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Lesson
MFF tranche projects, when implemented concurrently, will greatly benefit from close loop knowledge support and strategy enhancement activities. The first three projects of this MFF were undertaken concurrently. Under each tranche, project status and performance were carefully assessed. Lessons were captured and fed into the enhancement of operational strategies. The close loop learning process benefited each tranche as well as enhanced the overall value addition of the MFF.

Project Number: 41614-013, 41614-036
Project Name: Assam Power Sector Enhancement Investment Program - Tranche 4 and Multitranche Financing Facility
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Lesson
Sound project design requires adequate technical input and open communication with key participants and/or stakeholders. Greater technical input was necessary to appraise the government’s proposed components during project preparation. Specifically, the design flaws in output 2, credit lines for biogas value chains and other climate-smart agriculture waste management investments, would have been avoided if the processing team had access to livestock, environmental, and institutional specialists with appropriate country knowledge to support the financial management specialist.

Project Number: 45406-001
Project Name: Low Carbon Agricultural Support Project
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Research activities must be undertaken early in project implementation. Where research is needed to guide the introduction of new technologies, such research is better undertaken in advance of a project so that results can be incorporated in the project design. In this project, the 5-year project time frame was too short in undertaking research, evaluating results, and effecting replication. This time frame was further exacerbated by denying the participation of government-owned research institutes in the research program.

Project Number: 45406-001
Project Name: Low Carbon Agricultural Support Project
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Procurement should be exhaustive. Developing a procurement strategy with proper analysis of market availability, operating environment, including capacity assessments of executing and implementing agencies, and risk management will help the project achieve its intended results in a timely manner. Where a project requires participation of government-owned universities or research centers, attention should be paid at project appraisal to para. 1.13 (c) of ADB’s Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time).

Project Number: 45406-001
Project Name: Low Carbon Agricultural Support Project
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Lesson
Annual audited project financial statements covering only the physical implementation period may not capture all project-related expenses and loan disbursements. To facilitate the reconciliation of project accounts with ADB records, financial auditing shall continue until project financial closure.

Project Number: 44192-016
Project Name: SASEC Second Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
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Lesson
For ADB to follow up efficiently on safeguards and financial management compliance, reinforce timely reporting requirements, and to make recommendations on any corrective measures, it is recommended that safeguards and financial management staff participate in review missions.

Project Number: 44192-016
Project Name: SASEC Second Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
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Lesson
The need for some project outputs can decline over time, for several valid reasons. While it is important to avoid unnecessary investments, it is also important to record such changes to note these reasons and revise the design and monitoring framework on time.

Project Number: 44192-016
Project Name: SASEC Second Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
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If the project outputs considered in the project designs are not fully assigned to the implementing agency, delivery of those outputs is unlikely. Therefore, all outputs considered at project appraisal should be identified with an implementation arrangement at the design stage and validated during implementation.

Project Number: 44192-016
Project Name: SASEC Second Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
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If consultants are required to implement, supervise, monitor, and report safeguards, any delay in their engagement can lead to gaps in the safeguards measures implemented as part of the project.

Project Number: 44192-016
Project Name: SASEC Second Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
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Objections by affected persons against development projects such as the construction of transmission lines can be reduced if the laws and procedures relevant to the project are communicated to stakeholders at an early stage through consultations and public information dissemination. Despite receiving a court order in favor of the process followed, delays caused by such objections and legal challenges can have significant costs and other implications, making early resolution of issues a key priority.

Project Number: 44192-016
Project Name: SASEC Second Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
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Inaccurate engineering designs at project appraisal, especially when equipment and/or components essential to the project performance are not considered, can increase project costs during project implementation and may even cause delays because of a lack of loan funds. Therefore, additional financing sources and longer implementation periods shall be considered for projects without detailed and accurate designs.

Project Number: 44192-016
Project Name: SASEC Second Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
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In addition, contractors are encouraged to improvise where possible and introduce new technology standards. Subsequent tranches should also build upon lessons learnt and issues identified in the technical specifications for the initial tranche.

Project Number: 42401-015
Project Name: Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Lesson
To achieve higher quality and improved technology, it is crucial that the design, technical specifications, and construction standards are based on national and international best practice.

Project Number: 42401-015
Project Name: Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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The restricted stance on public external borrowing led to deferral of MFF’s tranches 2 and 3 that was not present at the time of appraisal. If possible, the locations and routes of the project components for these tranches should be identified upfront and thoroughly analyzed for potential construction and safeguard impacts.

Project Number: 42401-015
Project Name: Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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In MFFs, subsequent tranches should be processed and implemented to overlap with tranche 1 to maintain implementation momentum and achieve maximum benefits. The program’s tranches 2 and 3 were supposed to be approved in November 2017 and March 2018, respectively.

Project Number: 42401-015
Project Name: Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program - Tranche 1
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