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A well-functioning project steering committee could have played a role in identifying and addressing the consultant selection issues at an earlier time. It could have also identified issues relating to agencies’ capacity to engage in PPP preparation.

Project Number: 40009-013, 40009-023, 40009-33, 40009-43
Project Name: Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3, and an Infrastructure Project Development Facility)
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In a decentralized country like Indonesia, the role of local governments is important.

Project Number: 40009-013, 40009-023, 40009-33, 40009-43
Project Name: Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3, and an Infrastructure Project Development Facility)
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Projects require close monitoring in the start-up phase, particularly on the initial procurement packages.

Project Number: 40009-013, 40009-023, 40009-33, 40009-43
Project Name: Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3, and an Infrastructure Project Development Facility)
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Technical assistance will play an important role to support line ministries, and to ensure their buy-in.

Project Number: 40009-013, 40009-023, 40009-33, 40009-43
Project Name: Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3, and an Infrastructure Project Development Facility)
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The program should have had a much narrower sectoral focus and clearer criteria on the types and size of projects to be considered.

Project Number: 40009-013, 40009-023, 40009-33, 40009-43
Project Name: Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3, and an Infrastructure Project Development Facility)
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Reforms should be prioritized by considering institutional readiness at all levels. If reforms include multiple sectors, it may be necessary to focus on sectors in which the probability of reforms being achieved is relatively high.

Project Number: 40009-013, 40009-023, 40009-33, 40009-43
Project Name: Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Subprograms 1, 2, and 3, and an Infrastructure Project Development Facility)
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Projects intended to provide demonstration effects should include measurable performance indicators in the DMF at appraisal to ensure best practices in project design and implementation, including environmental and resettlement safeguards.

Project Number: 42382-013
Project Name: Liaoning Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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The project’s comprehensive and well-executed monitoring framework provides a good model for similar infrastructure-focused investments. It had clear, measurable indicators linked to each planned output and outcome that were critical for assessing both physical and institutional progress to provide some prognosis of sustainability.

Project Number: 40641-013
Project Name: Hebei Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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The project’s programmatic approach, which allowed flexible identification, selection, design, and modification of subprojects in the early years under the sector loan modality, was an effective approach that should be replicated in other cities of the PRC.

Project Number: 40641-013
Project Name: Hebei Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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When doing the design and monitoring framework (DMF) exercise, outcomes should describe the immediate and direct benefits of the project. Outcome statements articulate the change the project is expected to achieve—in this case, the management of in-migration. No separate outcome statement or concept was included in the DMF.

Project Number: 38049-013
Project Name: Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Improving performance of ADB may be achieved through resident mission management rather than from Manila, particularly in countries with complex institutional structures and approval processes.

Project Number: 42489-033
Project Name: Water Supply and Sanitation Services Investment Program (Project 2)
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The DUDES, TCC, and PCC, need to provide additional support for investments in the urban sector to ensure adequate funding to maintain, build capacity and public awareness, and improve access to urban services. The government’s policy calls for Thimphu and Phuentsholing city governments to outsource maintenance rather than to develop in-house capacity.34 This requires the DUDES, TCC, and PCC to enhance skills in project and program management and outsourcing.

Project Number: 38049-013
Project Name: Urban Infrastructure Development Project
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Gender impact assessment should include more holistic impact on gender equity or mainstreaming in the project design, and not just limited to employment opportunities from project construction.

Project Number: 42382-013
Project Name: Liaoning Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project
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Impact indicators need not always be project-specific.

Project Number: 40642-013
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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To avoid significant delays (4 years) in agreeing on compensation, careful consideration needs to be given to the following: (i) the location of the proposed house relocation site need to be close to the original houses; (ii) compensation rates offered should be higher due to cost inflation of construction materials; and (iii) the relocation sites need to be comparable.

Project Number: 40642-013
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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