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For a project with clear demonstration value, dissemination activities need to be encouraged. Dissemination techniques were discussed during loan review missions (knowledge products including videos and information being available on the regional knowledge hub established by ADB and Tongji University as examples) but the PCR was silent on these initiatives.

Project Number: 40642-013
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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Impact indicators need not always be project-specific.

Project Number: 40642-013
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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To avoid significant delays (4 years) in agreeing on compensation, careful consideration needs to be given to the following: (i) the location of the proposed house relocation site need to be close to the original houses; (ii) compensation rates offered should be higher due to cost inflation of construction materials; and (iii) the relocation sites need to be comparable.

Project Number: 40642-013
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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Using performance indicators to assess project performance. Performance indicators (in addition to financial disbursements) should be reported throughout implementation to determine whether the project is on track to meet its intended outputs and outcomes.

Project Number: 44236-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and Reconstruction
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Communication between ADB and the government needs to be strengthened. Despite fielding 13 missions, ADB failed to learn of the government’s efforts to undertake component 3B, indicating a possible lack of communication, which needs to be improved.

Project Number: 44236-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and Reconstruction
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Risks of combining emergency assistance projects with the more standard assistance packages. Providing fiscal resources was clearly urgent to ensure uninterrupted service and to reconstruct houses after the political disturbances. However, providing funds for undamaged but old water supply and sanitation systems was not as urgent and should have been completed as a separate project.

Project Number: 44236-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and Reconstruction
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Land acquisition and resettlement policies, to be effective, have to be robust and flexible enough to respond changes in development policies.

Project Number: 40642-013
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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Advance preparation of the bidding documents improve the reliability of cost estimates.

Project Number: 40642-014
Project Name: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project
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The construction of an infiltration gallery for a major urban water supply source is not feasible under an emergency assistance project.

Project Number: 44236-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and Reconstruction
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Alignment of performance indicators with existing government data and statistical systems enables a thorough assessment of project progress and accomplishments.

Project Number: 44236-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and Reconstruction
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A simplified process facilitates procurement.

Project Number: 44236-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and Reconstruction
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