs have been effective in stimulating sedimentation, with natural vegetation, inside the river channel, which could augment rehabilitated embankments for effective flood protection, and would reduce O&M (operation and maintenance) requirement.

Project Number: 40046-013
Project Name: Khatlon Province Flood Risk Management Project
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Implementation arrangements. While foreign contractors were not attracted to the ICB (international competitive bidding) packages because of the location and limited time available to complete the rehabilitation works, national contractors were able to undertake civil work with a contract value of $1.5 million. Second, there was a high project administration burden associated with the large number of civil works contracts (there were 28 civil works contracts awarded through either NCB [national competitive bidding] or ICB, with an average contract amount of $0.7 million).

Project Number: 40046-013
Project Name: Khatlon Province Flood Risk Management Project
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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 37596-013
Project Name: Guangxi Nanning Urban Environmental Upgrading Project
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