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The government’s commitment and ownership strengthen the project’s credibility. Providing timely response and adequate support from start-up to completion are critical in overcoming the implementation difficulties in various occasions. For instance, the PMO’s leadership could have helped ensurethat assistance was provided on time to implementing agencies. This, in turn, would help in easing delays in the procurement activities and implementation of subprojects.

Project Number: 42383-023
Project Name: Shanxi Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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A project’s medium-term review (MTR provides an opportunity to reassess and modify a project’s DMF, in terms of realistic performance targets, configuration of components and/or outputs, subprojects’ selection, and timeframe of implementation. Project team could strive to review all project’s aspects during an MTR in addition to focusing on project administration and changes in scope.

Project Number: 42383-023
Project Name: Shanxi Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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Building a robust power transmission grid that connects diverse sources of power generation to different regional load centers would not only reduce transmission losses but also benefit from the integration of higher amounts of low-carbon and intermittent energy resources like wind and solar, and storage batteries.

Project Number: 39630-013, 39630-034
Project Name: National Power Grid Development Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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A proper estimation of EIRR and FIRR would allow better assessment of project viability.

Project Number: 39630-013, 39630-034
Project Name: National Power Grid Development Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Giving equal importance to the institutional and capacity support and infrastructure investments under a sector loan strengthens commitment, ownership, and accountability of the executing agency. The implementation of infrastructure component of the project, coupled with timely technical support and capacity building, is pivotal to ensuring project readiness and implementation progress in a highly challenging context.

Project Number: 39298-013
Project Name: City Region Development Project
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A holistic and in-depth assessment of project context and adequate stakeholder consultations are important to ensure project readiness in identification of candidate subprojects and to avoid unnecessary changes leading to delays. For example, change of the location for the solid waste management subproject due to unavailability of land in the originally proposed location.

Project Number: 39298-013
Project Name: City Region Development Project
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For sector loan projects where several past related interventions and investments were provided, building on progress achieved from them and duly taking account of relevant recommendations can optimize project design and fasttrack project implementation towards efficient fund utilization and satisfactory delivery of project outputs. In the case of this project, its design capitalized on the capacity of the implementing agencies strengthened through previous ADB projects and the flexibility of a sector loan to incentivize them to perform and compete for securing the investment funds.

Project Number: 39298-013
Project Name: City Region Development Project
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A better understanding of the institutional capacity and security risks in fragile and conflict-affected countries is essential to ensure project preparedness. Major changes in scope and implementation delays, including possible cancellations, are expected. Project processing can take more time as a result of unanticipated security concerns in post-conflict situations, frequent changes of government counterparts, and a lack of response from executing agencies. Building capacities and strengthening institutions is essential.

Project Number: 42094-032
Project Name: Energy Sector Development Investment Program—Tranche 2
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There is a need for a better computation of costs at appraisal along with the inclusion of realistic contingencies, especially in areas with high security risks. Accurate cost estimates, particularly at appraisal, help minimize adjustments and revisions during implementation. ADB needs to undertake better duediligence of the project cost estimates at appraisal and a more realistic assessment of existing public procurement regulations. The possible inclusion of add-on security risk costs helps minimize cost overruns and poor project results.

Project Number: 42094-032
Project Name: Energy Sector Development Investment Program—Tranche 2
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Sufficient financial management expertise in the ADB project team and missions is necessary to ensure appropriate financial reporting, according to ADB requirements. In addition to these project-level lessons, mainstreaming the formulation of the GAP into all energy access projects, with sufficient attention and support, enhances project impact through measurable changes for women.

Project Number: 42252-022
Project Name: Rural Renewable Energy Development Project
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ADB's safeguards requirements are important at appraisal and throughout implementation. Sufficiently trained implementing staff monitor the safeguard elements of all energy sector projects and ensure that these do not trigger adverse effects.

Project Number: 42252-022
Project Name: Rural Renewable Energy Development Project
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Sound planning reduces delays in implementing procurement activities, especially for projects with interdependent components. Specifically, sufficient preparation for procurement planning, scheduling, and costing, given project-specific requirements, are vital in the timely procurement of goods and services. A well-planned procurement leads to a better management of procurement-related activities (e.g., bids, contracts, and others), which in turn, facilitates the timely completion of project components.

Project Number: 38164-013
Project Name: Natural Gas Access Improvement Project
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Undertaking a rigorous risk assessment, including possible mitigation measures during project preparation, helps minimize implementation delays and cost overruns, both of which could undermine the realization of expected project results. A thorough assessment of potential risk factors such as the soundness of supply and demand projections; adequacy and sources of O&M expenditures, including other possible cost-recovery measures; and financial arrangement among borrowers and development partners helps strengthen project preparation.

Project Number: 38164-013
Project Name: Natural Gas Access Improvement Project
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Setting-up, collection, and reporting of baseline and performance indicators are essential to strengthen a project’s monitoring framework. Well-defined outputs and outcome indicators, targets, and baselines specific to project intervention areas improve project monitoring and results evaluation (e.g., reporting outcome or output indicators outside project areas hinders the attribution of results to the project).

Project Number: 40634-013
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project (Phase II)
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Assessing environmental policies and plans to address air quality at project design can optimize the choice of energy efficient technologies. An in-depth assessment on the state of the enabling and regulatory environment during project preparation helps identify the most efficient technology.

Project Number: 40634-013
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project (Phase II)
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