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The project schedule should be realistic in terms of consultant recruitment, detailed design development, and contract periods.

Project Number: 41116-033
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 2)
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Continued budget transfer from the state to the line departments for the O&M cost is necessary for sustainability until the line departments can recover the O&M cost through its operation.

Project Number: 41116-033
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 2)
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The ambitious reform agenda required more time given the local context and the state’s capacity.

Project Number: 41116-033
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 2)
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MFFs impose a burden on executing and implementing agencies in the initial years as they prepare for subsequent tranches while also being responsible for implementing the ongoing project, which requires sufficient implementation support.

Project Number: 41116-033
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 2)
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The establishment of a land acquisition collector’s office within the project management unit proved extremely beneficial in coordinating involuntary resettlements.

Project Number: 41116-033
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 2)
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Enhancing readiness at loan approval by having detailed designs, would help deliver projects in a timelier manner.

Project Number: 41116-033
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 2)
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Overall development impact corresponds to the amount of effort put into both ensuring genuine ownership of objectives within the executing and implementing agencies and building capacity among the key stakeholders.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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High-level sector policy reform can be achieved with a well-designed sector development program, but that the importance of the wider domestic political economy surrounding the executing agency should not be neglected at design.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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GAP performance was not successful overall, in part because of ambitious target setting, the absence of regular monitoring, reporting, and assessment of GAP achievement during the midterm review, inadequate GAP orientation during inception, and insufficient sensitivity and understanding of GAP implementation by stakeholders.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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ADB could not have continued to invest in water resources generally or irrigation especially, without major policy reforms to operationalize the provisions of the Water Law.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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Improved clarity on which agencies would undertake specific tasks would enhance implementation. This is the case for Cambodia irrigation scheme information system, Stung Sen river basin planning, Technical Services Centre courses), as well as administration from both CARM and ADB HQ.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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Due diligence was deficient by failing to properly assess the political risk. Political stability and support for the achievement of objectives at all levels were explicit in the assumption statements of the design and monitoring framework.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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Lesson
The importance of project preparation and quality at entry is of utmost importance for similar projects in the future. A better prepared project can reduce issues that may potentially impede implementation at the early stages of implementation.

Project Number: 39321-013
Project Name: Shaanxi Qinling Biodiversity Conservation and Demonstration Project
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Lesson
The project experiences have illustrated the potential financial gains from improved environmental management and conservation. The project has demonstrated enhanced coordination in public finance allocation across institutions in charge of the environment and natural resources. Given the likelihood that such operations will grow in the region, the experience of this project will be valuable.

Project Number: 39321-013
Project Name: Shaanxi Qinling Biodiversity Conservation and Demonstration Project
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Effective and efficient implementation of large-scale land acquisition and resettlement activities depends on strong political will and commitment at all levels of government. An executing agency needs to be proactive and initiate close working relationship with local authorities to resolve identified issues on the ground. ADB needs to be kept well informed of major issues. Prior approvals need to be sought from ADB based on established procedures.

Project Number: 41414-043
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Ben Luc –Long Thanh Expressway Project – Tranche 1
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