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Attention to staff turnover at executing and implementing agencies can decrease the risk of misconduct and delays in project implementation. In this case, high staff turnover in the executing agency resulted in the inability to conduct procurement using ADB’s Procurement Guidelines.

Project Number: 45009-002
Project Name: Fifth Health Sector Development Project
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For the gender action plan, indicators need to be designed to require reporting of baseline and latest data disaggregated by sex for evidence that the practice exists. In this project, indicators such as “MOH public information on drug safety including rapid alert system improved by 2014 (data on persons affected by unsafe drugs are sex-disaggregated)” and “minutes of community meetings and attendance lists were disaggregated by sex” were reported without evidence of sex-disaggregated data.

Project Number: 41243-012
Project Name: Fourth Health Sector Development Project
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At project appraisal, staff turnover in government agencies including project implementing units (PIUs) was identified as a risk. It could have been prudent for the resident mission to provide insight into mitigation measures based on experience in other ADB projects and those of other development partners, particularly in ensuring proper repository of project documents to facilitate the efficient transfer of project responsibilities to new PIU staff.

Project Number: 45010-002
Project Name: Skills for Employment Project
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Designing a project with an intention to conduct an impact evaluation can lead to a more conscious effort to design and establish a robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system where data can be available for such impact assessment. Additionally, having gender targets can help influence the M&E design to be gender inclusive.

Project Number: 48226-003
Project Name: Second Rural Connectivity Investment Program - Tranche 1
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The choice of a multifinancing facility (MFF)\ as the financing modality for a proposed investment needs to be adequately justified, with due consideration of the fulfillment of preconditions, scope of tranches, and the extent to which an MFF would generate potential value addition in terms of efficiency, portfolio performance, and development results as compared to standalone project-based loans.

Project Number: 37139-023
Project Name: Uttaranchal Power Sector Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Project implementation often faces multiple risks. Identifying and implementing risk mitigation measures and providing adequate early-stage support are crucial in minimizing initial delays and addressing emerging project needs. Adequate due diligence at appraisal should emphasize strong assessment of borrower's and executing agency's capacity across institutional, financial, and operational aspects.

Project Number: 42051-023
Project Name: Energy Efficiency Program
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