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Detailed design engineers and supervision and implementation consultants should be recruited in advance of project approval, to increase project readiness. The project implementation schedule should be realistic.

Project Number: 34234-013
Project Name: Rural Area Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The community's involvement in various project activities and its interactions with the government and project staff greatly enhanced the sense of ownership. Community participation and contribution was the key to successfully completing the village upgrading subcomponent. This was evidenced by the fact that the actual community contribution of $206,000, mainly in cash, exceeded the estimated amount of $200,000 expected at appraisal to be mainly as labor.

Project Number: 31352-013
Project Name: Small Towns Development Sector Project
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Specifications for operation and maintenance (O&M) equipment should be prepared in consultation with the relevant agencies.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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For the sake of efficiency of resources, similar works should be packaged into bigger contracts suitable for international competitive bidding and more efforts is needed during the prequalification and bid evaluation stages to ensure that the selected contractors are fully familiar with the country norms and practices.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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More capacity building needs to be provided to the staff of project management units (PMUs) and project implementaiton units (PIUs), particularly during early stages of implementation.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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Market-level compensation is necessary to attract and retain competent staff at PMU, PIUs, and vodokanals.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply 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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Introducing large numbers of technical assistance (TA) consultants into the DWC that was understaffed resulted in inefficient use of consultancy expertise.

Project Number: 31381-013
Project Name: Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project
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Revenue-earning subprojects were favored. Many of the implemented subprojects e.g. public markets, public transport terminals, and water supply schemes are good revenue earners or have the potential to be good revenue earners. These subprojects provide essential economic and environmental benefits that will have long-lasting positive impacts. It is expected that most of these investments will be sustainable and will lead to further related investments to expand infrastructure networks.

Project Number: 30551-013
Project Name: Mindanao Basic Urban Services Sector Project
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A formal monitoring system should have been established by the DWC at the start of the project.

Project Number: 31381-013
Project Name: Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project
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The value of capacity development. Although not easily measurable in terms of monetary impacts and outcomes, capacity development support made an important contribution to the project. The investment of $6 million through an Nordic Development Fund (NDF) loan to the DILG was an unprecedented engagement in favor of LGUs; this amount was augmented with a substantial in-kind operational counterpart contribution by the DILG.

Project Number: 30551-013
Project Name: Mindanao Basic Urban Services Sector Project
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Land acquisitions and resettlement. Most of the compensation rates for resettlement were higher than those in the resettlement plans. However, according to the data provided by each municipal sewerage company (MSC), the total resettlement costs for permanent land acquisition, temporary land use, building demolition, and associated items on the ground were lower than those estimated in the resettlement plan.

Project Number: 32327-013
Project Name: Hebei Province Wastewater Management Project
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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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Participating local government units (LGUs) obtained several benefits. The project generated strong interest among LGUs. Most LGUs appreciated the loan terms (particularly the fixed long-term nature of ADB funds) and the assistance and services provided by the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). LGUs also appreciated receiving assistance in modernized governance systems, including assistance in rationalized planning (comprehensive development plans), property tax administration, and revenue enhancement.

Project Number: 30551-013
Project Name: Mindanao Basic Urban Services Sector 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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