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Lesson
Higher proportion of the budget should be attributed to nonstructural aspects, and these should be more closely monitored. It may be noted that the review missions, as typified by the midterm and the final reviews, have regarded these nonstructural measures as having been achieved, without looking beyond the simple passing of regulations.

Project Number: 35081-013
Project Name: Flood Mitigation Project [Loan 2068-AZE]
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Lesson
Even a minor or routine problem—e.g., the currency of the second-generation imprest accounts in the districts—can prove fatal and bring down the entire project if left unresolved over a long time.

Project Number: 30208-013
Project Name: Decentralized Elementary Education Project (Sindh)
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It is noted by this validation that the project worked well with both sides in the conflict, and was well accepted in conflict-affected areas. Developing this type of rapport is important, and reflects well on the project implementers. The lessons should be relevant in other conflict or post-conflict situations.

Project Number: 34442-013
Project Name: North East Community Restoration and Development Project
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Lesson
Overly complex and ambitious projects are difficult to implement especially when the executing agency is not familiar with the procedures and institutional practices of ADB.

Project Number: 30208-013
Project Name: Decentralized Elementary Education Project (Sindh)
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Lesson
Need for steps to be taken at an early stage to keep the TA on track, and ensure that it is being managed according to the objectives of the loan program that it is supporting. IED’s 2005 SAPE for Social Sectors in Pakistan in fact had anticipated these based on the issues that it identified from the then implementation of SDSSP.

Project Number: 34337-033
Project Name: Sindh Devolved Social Services Project [Loan 2049-PAK]
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Lesson
Where institutional weakness is evident, means of assuring adequate support could include capacity building TA, over which ADB has more control than it does when using loan implementation consultants.

Project Number: 38135-013
Project Name: Multisector Rehabilitation and Improvement Project for Azad Jammu and Kashmir
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Need to avoid including conditions in loans that depend on passing or amending legislation, or seeking high-level approval, such as from the Cabinet. This was the case in the RMC component that sought annual allocations in the budget for road maintenance. Projects that require legal or high-level administrative changes often experience major delays or fail to meet their objectives.

Project Number: 33243-013
Project Name: Road Maintenance and Improvement Project
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The ability of NGOs and the private sector to make a real contribution to extension services depend on their technical and institutional capacity, and this should be taken into account as a basis for selection. Such a lesson implies that other factors were used as the basis for selection. It also stipulated a requirement for orientation of these organizations, implying that this was not done. This introduces concern as to how successful NGOs and private sector providers actually were.

Project Number: 30228-013
Project Name: Crop Diversification Project
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Lesson
Paying salaries for government staff in project management or implementation units can cause problems of overstaffing or inappropriate appointments. A salary supplement may often be a better option, where essential, but with strict limits on eligibility to avoid the same problems.

Project Number: 38135-013
Project Name: Multisector Rehabilitation and Improvement Project for Azad Jammu and Kashmir
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No new lessons

Project Number: 34337-013
Project Name: Sindh Devolved Social Services Program
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No new lessons

Project Number: 32189-013
Project Name: Coastal Fisheries Management and Development Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 29229-013
Project Name: Microfinance Sector Development Program (Program Loan)
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No new lessons

Project Number: 29229-023
Project Name: Microfinance Sector Development Program (Investment Loan)
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No new lessons

Project Number: 35068-013
Project Name: Gujarat Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 33177-013
Project Name: Harbin Water Supply Project
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