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Accurate estimates of technical parameters, indicators, and an improved demand analysis allow a more robust assessment of the project’s economic viability and development impact. Obtaining reliable existing traffic data along with developing sound traffic demand forecast volume would facilitate securing some of the key inputs required for the related efforts. It would also be beneficial to ascertain diverted and newly generated traffic volume including the identification of anticipated demand-shifting factors.

Project Number: 45067-005
Project Name: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 6 (Marakand–Karshi) Railway Electrification Project
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Greater effort early on to define targeted outcomes and using a well-structured framework can yield a better tool to assess program results. The results framework presenting clarity in project design, well-defined outcomes, and outputs with appropriate targets and indicators, is imperative in monitoring project achievements. This is necessary to help provide clear assessment and guidance on how to systematically track progress especially on how success will be assessed.

Project Number: 48458-001, 48458-003
Project Name: Expanding Private Participation in Infrastructure Program
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To ensure the formulation of a well-grounded design, a thorough preparatory assessment could be undertaken by including the political environment and the risk of corruption in a country. In cases where corruption is perceived as being high, support for better performance and greater accountability in public financial management systems plays a crucial role.

Project Number: 48458-001, 48458-003
Project Name: Expanding Private Participation in Infrastructure Program
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Consistent collaboration among agencies and development partners could help streamline any necessary lengthy procedures to expedite the project operation, particularly for projects with multiple financiers. Coordinated project activities and mitigation measures facilitate improved performance and the achievement of expected project results. In addition, sustaining this collaboration with increased borrower’s support helps mobilize greater coordination to address project issues or potential risks, such as scope changes and project restructuring that could occur during implementation.

Project Number: 38479-034
Project Name: Regional Roads Development Project
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Ensuring sufficient capacity of the executing and implementing agencies to manage project procurement-related activities helps promote implementation efficiency. In particular, agencies with ample project experience in ADB procurement procedures (e.g., bids and awards) could potentially bring valuable skills and expertise to properly execute procurement tendering process. This also helps ensure that civil works and services are suitably procured and monitored, which, in turn, benefits the project in terms of timely implementation and cost efficiency.

Project Number: 38479-034
Project Name: Regional Roads Development Project
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Exercising greater care in estimating traffic demand projections is of utmost importance. Overly optimistic forecasts of traffic volumes can stem from using outdated or arbitrary parameters and unrealistic assumptions. For instance, elasticity values of road transport demand may have changed over time. Also, the use of national GDP as a proxy for economic activities at the regional or local level could result in unrealistic traffic forecasts. Both of these could lead to an overly designed project.

Project Number: 39176-013
Project Name: Road Network Development Program (Multitranche Financing Facility and Tranche 4)
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Program preparation stage benefits from upfront capacity development. Specifically, institutional capacity assessment of executing and implementing agencies at the onset is vital in planning for appropriate measures to support the agencies during the program. Technical assistance for capacity building helps complement such assessments by filling in gaps in capacity to enhance their financial, procurement, and technical capacity skills.

Project Number: 39176-013
Project Name: Road Network Development Program (Multitranche Financing Facility and Tranche 4)
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Securing funding allocation for critical components during project preparation helps improve economic viability and the achievement of expected results. For example, projects 1 and 3 of the whole program required the rehabilitation of 120 km access roads to sections A, B, and C. These were key project components since most of the economic benefits were to be derived from local roads traffic. However, projects 1 and 3 failed to rehabilitate the secondary roads due to lack of firm financial sources.

Project Number: 39176-043
Project Name: Road Network Development Program (Tranche 3)
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A road transport program benefits from a solid engineering design undertaken during project preparatory stage. For instance, the detailed design, based on a precise analysis (e.g., technical inputs, standards specifications, and cost estimates, among other things) helps minimize potential cost overrun that often result to implementation delays. Moreover, design details could benefit from reliable traffic forecasts (i.e., use of reliable income elasticities of demand) and adequate surveys, including geological hazards.

Project Number: 39176-043
Project Name: Road Network Development Program (Tranche 3)
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A systematic documentation of economic analysis during both appraisal and completion supportd better project evaluability.

Project Number: 43456-023
Project Name: Power Sector Improvement Project
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Identifying and implementing risk mitigation measures and providing early implementation support are crucial in minimizing startup delays and facilitating timely implementation progress of projects.

Project Number: 43456-023
Project Name: Power Sector Improvement Project
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It is important to perform adequate due diligence at appraisal to develop a realistic project schedule that duly considers the borrower's institutional setup and internal review and approval procedures, and the executing agency's existing capacity and prior experience in implementing ADB and/or other development organizations' projects.

Project Number: 43456-023
Project Name: Power Sector Improvement Project
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ADB’s active intervention upfront as a project financer could help resolve potential implementation issues and avoid any complications in project implementation.

Project Number: 45174-001
Project Name: Dhaka–Chittagong Expressway Public–Private Partnership Design Project
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A well-programmed procurement plan and design could help avoid unnecessary costs and delays.

Project Number: 45174-001
Project Name: Dhaka–Chittagong Expressway Public–Private Partnership Design Project
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The lack of a well-designed platform for generating long-term savings and investment products results in low achievement of program results.

Project Number: 48427-001, 48427-002
Project Name: Encouraging Investment through Capital Market Reforms Program
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