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Twinning of utilities can have a positive impact on utility performance and specific results; however, as with this project, issues concerning compatibility and outcome targets may arise.

Project Number: 41548-013
Project Name: Issyk-Kul Sustainable Development Project
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Strategic environmental impact assessment should be considered to justify and strengthen ADB’s continued commitment and presence in the Issyk-Kul region and clearly provide ADB’s value addition.

Project Number: 41548-013
Project Name: Issyk-Kul Sustainable Development Project
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Misprocurement can be avoided by (a) ensuring proper pre-qualification of bidders; and (b) defining clear evaluation guideline that will allow for skeptical review of bids that are well below a defined threshold to ensure that the winning bidder has the financial and technical capacity to perform.

Project Number: 41548-013
Project Name: Issyk-Kul Sustainable Development Project
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Realistic outcomes in nonrevenue water (NRW) normally suggest that NRW reduction take time and are not capital intensive or asset specific.

Project Number: 41548-013
Project Name: Issyk-Kul Sustainable Development Project
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Adequate management and implementation consultant capacity and support, which continue to be locally challenging, need to be ensured in future ADB projects in Vanuatu.

Project Number: 42391-013
Project Name: Port Vila Urban Development Project
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Engaging individual consultants rather than firms for key project roles may be more appropriate in Vanuatu.

Project Number: 42391-013
Project Name: Port Vila Urban Development Project
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A thorough assessment of existing local conditions and capacities is essential to the preparation of a sound project design.

Project Number: 42391-013
Project Name: Port Vila Urban Development Project
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Knowledge and skills transfer needs to be embedded in consultant deliverables in ADB-financed projects in Vanuatu.

Project Number: 42391-013
Project Name: Port Vila Urban Development Project
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Gender analysis, focused monitoring, and stakeholder awareness building are crucial to the effective design and implementation of project gender action plans (GAPs).

Project Number: 42391-013
Project Name: Port Vila Urban Development Project
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Insufficient operation and maintenance (O&M) budgets are a chronic constraint in many Pacific island countries.

Project Number: 42391-013
Project Name: Port Vila Urban Development Project
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Clear definition of scope, common timelines, and sustained communication and coordination are essential to the success of project cofinancing arrangements.

Project Number: 42391-013
Project Name: Port Vila Urban Development Project
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Stakeholder consultations can ensure that the design of soft components such as gender and capacity building will be relevant and feasible.

Project Number: 42408-023
Project Name: Water Supply and Sanitation Investment Program – Tranche 1
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Effectively engaging key government agencies can provide the much-needed oversight to facilitate the resolution of design and implementation issues.

Project Number: 42408-023
Project Name: Water Supply and Sanitation Investment Program – Tranche 1
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Strong commitment, ownership, and accountability of executing agencies can make a significant difference to project success, as demonstrated by the contrasting performances of Azersu and the State Amelioration and Water Management Committee (SAWMC).

Project Number: 42408-023
Project Name: Water Supply and Sanitation Investment Program – Tranche 1
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With lack of progress on sludge and wastewater management a significant shortcoming of the project, the government could draw on global best practice for city-side inclusive sanitation to develop and pilot a fecal sludge management program that could be integrated with agriculture development.

Project Number: 41022-022
Project Name: Second Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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