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Lesson
Setting well-considered and realistic targets for indicators can highlight project performance and minimize revisions during implementation. Revision of DMF targets created the notion that the executing agency was merely avoiding a poor or low achievement rating and it should be clearly explained

Project Number: 46094-001
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Project (Phase 2)
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Well-trained local government staff and project management consultants on the requirements for involuntary resettlement under ADB and national government guidelines can mitigate challenges. While a resettlement framework was prepared for the project, there was a need to ensure that the implementors understood it well. One approach would be to utilize the first resettlement undertaking as a running case for all participating cities to learn from the initial experiences generated.

Project Number: 46094-001
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Project (Phase 2)
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Tapping community organizations with proven track records is beneficial for ADB-financed community-driven development initiatives.

Project Number: 46094-001
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Project (Phase 2)
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Direct community contracting fosters strong community ownership of completed infrastructure that in turn breeds widespread support for the proper operation and maintenance (O&M) of the infrastructure assets.

Project Number: 46094-001
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Project (Phase 2)
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Effective and efficient monitoring and reporting, which requires a fully functional system and adequate capacity in EAs/IAs, is vital to ensuring proper project implementation and putting in check integrity and financial issues.

Project Number: 46094-001
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Project (Phase 2)
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Effective innovations promote project success and sustainability and encourage replication or similar interventions.

Project Number: 46094-001
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Project (Phase 2)
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Well-thought-out adaptive and mitigating measures from executing and implementing agencies (EAs/IAs) can significantly help address the risk of delays and other implementation challenges.

Project Number: 46094-001
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Project (Phase 2)
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As with other contractors, it is important for ADB to ensure that community organizations engaged in civil works understand and comply with ADB safeguard requirements

Project Number: 46094-001
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Project (Phase 2)
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Lesson
The implementation of a project gender action plan (GAP) in areas without prior relevant exposure is challenging and needs to be supported by clear guidelines.

Project Number: 46094-001
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Project (Phase 2)
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No additional lessons

Project Number: 30308-013
Project Name: Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program
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Lesson
The technical assistance contributed substantially to achieving the policy reforms envisaged under the policy loan, but longer-term and more focused assistance will be required since: (i) as a new agency, the PRRC has limited capacity to drive policy reforms; (ii) policy change requires skills, effective institutional incentives and culture change; (iii) the program is ambitious and multi-faceted, encompassing a wide range of stakeholders with a variety of interests, not necessarily linked to the policy agenda.

Project Number: 30308-013
Project Name: Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program
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Lesson
The program assumed that by implementing the policy framework the government would have the tools and capacity to implement the full Pasig River Development Plan (PRDP), leading to the overall objective of improving the Pasig River water quality to class C level by 2014. However, the outputs of the policy loan covered only part of the implementation activities of the PRDP, and therefore it should have been clear from the start that the overall objective was not attainable.

Project Number: 30308-013
Project Name: Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program
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Lesson
The program required the cooperation of a large number of government agencies, while responsibility for implementation was given to the newly established Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission, without a well-established mandate or political influence. Without high-level political support, coordination became difficult and program outcomes were not achieved. When the responsibility for project implementation was delegated to sector agencies, it became more effective.

Project Number: 30308-013
Project Name: Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program
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Lesson
The program was overly ambitious in its scope and in its implementation structure. Only after modification of the scope and implementation arrangements was progress made. This could have been avoided, had a proper risk assessment and risk mitigation plan been prepared, based on the lessons learned from the previous program. Although the Pasig River Development Plan provided a good framework for the implementation of environmental improvement projects, more and longer-term assistance is required to establish the institutional setting for its effective implementation.

Project Number: 30308-013
Project Name: Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program
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Because the government had already purchased most of the housing prior to ADB loan approval, it could not be financed by the loan. ADB funds were therefore directed toward facilities. If ADB had not been involved in the project, the host communities would have received these community facilities much later and they would probably have been of a lower quality.

Project Number: 30308-013
Project Name: Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program
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