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Developing and implementing an asset maintenance plan, which remains important to break the wasteful build–neglect–rebuild cycle in the road transport sector of Papua New Guinea (PNG), is a pending business needing consistent follow up from development partners like ADB. Limited annual recurrent funding for operation and maintenance (O&M) was an underlying cause for developing this bridge replacement project along with capacity development for an asset management system.

Project Number: 43200-024
Project Name: Bridge Replacement for Improved Rural Access Sector Project
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Considering the construction costs and number of subprojects as tentative when there are significant technical unknowns that cannot be determined during the design stage will help mitigate the risks and facilitate the implementation of sector loan projects. Under this project’s preparatory technical assistance (TA), cost estimates were prepared under conditions of significant technical information gaps for all potential bridge sites.

Project Number: 43200-024
Project Name: Bridge Replacement for Improved Rural Access Sector Project
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A stand-alone policy-based grant would have been preferable for this project rather than a programmatic approach.

Project Number: 47322-001, 47322-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Reform Program: Subprograms 1 and 2 Completion Report
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In addition to continuing technical assistance (TA), it is important that professional advisors work closely with the government of Kiribati to try and ensure reform momentum.

Project Number: 47322-001, 47322-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Reform Program: Subprograms 1 and 2 Completion Report
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Although ADB reviewed PLN’s institutional capacity for procurement at appraisal, it is important to provide continuous support during implementation in order to build awareness of international procurement practices and ensure compliance with ADB’s Procurement Policy. This will strengthen capacity for timely procurement.

Project Number: 42362-013
Project Name: Java-Bali 500-Kilovolt Power Transmission Crossing Project
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Even though local government support was confirmed during processing, land acquisition plans should be submitted to the provincial government in a timely manner to avoid risks of policy changes and delays. It would be ideal if, in the future, land permits could be obtained before loan signing. Religious considerations in resettlement impact assessment and risks should be strengthened. Related risks should be considered for the forthcoming review and update of ADB’s Safeguards Policy Statement.

Project Number: 42362-013
Project Name: Java-Bali 500-Kilovolt Power Transmission Crossing Project
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While land permits are expected to be obtained before loan signing, it is important to include a strategy in the stakeholders analysis to ensure continued support from stakeholders even after the land permits have been obtained by the project. This is to minimize unforeseen rejection by stakeholders.

Project Number: 42362-013
Project Name: Java-Bali 500-Kilovolt Power Transmission Crossing Project
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Agrarian reform and poverty reduction are complex development goals requiring carefully designed multisectoral interventions.

Project Number: 37749-013
Project Name: Agrarian Reform Communities Project II
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Inadequate or inappropriate government counterpart funding arrangements can impede project implementation, making it important for ADB to address this risk through thorough due diligence.

Project Number: 37749-013
Project Name: Agrarian Reform Communities Project II
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Capacity building of farming communities requires not just training but also the provision of agricultural inputs to encourage their adoption of high-yielding agricultural practices and technologies.

Project Number: 37749-013
Project Name: Agrarian Reform Communities Project II
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Consistent guidance and support from ADB are necessary to ensure effective project monitoring and evaluation.

Project Number: 37749-013
Project Name: Agrarian Reform Communities Project II
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Partnership with other government agencies, civil society, and the private sector augments project resources and ability to achieve results.

Project Number: 37749-013
Project Name: Agrarian Reform Communities Project II
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Project staff training and engagement of full-time, qualified specialists throughout the project period are important to ensure project compliance to ADB safeguard requirements.

Project Number: 37749-013
Project Name: Agrarian Reform Communities Project II
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Sustained ownership of and commitment to tax administration-related activities. Tax administration modernization typically has one key stakeholder and one key objective of increasing tax revenues, which is a tangible gain. In contrast, PFM modernization has many key players and the benefits of more efficient PFM, in the form of reduced administrative costs, are less tangible. In this project, the RAMIS component demonstrated better performance than the ITMIS component.

Project Number: 38356-013
Project Name: Fiscal Management Efficiency Project
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Extra attention needed for project implementation involving large-scale activities for information and communication technology. A distinct feature of the project is the implementation of two large-scale ICT-related components, RAMIS and ITMIS. Compared to hard infrastructure projects, the project involved less well-defined activities for system customization, configuration, re-development and testing, which usually require adequate implementation time to ensure the quality of final products.

Project Number: 38356-013
Project Name: Fiscal Management Efficiency Project
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