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The economic benefits of projects must be carefully examined to determine whether they are incremental or non-incremental and valued accordingly.

Project Number: 44013-013
Project Name: Shanxi Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Project
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It is important that environmental benefits of projects that displace fossil fuels be correctly valued; otherwise, the full development impact of the project will not be realized.

Project Number: 44013-013
Project Name: Shanxi Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Project
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Closer coordination, capacity building, and hand-holding will improve project implementation when the executing agency is a first-time implementer of ADB-assisted project.

Project Number: 45303-001
Project Name: Rural Energy Project
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Changes in scope and results framework should be done as early as possible and not when the project is about to close; midterm reviews should be used to formalize the changes.

Project Number: 45303-001
Project Name: Rural Energy Project
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A timely contract award for consulting services would ensure the mobilization of experts to complement the staff of the executing agency.

Project Number: 45303-001
Project Name: Rural Energy Project
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Focus is needed on activities that are less likely to be mainstreamed, like turnkey contracts and competitive procurement, progress monitoring and reporting, safeguard plans, and GAP implementation.

Project Number: 45303-001
Project Name: Rural Energy Project
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As part of the economic rationale for the project, private sector involvement should be considered for all projects proposed for ADB financing; this is particularly important for former centrally planned economies where the private sector is not yet fully developed.

Project Number: 45120-003
Project Name: Samarkand Solar Power Project
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To get approval from customary landowners during land acquisition, the alternative of leasing land from the landowners with an annual lump sum payment by the utility or government or a payment on a per kWh output basis could be explored to give the landowners a vested interest in the project.

Project Number: 46014-002
Project Name: Provincial Renewable Energy Project
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Successful implementation of the gender action plan (GAP) had measurable changes in women’s status; therefore the formulation of a GAP may be mainstreamed for similar projects with distribution system components.

Project Number: 39415-013
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Support Project
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Considering the lack of commercial skills in the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority to facilitate private sector investment, better results were possible with the allocation of more international experts and person-months of consulting services.

Project Number: 39415-013
Project Name: Sustainable Power Sector Support Project
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Recalculating economic and financial returns to reflect proposed changes in scope will enable sound decisions on the options to take to achieve optimal cost-benefit ratios.

Project Number: 44469-013
Project Name: Yap Renewable Energy Development Project
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Sound gender analysis is vital to the formulation of realistic gender action plans (GAPs) in ADB-financed projects.

Project Number: 44469-013
Project Name: Yap Renewable Energy Development Project
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Inaccurate projections about solar irradiation can lead to suboptimal performance of solar systems.

Project Number: 44469-013
Project Name: Yap Renewable Energy Development Project
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System maintenance have to be incorporated in the design of wind energy projects.

Project Number: 44469-013
Project Name: Yap Renewable Energy Development Project
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Detailed system modeling during project preparation enables a more reliable forecast of project outcomes.

Project Number: 44469-013
Project Name: Yap Renewable Energy Development Project
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