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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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More strategic and participatory planning is desirable. LGU chief executive officers (CEOs) often selected subprojects and made investment decisions on their own rather than on the basis of strategic local development plans. Although the project assisted some LGUs in formulating comprehensive land use plans, it did not succeed in ensuring that such plans are standard tools for investment planning despite an LBP requirement mandating that LGUs possess annual development plans to qualify for loan approval.

Project Number: 30551-013
Project Name: Mindanao Basic Urban Services Sector Project
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Before ADB's support, the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) had not taken on transmission and distribution (T&D) projects of such magnitude due to financial constraints. However, the successful project implementation amply demonstrates that, if appropriate institutional support is provided, it can carry out such a project adequately.

Project Number: 36318-023
Project Name: Assam Power Sector Development Program
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A single executing agency could have simplified implementation. The report and recommendation of the president (RRP) and the loan agreement both established an unnecessary overlap of functions between LBP and the DILG. This could have been avoided through a more straightforward and functional separation of roles: LBP to implement Part A, and the DILG to limit its role to Part B. The existence of two executing agencies under the project should have been avoided.

Project Number: 30551-013
Project Name: Mindanao Basic Urban Services Sector Project
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Reclaimed water development. The government has not recognized the tariff issues related to recycled water, although 30% of treated wastewater is being recycled as of 30 June 2010. The government needs to streamline the tariff system for recycled water, including tariff setup, charging standards, and collection mechanisms.

Project Number: 32327-013
Project Name: Hebei Province Wastewater Management Project
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LGUs see banking requirements as too tedious. Despite various introductory workshops, some LGUs kept complaining about the documentation requirements. The assistance of DILG and its consultants has helped ease their concerns, but LGUs reported that at times they felt like they were being forced into compliance with procedures that other official development assistance (ODA) providers (like Japan Bank for International Cooperation) had already relaxed. Both ADB and LBP procedures could have been simplified to better bond LGU customers with the project.

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