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(ii) When gender and development issues are among the output targets, project management should be hiring a competent and experienced gender specialist on a long-term basis.

Project Number: 36224-013
Project Name: Second Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project
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(i) A proper project design includes not only conducting due diligence and risk assessments but also identifying risk mitigation measures;

Project Number: 36224-013
Project Name: Second Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project
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Ensure adequate monitoring of performance indicators throughout implementation, including baseline data and making adjustments where needed to reflect the actual scope of the project.

Project Number: 31351-013, 31351-014
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Smallholder Development Project
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Include sufficient support for project management during early project implementation

Project Number: 31351-013, 31351-014
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Smallholder Development Project
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Emphasizes the value of undertaking a comprehensive baseline study in the project management cycle and a not too complicated and ambitious project design.

Project Number: 37530-013
Project Name: Rural Development Project
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The recruitment of consultants took longer than expected. Again, the PCR did not indicate the reason for the delays although the complexity of the consultancy contract may have been partly responsible. Under the project, implementation consultants were to be hired under a single contract yet this was divided into two packages—one to be financed by AFD and the other by ADB. This is an unusual arrangement and assistance from ADB and AFD during the recruitment process may have helped facilitate and expedite the recruitment process.

Project Number: 33356-013, 33356-014
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Nam Ngum River Basin Development Sector Project
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The need for ADB to be proactive and to keep an open dialogue with the government to minimize any delay in loan effectiveness. The PCR did not identify the reason for the long delay, nor did it mention any attempt by ADB to resolve any difficulty that was causing the delay. The Lao PDR is not a new borrower from ADB and is, therefore, generally familiar with the requirements of loan effectiveness, hence, potential problem caused by new procedure or policies of the government should have been identified during project preparation and measures to mitigate these should have been included.

Project Number: 33356-013, 33356-014
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Nam Ngum River Basin Development Sector Project
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Project success depends, to a large extent, on continuous support and attention by ADB—as shown by the long delays and lack of progress when the project was managed from headquarters—in contrast to the quick successful completion after its delegation to the NRM.

Project Number: 34306-013
Project Name: Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project
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Geographic targeting of poor, isolated areas is crucial in reaching communities that are most in need of development support, but it may undermine project implementation and viability.

Project Number: 34306-013
Project Name: Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project
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A project’s scope must be within the implementation capacity of the executing and implementing agencies.

Project Number: 34306-013
Project Name: Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project
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Need for periodic review of investment ceilings, supply and buying contracts as well as the required membership fees. This would ascertain the risks and sustainability of the members’ commitment to the CAA. When funding permits, outsourcing of engineering services for infrastructure subprojects should also be considered.

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