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Delays in implementation ensue when components are clustered in a project. Further, clustering discourages ownership of project outputs. Combining harbor development with coastal conservation delayed project implementation considerably because the activities are not complementary.

Project Number: 31287-013
Project Name: Coastal Resource Management Project
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Measures ensuring government commitment to implement institutional development and provide counterpart funds should be carefully reviewed and tied to the release of funds.

Project Number: 34234-013
Project Name: Rural Area Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The rural roads improved under the project generally established all-weather connectivity between remote communities and growth-center markets and other important centers with economic, health, and educational facilities. Nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and other government service providers could also reach rural remote inhabitants more easily.

Project Number: 32467-013
Project Name: Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project
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The use of a credit line was an effective implementation modality. Significant advantages from longer loan periods, grace periods, and fixed interest rates during a period of high and rising interest rates and markedly lower capital availability supplied a definite demand. The use of fixed interest rates during the current period of declining interest rates has, however, increased the requests for early repayment.

Project Number: 34023-012
Project Name: Plantation Development Project
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Delayed payments to contractors adversely affect implementation. ADB and the government should work together to ensure timely disbursements.

Project Number: 34234-013
Project Name: Rural Area Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The government's approval process and processing time should have been carefully assessed during project preparation and reflected in the project schedule.

Project Number: 33165-013
Project Name: Yellow River Flood Management (Sector) Project
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The project design offered flexibility in developing models for community and private sector participation in the delivery of urban services, without providing a clear framework or adequate resources for these activities. Flexibility is important in the design of sector loans, but for this flexibility to be effectively used, additional capacity, a guiding framework, and resources should be included in the sector loan, with supporting technical assistance for project administration to guide the use of the resources.

Project Number: 27182-013
Project Name: North-West Frontier Province Urban Development Sector Project
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There is a need for closer ADB involvement in critical early stages and greater rigor in government reporting.

Project Number: 37046-013
Project Name: Agriculture Sector Program [Loan 2083-AFG]
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No new lessons

Project Number: 32024-013
Project Name: Sindh Rural Development Project [Loan 1934-PAK]
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Heading the project management unit (PMU) with someone from outside the DWC was detrimental to engaging the department staff.

Project Number: 31381-013
Project Name: Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project
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It was unreasonable to expect government officers to engage in commercial links and marketing initiatives with private enterprise in such a short time.

Project Number: 31381-013
Project Name: Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project
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Loan covenant time frames underestimated the time required for the government procedures to amend the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (FFPO) and for institutional reform.

Project Number: 31381-013
Project Name: Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project
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Delegation of powers to the field enhanced pilot protected area (PPA) management but it also increased the importance of self-motivated PPA leadership.

Project Number: 31381-013
Project Name: Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project
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Training for all PPA ranks and public awareness-raising were positive factors in improving conservation.

Project Number: 31381-013
Project Name: Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project
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Launching a complex project through the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC), a small organization faced with structural reform, was overambitious. A two-phased approach (phase 1: capacity- building and restructuring; phase 2: implementation) would have been more appropriate.

Project Number: 31381-013
Project Name: Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project
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