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Capacity building of a new executing agency (EA) or institution requires sustained effort, for which technical assistance (TA) support is useful.

Project Number: 40648-033
Project Name: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism - Tranche 2
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Careful attention to project financial management requirements by the borrower’s auditors, project authorities, and ADB is required to ensure compliance with financial covenants.

Project Number: 40648-033
Project Name: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism - Tranche 2
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An optimal contingency allocation would help avoid partial loan cancellation.

Project Number: 40648-033
Project Name: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism - Tranche 2
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Frequent changes in key staff negatively impact program/project implementation.

Project Number: 40648-033
Project Name: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism - Tranche 2
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As in other sectors, the development of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in tourism requires a thorough market and business case analysis

Project Number: 40648-033
Project Name: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism - Tranche 2
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A thorough review of statutory requirements and potential legal encumbrances during project preparation will help reduce the risk of dropping subprojects during implementation.

Project Number: 40648-033
Project Name: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism - Tranche 2
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Quality-based selection of consultants and direct supervision by the executing and implementing agencies (EAs/IAs) may be considered for projects in remote and hilly regions, which are less likely to attract good consultants.

Project Number: 47229-001
Project Name: Uttarakhand Emergency Assistance Project
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Bidding and procurement procedures need to be shortened further to ensure early contract awards under EAL projects.

Project Number: 47229-001
Project Name: Uttarakhand Emergency Assistance Project
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ADB’s emergency assistance loan (EAL) modality is not suitable for large infrastructure and other projects requiring a long implementation period.

Project Number: 47229-001
Project Name: Uttarakhand Emergency Assistance Project
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Gender and social inclusion elements could have been better integrated in the program. The focus of the program was on the poor and vulnerable population and the social welfare assistance provided to them. The assessment of gender impacts of the policy reforms could have been undertaken, taking into account the gender and inclusion issues in the reform and consolidation of social welfare programs.

Project Number: 50302-001
Project Name: Social Welfare Support Program Phase 2
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In-depth review of each social welfare program effectiveness is needed for consolidation and possible termination. The review could assess whether the targeting mechanisms adopted have ensured that the benefits go to the poor and vulnerable population or misused. Social welfare spillovers could result in suboptimal outcomes. Otherwise, a more sophisticated targeting approach could be undertaken.

Project Number: 50302-001
Project Name: Social Welfare Support Program Phase 2
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Outcome could have been extended for a longer period than just one year, with stronger monitoring and evaluation (M&E) required. The program outcome was to maintain social welfare expenditure at least at MNT339 billion in 2017. A 1-year time horizon was too short. Even though social welfare expenditures increased in the following years, a 5-year time horizon may have been more appropriate to encourage sustainability. Furthermore, a stronger M&E system is required for social welfare programs since output 2 focused on improving their targeting.

Project Number: 50302-001
Project Name: Social Welfare Support Program Phase 2
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Securing funding allocation for critical components during project preparation helps improve economic viability and the achievement of expected results. For example, projects 1 and 3 of the whole program required the rehabilitation of 120 km access roads to sections A, B, and C. These were key project components since most of the economic benefits were to be derived from local roads traffic. However, projects 1 and 3 failed to rehabilitate the secondary roads due to lack of firm financial sources.

Project Number: 39176-043
Project Name: Road Network Development Program (Tranche 3)
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A road transport program benefits from a solid engineering design undertaken during project preparatory stage. For instance, the detailed design, based on a precise analysis (e.g., technical inputs, standards specifications, and cost estimates, among other things) helps minimize potential cost overrun that often result to implementation delays. Moreover, design details could benefit from reliable traffic forecasts (i.e., use of reliable income elasticities of demand) and adequate surveys, including geological hazards.

Project Number: 39176-043
Project Name: Road Network Development Program (Tranche 3)
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