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The number of projects and subprojects to be implemented under any assistance package must consider the absorptive capacity of local contractors, availability of construction materials, and local labor. Close attention must be given to the quality of the facilities and infrastructures built. Utilizing local contractors and labor have their trade-offs, such as implementation delays and deficiency in financial resources, but the quality of the completed facilities is nonnegotiable. This would require closer supervision, frequent monitoring, and faster processing of payments.

Project Number: 44065-013
Project Name: Conflict-Affected Region Emergency Project
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It is best to allocate available local resources and assistance, including loans based on sector priorities, through a participatory process involving all stakeholders and beneficiaries.

Project Number: 44065-013
Project Name: Conflict-Affected Region Emergency Project
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Engaging many local contractors in post-conflict rehabilitation rebuilds local capacities but can also lead to implementation delays.

Project Number: 44065-013
Project Name: Conflict-Affected Region Emergency Project
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ADB’s procurement and disbursement procedures are too complex for small entities.

Project Number: 44065-013
Project Name: Conflict-Affected Region Emergency Project
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Decentralization improves local community and institutional ownership.

Project Number: 44065-013
Project Name: Conflict-Affected Region Emergency Project
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The integrated approach to disaster recovery operations beyond infrastructure restoration to also include activities directed at restoring livelihood and improving the resilience of infrastructure and economic activity to disasters.

Project Number: 39631-013
Project Name: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project
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Articulate policies, strategy, and standards early. The local populations and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) started reconstruction work well before provincial and federal governments started articulating their responses. Expectations rose, and some facilities, especially in health, were built by bilateral donors to standards that were much higher than the capacity of the line agencies to maintain them. This resulted in inconsistencies, violations of policies and standards developed for reconstruction work, and unsustainable operation of completed facilities.

Project Number: 39631-013
Project Name: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project
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Without a proper personnel policy or transfer planning, states are unable to place into required positions staff trained in the implementation of complex projects. In planning for similar projects with inexperienced executing and implementing agencies, training needs to be assessed upfront.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Adherence to sound design principles based on required surveys and studies can lead to more efficient outcomes and avoidance of delays.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Clarify roles and respect existing mandates. Initial delays in implementation of the project were caused by confusion about the roles of new and existing institutions. Any large- scale reconstruction operation requires clear delineation of the mandates of levels of government, to provide the structure and clarity required for all stakeholders to work with maximum efficiency. To the extent possible, the provincial and regional governments and federal agencies should be provided with capacity to perform their mandated roles.

Project Number: 39631-013
Project Name: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project
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Adequate tenure of key staff members in executing and implementing agencies is important for smooth and speedy implementation.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Use of legal experts in areas like microenterprise insurance and exploring alternate insurance mechanisms may lead to more effective outcomes.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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Have a dedicated lead institution. The dedicated federal (Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority or ERRA) and provincial reconstruction authorities led the overall coordination and monitoring, and facilitated procedures, policies, and strategies for reconstruction. This arrangement allowed efficient and transparent reconstruction, and established the government's commitment to and credibility in mobilizing resources.

Project Number: 39631-013
Project Name: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project
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Coordination between donors, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), and government departments in any disaster management project can be more easily achieved if there is one executing agency and PMU for all emergency projects at the state level.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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The timing, methodology, and outputs of benefit monitoring and evaluation (BME) consultants at pre- and post- project implementation stages need to be carefully and stringently defined to obtain meaningful outputs with adequately quantified data.

Project Number: 39114-013
Project Name: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project
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