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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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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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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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The WUSCs are highly effective institutions for engendering strong community commitment to and ownership of WSS services and they appear to be able to administer the financial and revenue collection aspects of WSS system operation; the next project could explore the potential for a more corporatized WUSC model for towns with a population of more than 100,000, and options for contracting out the technical aspects of operation and maintenance of both water supply and wastewater management infrastructure;

Project Number: 41022-022
Project Name: Second Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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Economic internal rate of return and financial internal rate of return calculations need to follow the guidelines of ADB regarding methodology.

Project Number: 39630-023, 39630-033
Project Name: National Power Grid Development Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2)
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Emphasis is needed on least-cost generation expansion and transmission planning to ensure optimum use of resources when assessing the risks and costs of implementation delays in power projects.

Project Number: 39630-023, 39630-033
Project Name: National Power Grid Development Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2)
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A project performance management system, established at the project preparation stage and with baseline data collected and maintained throughout implementation to project completion, is necessary to provide the data for the identification and quantification of economic benefits.

Project Number: 41433-013
Project Name: Transport Connections in Northern Mountainous Provinces Project
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It is important for road investments to develop a counterfactual scenario for the traffic forecast—a “without-project” scenario—to appropriately identify, quantify, and value economic benefits of the project.

Project Number: 41433-013
Project Name: Transport Connections in Northern Mountainous Provinces Project
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As part of the economic rationale for the project, private sector involvement should be considered for all projects proposed for ADB financing; this is particularly important for former centrally planned economies where the private sector is not yet fully developed.

Project Number: 45120-003
Project Name: Samarkand Solar Power Project
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Monitoring the project’s impact on farmer’s livelihoods, particularly agricultural income, is useful to understand their intention to adopt GAP, new crop varieties, or certification of their production, and to determine the possibilities to scale-up the intervention.

Project Number: 39421-013
Project Name: Quality and Safety Enhancement of Agricultural Products and Biogas Development Project
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The management of food quality and safety requires actions beyond the development of a regulatory framework.

Project Number: 39421-013
Project Name: Quality and Safety Enhancement of Agricultural Products and Biogas Development Project
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The economic analyses, specifically on EIRR calculations, must present in full detail in the PCRs the methodology and assumptions used; otherwise, the appropriateness of the economic analysis cannot be assessed.

Project Number: 40173-023
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program-Project 1
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Given PNG’s institutional capacity constraints and the difficulties in adequately preparing projects for ADB financing and project implementation, the MFF modality may not be appropriate at this time.

Project Number: 40173-023
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program-Project 1
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Appropriate performance indicators should be established to assess public agencies’ monitoring, inspecting, and enforcing services.

Project Number: 39421-013
Project Name: Quality and Safety Enhancement of Agricultural Products and Biogas Development Project
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Monitoring the incidence of foodborne diseases and pests, and access to export markets is important to adequately design and measure the project’s results.

Project Number: 39421-013
Project Name: Quality and Safety Enhancement of Agricultural Products and Biogas Development Project
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