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Lesson
The project produced some important insights for neighborhood upgrading interventions to be considered for future project designs.

Project Number: 35143-013
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Sector Project
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Covering a vast number of cities spread over almost the entire country may not be an effective way of maximizing the use of resources. A focused geographic approach would have provided flexibility for designing better social and economic benefits for the beneficiaries. The effectiveness of the investment in generating development impact, as well as project efficiency, would have been improved.

Project Number: 35143-013
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Sector Project
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For the AWUAIP, instead of pursuing the ADB multitranche financing facility, the government decided to accept a loan from the Government of the People’s Republic of China. The government is also dealing with many official development assistance partners, and there are grants and loans with better conditions than ADB loans.

Project Number: 35379-013
Project Name: Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System New Water Source Development Project
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A master plan for water resource development in each river basin including careful assessment of conflicting responsibilities for regulation, extraction, and approval in the sector is needed for future ADB engagement..

Project Number: 35379-013
Project Name: Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System New Water Source Development Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 34513-013
Project Name: Post-Conflict Emergency Rehabilitation Project
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Microfinance for housing should be encouraged. Housing microfinance is an important long-term development instrument. Microfinance institutions that have clienteles with good reputation as borrowers are best suited to implement such housing microfinance loans.

Project Number: 32499-013
Project Name: Development of Poor Urban Communities Sector Project
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A bigger role for nongovernment organizations (NGOs) can be envisaged. NGOs can borrow from the Developnment Bank of the Philippines if they have sufficient collateral at their disposal. However, few NGOs may have land available for housing, and may consequently rely on partnerships with other stakeholders, such as the local government units or the private sector, to access land for their projects.

Project Number: 32499-013
Project Name: Development of Poor Urban Communities Sector Project
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Local government units (LGUs) are important as facilitators of housing projects, but should not be overburdened with housing production or housing loans. LGU-driven projects are important and strategic for targeting the urban poor. LGUs can have a crucial role in provision of land, particularly land that has been proclaimed by the President of the Philippines for social housing purposes. However, there needs to be additional innovation to make the urban poor bankable.

Project Number: 32499-013
Project Name: Development of Poor Urban Communities Sector Project
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Private sector developers need to be motivated to prefinance and build social housing schemes. The private sector modality does work if established in tandem with a take-out mechanism from Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF). While the private sector will only require short-term loans during the construction period (until a scheme is fully sold), it relies on a separate financing mechanism through HMDF or similar other arrangements.

Project Number: 32499-013
Project Name: Development of Poor Urban Communities Sector Project
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The commitment shown by ADB and the HMG was fundamental to the project’s success. Careful assessment and project design during loan processing, detailed procurement and implementation planning, and timely availability of counterpart funding and decision making ensured smooth implementation and commissioning of the project about 1 year ahead of schedule.

Project Number: 33177-013
Project Name: Harbin Water Supply Project [Loan 1995-PRC]
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Bringing in private sector experience yields efficiency. The eventual full participation of Tianjin Capital Environmental Protection Company (TCEPC) in component A was a good demonstration of private sector participation, particularly in bringing about the required expertise in running a wastewater treatment plant. Aside from the Beicang wastewater treatment plant, TCEPC is also responsible for the operations of three other large-scale wastewater treatment plants in Tianjin.

Project Number: 31190-013
Project Name: Tianjin Wastewater Treatment and Water Resources Protection Project [Loan 1797-PRC]
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A two-pronged approach focusing on developing institutions and training is needed to strengthen agencies. Various trainings were given to the executing and implementing agencies in water supply and wastewater treatment operations. Aside from training, emphasis on developing the institutions, such as review of the overall organization structures and terms of reference of management and staff, would be helpful in further strengthening the EA and IAs.

Project Number: 31190-013
Project Name: Tianjin Wastewater Treatment and Water Resources Protection Project [Loan 1797-PRC]
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The project became effective on 7 January 2004, nearly 1 year after the group company was registered with the HMG’s Commercial and Industrial Bureau on 24 January 2003. Close attention should have been given to revising certain project covenants to ensure that the HMG could continue to follow up on some aspects of water pricing.

Project Number: 33177-013
Project Name: Harbin Water Supply Project [Loan 1995-PRC]
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Lesson
The government recognizes that water resource problems in the PRC are related to various economic, technical, regulatory, and other developmental issues, and that an integrated and comprehensive approach is required to ensure that adequate volumes of water of requisite quality are available on a sustained basis.

Project Number: 33177-013
Project Name: Harbin Water Supply Project [Loan 1995-PRC]
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Lesson
No new lessons

Project Number: 39118-013
Project Name: Cyclone Emergency Assistance Project [Loan 2174-COO]
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