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Performance of the contractors. During implementation, significant delays in mobilization and completion of contracts were caused by weak capacity and poor performance of some contractors. For future projects, the criteria for qualification of contractors and for the award of multiple contracts should be strengthened. The contractual provisions related to contractor performance, such as mobilization, staffing, and deployment of equipment and funds, need to be strengthened so that poor performance by contractors is discouraged.

Project Number: 34420-023
Project Name: National Highway Corridor (Sector) I Project
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Underestimation of costs. The project encountered a significant cost overrun due to underestimation of costs at the time of processing of the original loan. To enable quality completion of the project, ADB approved a supplementary loan and the government provided additional counterpart funds.

Project Number: 34420-023
Project Name: National Highway Corridor (Sector) I 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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Multiple and interrelated women's issues are best addressed through integrated approaches for creating better synergy.

Project Number: 34306-013
Project Name: Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project
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For projects with a canal rehabilitation component, a component to integrate bank protection and maintenance with community involvement can support sustainability.

Project Number: 29466-023
Project Name: Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project
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Secondary displacement due to land acquisition and resettlement always needs to be included in resettlement plans.

Project Number: 29466-023
Project Name: Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project
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Access to transport facilities at resettlement sites is key to protect the livelihoods of resettled people, especially women and the differently-abled. It is necessary to protect sites from which people are relocated, from squatting.

Project Number: 29466-023
Project Name: Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project
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Use of innovative practices like electronic measurement books and advanced technologies like trenchless technology for pipe laying can help improve implementation efficiency.

Project Number: 29466-023
Project Name: Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project
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Project timelines need to take into account implementation complexity, the experience of the executing agency, consultants and contractors, and the available working seasons.

Project Number: 29466-023
Project Name: Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project
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Fully staffed PMUs (project management units) and complete involvement of the executing agencies from the outset are necessary to create ownership and commitment.

Project Number: 29466-023
Project Name: Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project
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The project may be able to secure the involvement of larger processors and traders by making large financial contributions to their business plans, as smaller contributions are not helpful.

Project Number: 34308-022
Project Name: Commercial Agriculture Development Project
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Women and disadvantaged groups often do not have enough time to participate fully in project implementation and capacity development activities and thus benefit from the project. Designing the project to include targeted interventions such as intense mobilization, training, and the facilitation of access to finance, extension services, and inputs optimizes the possibility of visible improvements to their livelihoods.

Project Number: 34308-022
Project Name: Commercial Agriculture Development Project
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Enterprises operated by farmer groups, especially those composed of women, the poor, and disadvantaged people, should be provided with refresher skills training, access to finance, follow-up services, and ways to maintain market links to sustain operations and benefits. The provision of land lease financing serves as a good way to reach poor and landless families by helping them access productive resources and benefit from commercial agriculture.

Project Number: 34308-022
Project Name: Commercial Agriculture Development Project
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