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Adequate details of the economic and financial analysis given at appraisal facilitate (i) a holistic comparison with the analysis at completion, and (ii) a well-informed interpretation of the differences and underlying reasons.

Project Number: 44431-013
Project Name: Gujarat Solar Power Transmission Project
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Giving sufficient attention and support to gender action plan (GAP) implementation enhances project impact.

Project Number: 44431-013
Project Name: Gujarat Solar Power Transmission Project
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The economic benefits of projects must be carefully examined to determine whether they are incremental or non-incremental and valued accordingly.

Project Number: 44013-013
Project Name: Shanxi Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Project
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Changes in scope and results framework should be done as early as possible and not when the project is about to close; midterm reviews should be used to formalize the changes.

Project Number: 45303-001
Project Name: Rural Energy Project
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A timely contract award for consulting services would ensure the mobilization of experts to complement the staff of the executing agency.

Project Number: 45303-001
Project Name: Rural Energy Project
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Focus is needed on activities that are less likely to be mainstreamed, like turnkey contracts and competitive procurement, progress monitoring and reporting, safeguard plans, and GAP implementation.

Project Number: 45303-001
Project Name: Rural Energy Project
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Closer coordination, capacity building, and hand-holding will improve project implementation when the executing agency is a first-time implementer of ADB-assisted project.

Project Number: 45303-001
Project Name: Rural Energy Project
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A project performance management system, established at the project preparation stage and with baseline data collected and maintained throughout implementation to project completion, is necessary to provide the data for the identification and quantification of economic benefits.

Project Number: 41433-013
Project Name: Transport Connections in Northern Mountainous Provinces Project
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It is important for road investments to develop a counterfactual scenario for the traffic forecast—a “without-project” scenario—to appropriately identify, quantify, and value economic benefits of the project.

Project Number: 41433-013
Project Name: Transport Connections in Northern Mountainous Provinces Project
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Loan savings should be identified early in the project and applied to activities that promote project outcomes.

Project Number: 36437-013
Project Name: Integrated Ecosystem and Water Resources Management in the Baiyangdian Basin Project
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It is important to ensure that all projects have appropriate monitoring processes in place—early in the project period and before construction commences.

Project Number: 36437-013
Project Name: Integrated Ecosystem and Water Resources Management in the Baiyangdian Basin Project
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The integration of wastewater treatment, water supply, and environment improvement can be a valuable approach in appropriate locations.

Project Number: 36437-013
Project Name: Integrated Ecosystem and Water Resources Management in the Baiyangdian Basin Project
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As part of the economic rationale for the project, private sector involvement should be considered for all projects proposed for ADB financing; this is particularly important for former centrally planned economies where the private sector is not yet fully developed.

Project Number: 45120-003
Project Name: Samarkand Solar Power Project
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To get approval from customary landowners during land acquisition, the alternative of leasing land from the landowners with an annual lump sum payment by the utility or government or a payment on a per kWh output basis could be explored to give the landowners a vested interest in the project.

Project Number: 46014-002
Project Name: Provincial Renewable Energy Project
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Innovative and participatory approaches can strengthen the sustainability of rural infrastructure that often suffers from the lack of maintenance budget.

Project Number: 40515-013
Project Name: Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project
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