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Revision in project scope that involved a change and realignment with the project pipeline needs timely approval to reduce any cost and time overrun.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Appropriate change in scope in response to detailed technical design to improve the original outline plan and project design at preparation stage supports delivery of expected outputs in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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A flexible approach to safeguard policies without strict adherence to established procedures or methods facilitate timely physical construction progress while ensuring the smooth implementation of resettlement plans. For instance, in the case of the construction of the elevated flyover from Jehangir Chowk to Rambagh, a sectional approach was proposed by ERA and approved by ADB. This approach allowed land acquisition to be carried out in a sequential basis within identified sections rather than requiring completion of all resettlement actions in advance of project commencement.

Project Number: 41116-033
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 2)
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Timely and appropriate changes in scope enhance program success.

Project Number: 41116-013, 41116-043
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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The technical and advisory support of ADB is important to assist executing agency re-assess the feasibility of the original scope of the MFF and make the necessary adjustment, as well in the ongoing and future tranches.

Project Number: 41116-013, 41116-043
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Performing adequate due diligence at appraisal is critical to develop a realistic project scope and clear implementation plan, especially when the capacity of the executing agency across institutional, financial and managerial aspects are limited.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Risk mitigation strategies and sufficient contingent plans need to be prepared at the outset to improve timely delivery of outputs and project effectiveness.

Project Number: 41116-033
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 2)
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Detailed project planning and thorough risk assessment (e.g., acquisition and resettlement) is crucial for projects with development challenges and located in areas susceptible to unfavorable climatic conditions. This helps in minimizing the potential risks and challenges for implementation that could result in changes in project scope and implementation delays.

Project Number: 41116-033
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 2)
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Dedicated resources to support the institutional component of the MFF strengthen its design and implementation.

Project Number: 41116-013, 41116-043
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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For infrastructure investments, establishing contractual provisions on contractor's performance, such as mobilization, staffing, and deployment of equipment and funds strengthen project implementation.

Project Number: 41116-013, 41116-043
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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For monitoring MFF, a well-designed DMF provides guidance for each tranche where deliverables with clear milestones can easily be cascaded to the envisioned tranches. Then, any implementation issue, requiring changes in scope, can be properly monitored and their impact to the overall delivery can be easily assessed.

Project Number: 41116-013, 41116-043
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Less stringent selection criteria, which enables the participation of more eligible financial institutions, could optimize the impact of microlending short-term, low-interest loans in unbanked but regularly earning agricultural communities. The selection of partner participating financial institutions (PFIs) for the microlending component of this project may have been too strict. This resulted in the participation of only 3 of the 6 large PFIs in Tajikistan, all of which are foreign-owned and likely to have been effective partners.

Project Number: 45389-001, 45389-002, 45389-003, 45389-004
Project Name: Building Climate Resilience in the Pyanj River Basin
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A thorough assessment of the financial management capacity of executing agencies (EAs) is required to mitigate the risk of financial issues disrupting project implementation or leading to non-compliance to loan covenants/grant agreements. The Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation (ALRI), the EA for 2 of this project’s 4 intended outputs, did not monitor the commercial bank that held the advance accounts for said outputs. When the bank became insolvent, part of the advance accounts was frozen, and was refunded only after government intervention albeit with significant delay.

Project Number: 45389-001, 45389-002, 45389-003, 45389-004
Project Name: Building Climate Resilience in the Pyanj River Basin
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A project focusing on microfinance could help remove obstacles to micro-insurance or other risk transfer schemes in the agricultural sector. The project did not create a market for micro-insurance as envisaged.

Project Number: 45389-001, 45389-002, 45389-003, 45389-004
Project Name: Building Climate Resilience in the Pyanj River Basin
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Timing and location are essential to the participation of women in gender-related and other project activities. Implementation of this project’s gender action plan (GAP) was challenged by the wide geographic dispersion of households, which created difficulties in gathering project participants for training. The gender awareness campaigns also coincided with the harvest season, which made it difficult for farmer-beneficiaries to take part.

Project Number: 45389-001, 45389-002, 45389-003, 45389-004
Project Name: Building Climate Resilience in the Pyanj River Basin
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