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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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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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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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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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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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