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Lesson
Policy-based programs can achieve better outcome through carefully sequenced high-impact crosscutting structural policy reforms along with a set of deeper sector-specific structural policy reforms.

Project Number: 43396-014, 43396-013
Project Name: Increasing Competitiveness for Inclusive Growth Program (Subprograms 1 and 2): Program Completion Report
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The success of the Erlongshan Hydropower Project resulted from a combination of strong government ownership and the commitment of the Erlongshan Hydropower Company. These factors ensured that any actual or potential problems were quickly and effectively resolved.

Project Number: 39652-023
Project Name: Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program— Erlongshan Hydropower Project
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The timely availability of counterpart funding prevented cash flow problems from arising, which could have delayed project completion. Because counterpart government funding was timely, there were no delays and the project was completed early.

Project Number: 39652-023
Project Name: Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program— Erlongshan Hydropower Project
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The project was the first tranche of the first MFF investment program developed in the PRC.17 Based on the experience from this project, the MFF modality should be suitable for future projects in the PRC where there are discrete components. The MFF enabled sequential construction and financing requirements that were funded by separate tranches, thus limiting unnecessary duplication of administrative effort and approvals.

Project Number: 39652-023
Project Name: Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program— Erlongshan Hydropower Project
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Lesson
The project demonstrated the importance of retaining qualified and competent consultants at the project preparation stage. Knowledge of the project design and implementation that was transferred from ADB to the government was highly valued, and officials expressed the view that this was more important than the loan financing.

Project Number: 39652-023
Project Name: Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program— Erlongshan Hydropower Project
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Continuity of officials and staff at the executing agency, implementing agency, and ADB, who were involved in the development, implementation, and operation of the project, was maintained throughout the project. This continuity, together with stability in personnel capacity, was an important factor in the success of the project. While this lesson may be self-evident, it is not easily achieved and is often overlooked.

Project Number: 39652-023
Project Name: Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program— Erlongshan Hydropower Project
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Long-term vision and strategic planning. Strategic prior ADB TA (technical assistance) contributing to the preparation of the SRBPCMP (Songhua River Basin Water Pollution Prevention and Control Master Plan), which was approved by the State Council in March 2006, and ongoing ADB involvement and long-term partnership with local governments in the SRB (Songhua River Basin) is a model for replication.

Project Number: 40665-013
Project Name: Songhua River Basin Water Pollution Control and Management Project
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Clear cost-recovery mechanism. National regulations on water and wastewater tariffs formulated and promulgated with ADB TA (technical assistance) require full cost recovery; all towns and cities nationwide must implement the regulations. Some project cities and counties have not yet reached full cost recovery, but they are making progress in a phased manner. Effective and sustained policy dialogue on cost recovery and tariff reforms is essential, and must be undertaken first nationally, to support and facilitate tariff reform in towns and cities.

Project Number: 40665-013
Project Name: Songhua River Basin Water Pollution Control and Management Project
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Project coordination. The large scale and scope made project design and implementation challenging. Implementation succeeded because key stakeholders were involved in achieving the project goals, from the design stage through implementation. ADB missions served as catalysts to develop strong coordination and commitment between the two provinces and among the project counties and cities. Finally, the very good cooperation between agencies - and especially between provincial development reform commissions and finance bureaus - was essential for this type of project.

Project Number: 40665-013
Project Name: Songhua River Basin Water Pollution Control and Management Project
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The project developed strong institutional capacity and good coordination and teamwork among national and district agencies, encouraged dedication among the NGOs (nongovernment organizations) and CEWs (community-based extension workers), and supported the active participation of project beneficiary groups.

Project Number: 35183-013
Project Name: Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction Project
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The project adopted excellent design features of poverty targeting, community participation, capacity building for both the project implementers and the project beneficiaries, and microenterprise business development in aquaculture production and processing.

Project Number: 35183-013
Project Name: Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction Project
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A functional management information system should have been developed in DGA (Directorate General of Aquaculture).

Project Number: 35183-013
Project Name: Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction Project
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The delay in project start-up could have been avoided if the government had issued Government Regulation No. 7 of 4 February 2008 immediately after project effectiveness.

Project Number: 35183-013
Project Name: Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction Project
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Use of voluntary extension workers recruited from local communities by district agencies will help ensure continuity of extension services to local project beneficiaries.

Project Number: 35183-013
Project Name: Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction Project
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Forming and strengthening cooperatives is a good strategy in sustaining project benefits after project completion.

Project Number: 35183-013
Project Name: Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction Project
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