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Delays in the release of payment must be avoided in order to assure contractor performance to be on schedule and avoid costly litigation and arbitration, which are inherently inefficient and unproductive.

Project Number: 40075-023
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Funds must be made available in a timely manner to meet contractual obligations.

Project Number: 40075-023
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Poorly designed DMF indicators and targets, and the lack of timely data collection have undermined ADB’s ability to correctly document the impact of this project.

Project Number: 40075-023
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Any change in the scope of a project that has been agreed upon must be supported by appropriate and immediate updates on all pertinent project preparatory tasks including economic and financial analyses, safeguard documents, DMF, and covenants, among others.

Project Number: 40075-023
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Ambitions of the National Highway Authority to undertake new projects demanding substantially more human and financial resources than its institutional capacity must be rationalized and tempered based on realistic expectations.

Project Number: 40075-023
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Creating new units within well-established organizations, especially government agencies, to support project implementation requires careful planning, a clear mandate, and institutional ownership.

Project Number: 39419-013
Project Name: Clean Energy and Access Improvement Project
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Flexibility in design fosters the successful mainstreaming of new and innovative schemes.

Project Number: 39419-013
Project Name: Clean Energy and Access Improvement Project
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Inadequate risk assessments can lead to unrealistic project schedules.

Project Number: 39419-013
Project Name: Clean Energy and Access Improvement Project
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Successful implementation of the gender action plan (GAP) had measurable changes in women’s status; therefore the formulation of a GAP may be mainstreamed for similar projects with distribution system components.

Project Number: 39415-013
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Support Project
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Considering the lack of commercial skills in the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority to facilitate private sector investment, better results were possible with the allocation of more international experts and person-months of consulting services.

Project Number: 39415-013
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Support Project
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Introducing public-private partnerships in power distribution requires considerable experience from international experts particularly in creating a conducive legal framework.

Project Number: 40553-013
Project Name: Energy Access and Efficiency Improvement Project
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In addressing power supply constraints, it is useful to include innovative components in power distribution projects.

Project Number: 40553-013
Project Name: Energy Access and Efficiency Improvement Project
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Advocacy and capacity building are needed to encourage the government in attracting the private sector.

Project Number: 40553-013
Project Name: Energy Access and Efficiency Improvement Project
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Considering the large economic and financial benefits of loss-reduction projects in distribution grids, it is necessary to carry out a more thorough assessment than what is usually provided in completion reports.

Project Number: 32298-013, 32298-073
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 6 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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A methodology should be developed and incorporated in ADB documents, when measuring economic impacts of multi-project programs.

Project Number: 32298-013, 32298-073
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 6 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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