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Adequate macroeconomic analysis and policy dialogue are essential to the sound formulation and quick mobilization of stakeholder support for an emergency economic response package under ADB's Countercylical Support Facility (CSF).

Project Number: 49083-001
Project Name: Countercyclical Support
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Instead of internally negotiating for the CSF loan to exceed the $500 million cap for each member country, an additional parallel programmatic support should have been explored by the project team to facilitate the quick processing and release of emergency budget support to Kazakhstan.

Project Number: 49083-002
Project Name: Countercyclical Support
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Land acquisition and resettlement policies, to be effective, have to be robust and flexible enough to respond changes in development policies.

Project Number: 40642-013
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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Advance preparation of the bidding documents improve the reliability of cost estimates.

Project Number: 40642-014
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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Land pooling is an innovative and highly effective approach to meeting the land resource requirements of sustainably managing urban development.

Project Number: 38049-013
Project Name: Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Pioneering activities have plenty of room for multiplier effects.

Project Number: 38049-013
Project Name: Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Use of consulting services to fill the gaps in implementation capacities improves project performance.

Project Number: 38049-013
Project Name: Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Successful implementation of public financial management (PFM) reforms requires thorough planning and proper sequencing of activities.

Project Number: 41041-013
Project Name: Public Finance Management Reform Project
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EA understanding of ADB procurement guidelines and related government laws and regulations is essential to satisfying the procurement requirements of projects in the most efficacious manner.

Project Number: 41041-013
Project Name: Public Finance Management Reform Project
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Careful consideration of the most suitable modality and implementation arrangements during the design stage boosts a project’s potential for success.

Project Number: 39019-013
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environmental Improvement
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A thorough review of relevant development plans during project preparation enables the identification of potential risks in turn minimizing the need for changes in scope and attendant delays.

Project Number: 39019-014
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environmental Improvement
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A strong project steering committee and close coordination with relevant government agencies are essential to smooth project implementation.

Project Number: 39019-015
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environmental Improvement
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The need to confirm the executing agency’s commitment in terms of capacity and resources at appraisal. A more rigorous stakeholder analysis would have identified potential weaknesses and more emphasis could have been given to capacity development from the outset.

Project Number: 32200-013, 32200-023
Project Name: Fiji: Suva–Nausori Water Supply and Sewerage Project
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Project performance monitoring and evaluation capacity building would have been helpful, possibly enhancing overall project performance; and

Project Number: 32200-013, 32200-023
Project Name: Fiji: Suva–Nausori Water Supply and Sewerage Project
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The PMU-R had defined procedures for organizational empowerment and accountability, but the PMU-R was not available throughout the project to guide implementation of these measures. Continuation of the TA (which was implemented from 2003 to 2006) on capacity development would have been helpful.

Project Number: 32200-013, 32200-023
Project Name: Fiji: Suva–Nausori Water Supply and Sewerage Project
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