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Lesson
Providing technical assistance to strengthen the institutional capacity of newly established states, executing agencies, and implementing agencies is essential. Including capacity building activities could enable smooth project implementation, in line with ADB guidelines. However, a caveat is to avoid an optimistic assumption that the absorptive and implementation capacity of the executing and implementing agencies would achieve a significant improvement right after the technical assistance and capacity building activities.

Project Number: 37139-053
Project Name: Uttarakhand Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 4 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Lesson
For a project that involve associated infrastructure that are not part of the project scope (although serves as a prerequisite to the project outputs such as a planned power plant to which the transmission lines under the project will be directly connected), it is critical to conduct more thorough and in-depth due diligence work to evaluate the feasibility and the uncertainties associated with the realization of such nfrastructure. Where possible, loan disbursements and procurement activities should be

Project Number: 37139-053
Project Name: Uttarakhand Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 4 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
Report Date:
Lesson
Compared to project-based lending, the choice of MFF as a modality is likely to risk decreasing the level of due diligence and scrutiny undertaken at the approval of single tranches. This needs to be considered as a downside of the MFF modality in general. A more thorough due diligence stage needs to be foreseen before approving single tranches, not only at the MFF appraisal level.

Project Number: 37139-053
Project Name: Uttarakhand Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 4 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Lesson
To get approval from customary landowners during land acquisition, the alternative of leasing land from the landowners with an annual lump sum payment by the utility or government or a payment on a per kWh output basis could be explored to give the landowners a vested interest in the project.

Project Number: 46014-002
Project Name: Provincial Renewable Energy Project
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Clear directives should be given to Government not to pay attendance fees and explore options for more inclusive consultations without inducing any cash payment.

Project Number: 46014-002
Project Name: Provincial Renewable Energy Project
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Lesson
Current local clan structures and national land acquisition processes encourage maneuvering by clan leaders to maximize compensation payments, which can delay or block project implementation. Models are currently being tested where compensation is paid directly to individual clan members, which may partially remove the disincentives for clan leaders to delay or block project progress. This also partially avoids formal recognition of clan leadership structures, which is traditionally fluid.

Project Number: 46014-002
Project Name: Provincial Renewable Energy Project
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Lesson
Pipelined energy projects could consider (i) requiring completion of land acquisition prior to Board consideration, and (ii) only selecting project sites that do not have existing land disputes and non-customary sites wherever possible.

Project Number: 46014-002
Project Name: Provincial Renewable Energy Project
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Initial landowner dialogue should include independent advice on indicative compensation package sizes. This will manage inflated landowner perceptions of project benefits which impacts inter-clan coordination and overall compensation negotiation.

Project Number: 46014-002
Project Name: Provincial Renewable Energy Project
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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 31324-013
Project Name: State Power Sector Reform Project
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