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Lesson
Delayed and insufficient government counterpart funding disrupt and delay project implementation. Timely provision of counterpart funding to support relevant project activities, as required under the loan agreement, was not experienced in this project, necessitating changes in financing arrangements. Although ADB accommodated the changes, the lack of timely counterpart funding disrupted implementation and contributed to delays, cancellations, and loss of project benefits. Counterpart funding issues have a high potential to negatively impacts other similar projects in PNG.

Project Number: 44375-013
Project Name: Maritime and Waterways Safety Project
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Customizing the terms of reference of auditors to project requirements and ensuring that they are properly oriented on these requirements are critical to promoting project compliance with ADB financial management procedures. There were gaps in complying with the financial management conditions of the loan agreement, including the need to timely submit audit reports and auditor’s management letters and opinions.

Project Number: 49419-002
Project Name: Solar Rooftop Investment Program - Tranche 1
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The development of a firm sector investment plan supports successful project implementation. The sector plan, covering the short-, medium- and long-term horizons, helps avoid overlaps of projects that may result in scope changes which could adversely affect the project implementation timeline, funding and cost, and loan utilization. Such an investment plan commits the government to a definite set of projects in the sector that allows for a stable implementation of social and environmental safeguards.

Project Number: 42414-043
Project Name: Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program - Tranche 3
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Thorough project costing, including for the subproject components, is essential to smooth project implementation and success. Careful and precise estimation of costs and setting aside resources to cover future price escalations is required.

Project Number: 43405-024
Project Name: Urban Services Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 2
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A timely and appropriate change in scope and reallocation of grant (or loan) proceeds responding to actual project needs emerging from implementation can help utilize available grant (or loan) resources in a more targeted and efficient manner, facilitate the conduct of more activities, potentially deliver more outputs, and maintain the project's relevance and effectiveness.

Project Number: 44130-022
Project Name: District Capitals Water Supply Project
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Corporatized public enterprises operating on a cost-recovery basis need government funding support for infrastructure improvements. Provision of government counterpart funding should have been a condition for grant effectiveness. Instead, the executing agency, the Papua New Guinea Power Limited (PPL), partially made funds available for civil works. PPL, as a corporatized enterprise, is mandated to operate on a cost-recovery basis and did not have sufficient funding allocation.

Project Number: 41504-024
Project Name: Improved Energy Access for Rural Communities
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Lack of tariffs and insufficient operation and maintenance (O&M) budgets threaten the sustainability of water supply and sanitation facilities in FSM. The water supply and wastewater components are unlikely to be sustainable because of the unwillingness to charge for services, and the insufficiency of annual O&M budgets.

Project Number: 35448-013
Project Name: Omnibus Infrastructure Development Project
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In small island developing countries with limited policy reform capacity, ADB should avoid targeting multiple reform areas in one policy-based grant, particularly during a crisis.

Project Number: 52030-001
Project Name: Strengthening Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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It is imperative that the design and monitoring framework (DMF) include a well-designed and clear performance indicator to facilitate appropriate measurement of the project’s intended outcome. A well-formulated DMF and performance indicators need to be specific, measurable, achievable, and time-based to help strengthen project monitoring and evaluation.

Project Number: 43029-013
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Road Development Project
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Timely release of counterpart funds improves construction progress, as it eases the financial burden of the civil works contractors. This helps in ensuring that the required equipment, materials, and workers are provided on time.

Project Number: 43029-013
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Road Development Project
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The quality of project implementation relies on the capacity of borrowers and agencies. It is crucial that executing and implementing agencies are familiar with ADB procedures and requirements, specifically in the procurement process, safeguards’ policies, and financial management. This will enable the agencies to better manage project-related activities and avoid unnecessary start-up delays during implementation.

Project Number: 38272-013, 38272-033
Project Name: Uttarakhand Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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The financial health of key project agencies needs to be thoroughly assessed at project preparation to determine their viability and identify the proper risk mitigation measures. Although a financial management assessment was conducted for the implementing agency, the United Water Supply Company of Georgia Limited Liability Company (UWSCG) during project preparation, the assessment only pointed to a need for training in accounting and reporting, preparing business plans, determining tariffs and procurement.

Project Number: 43405-023
Project Name: Urban Services Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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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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