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strong and continued political support and guidance is essential for formulating and implementing effective structural reforms to address the stock and flow of circular debt and improve the sustainability of the power sector. Internal resistance to changes within the sector cannot be overcome without direct involvement and support from key decision makers at federal and provincial governments.

Project Number: 47015-001, 47015-002, 47015-003
Project Name: Sustainable Energy Sector Reform Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3)
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Incomplete policies and weak reforms cannot fully address the underlying causes of the accumulating circular debt, which jeopardizes the financial situation of the sector and prolongs reliance on government subsidies and bailouts. A multiyear reform commitment through a flexible programmatic approach is necessary to implement the much-needed structural reform and realize sector transformation and financial sustainability

Project Number: 47015-001, 47015-002, 47015-003
Project Name: Sustainable Energy Sector Reform Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3)
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An integrated energy planning across all subsectors and long-term planning for generation, transmission, and distribution networks are all essential for the efficient development of the power sector. Short-term solutions to structural problems, without holistic and in-depth diagnosis and sector-wide integrated planning, tend to push problems into the future, aggravate the situation further, and lead to inefficient sector development.

Project Number: 47015-001, 47015-002, 47015-003
Project Name: Sustainable Energy Sector Reform Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3)
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More effective utilization of consultants helps improve project implementation. As the international consultants are selected based on the experience and expertise in engineering and project management, they are required to remain in close proximity to the project site and assist in the development and monitoring of project and subproject programs. They have the capacity for assuming a stronger advisory role for a project to be successful.

Project Number: 41504-023
Project Name: Town Electrification Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Properly defining technical parameters ensures successful project implementation. The required equipment for end terminals, estimated to cost $0.5 million, was omitted from the pertinent package; thus the $29.1 million investment was idle. The target annual power generation of 60 gigawatt-hours was an overestimate as it required securing agreements for purchasing 40% of the output of the private sector’s biomass power projects and an optimistic utilization factor of 70% of the run-of-river HPPs.

Project Number: 41504-023
Project Name: Town Electrification Investment Program - Tranche 1
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It is important to properly phase implementation schedules to allow for deeper analysis of output and outcome progress and rectify indicators. All four outcome indicators were not achieved but progress was recorded against outcome indicators related to increases in private investment, internationally certified Tajik firms, and regulatory quality; and in the case of women entrepreneurs was particularly good if measured by electronic tax declarations. This suggests that targets were initially overambitious and/or that outcome indicators should be considered over a longer period.

Project Number: 47099-002, 47099-004
Project Name: Investment Climate Reforms Program - Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Political support, and ultimately political accountability, is an essential component of institutional reform. An early back-to-office report (September 2014) stated that the government appreciated the importance of promoting a better business environment in the context of the private sector’s contribution to growth in gross domestic product. The government set up a Consultative Council on Reduction of Business Inspecting Agencies, chaired by the First Deputy Prime Minister to monitor implementation progress. All policy actions were completed.

Project Number: 47099-002, 47099-004
Project Name: Investment Climate Reforms Program - Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Multidimensional programs need to have a balance on types of indicators but should take care to ensure that progress in threshold indicators can be properly recognized in the design and monitoring framework (DMF). Only 9 of the 12 unique output indicators between subprograms 1 and 2 had been achieved or almost achieved. Of these 9 achieved output indicators, 7 were binary , i.e., they only take the value of achieved or not achieved. The output indicators not achieved had specific numerical targets that had not been met.

Project Number: 47099-002, 47099-004
Project Name: Investment Climate Reforms Program - Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Programs such as this should take a holistic approach to measuring and abating air pollution. Although substantial progress has been made, longer-term policy measures to address the ongoing air quality issue in Mongolia are still needed The increased concentrations of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide show shortcomings in the program’s overall achievements, along with the concentrations of small particulate matter which remain above World Health Organization’s guidelines, necessitating more policy actions.

Project Number: 53028-001
Project Name: Ulaanbaatar Air Quality Improvement
Program and Ulaanbaatar Air Quality Improvement
Program – Phase 2
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Publication of air quality should be institutionalized to provide a feedback loop to policy makers and to empower the public to assess overall progress. ADB’s participation in the longer-term framework for air pollution abatement will reinforce the feedback and will be an instrument to provide additional assistance that will ensure the continued air pollution reduction in Ulaanbaatar and other urban areas in Mongolia.

Project Number: 53028-001
Project Name: Ulaanbaatar Air Quality Improvement
Program and Ulaanbaatar Air Quality Improvement
Program – Phase 2
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More attention during project implementation can help manage risks identified during the investment program preparation. The reduction of distribution losses needed periodic monitoring and reporting against time-bound AT&C loss reduction action plans for feeders, districts, and circles; and the corrective actions needed to be based on the data from distribution network energy meters installed and asset maps prepared in the tranche.

Project Number: 43467-015
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Energy Efficiency Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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The MFF modality can allow DISCOMs to tailor the tranche subprojects according to the distribution networks' priorities and complement other rural development programs being implemented at the time. Most upgrade of 0.4 kV feeders to 11 kV feeders, about half the aerial bundle conductors and new connections, and a third of the meters were implemented under other ongoing programs.

Project Number: 43467-015
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Energy Efficiency Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Well-developed monitoring framework, with logically defined target indicators, can assist the project in measuring its achievements and results objectively

Project Number: 42039-034
Project Name: Power Transmission Investment Program - Tranche 1
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The provision of training and capacity building support at the outset is critical to facilitate project preparation and design, specifically on attending to project pertinent areas before implementation.

Project Number: 42039-034
Project Name: Power Transmission Investment Program - Tranche 1
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The absence of data on rural electrification’s benefits makes identification and quantification difficult at completion.

Project Number: 42361-013, 42361-014
Project Name: Medium-Voltage Sub-Transmission Expansion Sector Project and Additional Financing
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