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When attaching additional ‘special features’ to a loan project, it is important to ensure that there is explicit buy in from the borrower and that specific financing is attached to each item.

Project Number: 38174-013
Project Name: Southern Gansu Roads Development Project
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Within the DMF it would be more helpful if both a baseline and with project scenario can be presented. For this project, this was not the case, which made the attribution of benefits to the

Project Number: 38174-013
Project Name: Southern Gansu Roads Development Project
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Consistent data collection and well-defined indicators and targets are needed to establish and reliably assess project performance at completion.

Project Number: 40017-013
Project Name: Qingdao Water Resources and Wetland Protection Project
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Well-planned and well-implemented riverbank rehabilitation can yield significant health, environmental, financial, and quality of life benefits.

Project Number: 40017-013
Project Name: Qingdao Water Resources and Wetland Protection Project
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Reforming wastewater tariffs is challenging and needs to be supported by massive and sustained public education.

Project Number: 40017-013
Project Name: Qingdao Water Resources and Wetland Protection Project
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Benchmarks and indicators are needed to improve urban services delivery and utility performance.

Project Number: 37220-013, 37220-023, 37220-033
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program
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Ambitious program designs, usually underpinned by inadequate assessment of the program context and the institutional dynamics and capacities of relevant government agencies, are likely to encounter significant implementation difficulties.

Project Number: 37220-013, 37220-023, 37220-033
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program
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Indicators that measure medium-term lending and sustainability could provide better measurements toward initiating a more sustainable access to SME medium-term lending.

Project Number: 44060-024
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Regulatory bottlenecks need to be appraised rigorously and continuous policy dialogue with relevant government agencies should have been undertaken by ADB.

Project Number: 44060-024
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Constraints to small and medium enterprise (SME) financing should have been fully identified at appraisal and addressed in the design.

Project Number: 44060-024
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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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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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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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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