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Participatory approaches to develop community support for projects will also help avoid unintended adverse impacts.

Project Number: 39405-013
Project Name: Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program
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The role of nongovernment organizations (NGO) as advocates and community facilitators can be strengthened further through better performance assessments.

Project Number: 39405-013
Project Name: Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program
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Contract effectivity should be independent of contractor submission of performance and advance payment guarantees.

Project Number: 39405-013
Project Name: Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program
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Timely midterm review missions (MTRs) enable timely adjustments in targets and implementation plans.

Project Number: 39405-013
Project Name: Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program
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Including foreseeable variables in contingency allocations will reduce the risk of cost overruns.

Project Number: 39405-013
Project Name: Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program
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Advance procurement actions and proactive measures to facilitate government approvals are essential to mitigating the risk of delays

Project Number: 39405-013
Project Name: Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program
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Although challenging, meeting the social safeguards requirements of complex sector projects with scattered subprojects is possible with the right elements.

Project Number: 38594-013
Project Name: Guiyang Integrated Water Resources Management (Sector) Project
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It might be advisable not to use ADB loan proceeds for the payment of retention money, as it requires an unconditional bank guarantee that is difficult for small contractors and suppliers to meet

Project Number: 38594-013
Project Name: Guiyang Integrated Water Resources Management (Sector) Project
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The necessity of water users’ associations (WUAs) needs to be carefully considered at project preparation.

Project Number: 38594-013
Project Name: Guiyang Integrated Water Resources Management (Sector) Project
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It is important to consider the use of benchmarks and a longer timeframe for the establishment of eco-compensation mechanisms that often entails difficult and lengthy negotiations.

Project Number: 38594-013
Project Name: Guiyang Integrated Water Resources Management (Sector) Project
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Careful consideration of overarching and related development plans in the selection of subprojects helps to avoid scope changes.

Project Number: 38594-013
Project Name: Guiyang Integrated Water Resources Management (Sector) Project
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The sector loan modality provides enough flexibility in the selection of subprojects.

Project Number: 38594-013
Project Name: Guiyang Integrated Water Resources Management (Sector) Project
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The country’s restructuring affected GESI institutional structure adopted through GESI operational guidelines and requires revision of GESI operational guideline to align with federal structure. Although MOUD has instituted GESI operationally, other structures do not exist after restructuring of MOUD and its department to align with the country’s new federal structure.

Project Number: 42161-013
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Project
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Financial management staff’s inclusion in review missions will be key to ensuring improved financial performance of future projects. Neither the ADB project team nor PCO could decipher financial management requirements and covenant quantifications due to the absence of financial management staff in review missions. The team failed to follow up on audit opinions and recurrent issues, leading to recurrence of the same issues and delays in submitting the APFS. This improved only after inclusion of a financial management staff toward the end of the project.

Project Number: 42161-013
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Project
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Continuous community consultation, benefit sharing, and interagency coordination are vital to create social acceptance for SLS construction. The Nepalgunj SLS construction was successful due to continuous community engagement, cooperation among political leaders, and early implementation of a community development program targeted to community living near the SLS. The SLSs in Janakpur and Siddharthanagar had to be dropped, however, as nearby communities did not allow their construction.

Project Number: 42161-013
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Project
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