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Consultation with service agencies during project design stage is best, as their hands-on experience and knowledge of the sector would enhance project availability and allow them to align with the proposed project.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Information Highway
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Multilateral and bilateral agreement would be more helpful if undertaken before loan approval as it would indicate buy-in and commitment by participating countries.

Project Number: 40054-013
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Information Highway
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ADB should be fully engaged with the program, whether or not funds are to be disbursed in a particular year.

Project Number: 50210-001
Project Name: Fiscal Resilience Improvement Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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The terms and conditions of the subsequent tranches of financing should be at least as attractive as the initial tranche to keep the borrower committed to completing the full reform program.

Project Number: 50210-001
Project Name: Fiscal Resilience Improvement Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Recognizing the limitations placed by cost and staff resources on ADB’s capacity to fully participate in coordination meetings in small member countries, the role of additional TA should have been carefully evaluated.

Project Number: 50210-001
Project Name: Fiscal Resilience Improvement Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Continued engagement by ADB would have enabled it to continue contributing its expertise to the reform process, keep itself informed of the evolving views of the government, and help clarify ADB’s future role in the reform process.

Project Number: 50210-001
Project Name: Fiscal Resilience Improvement Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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To get approval from customary landowners during land acquisition, the alternative of leasing land from the landowners with an annual lump sum payment by the utility or government or a payment on a per kWh output basis could be explored to give the landowners a vested interest in the project.

Project Number: 46014-002
Project Name: Provincial Renewable Energy Project
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Withholding parts of the retention money and performance bank guarantee until the end of the maintenance period could improve contractor performance in post-construction maintenance.

Project Number: 38255-033
Project Name: Uttarakhand State-Road Investment Program (Subproject 2)
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Project-specific design and monitoring frameworks (DMFs) are essential to evaluating the performance of each project/tranche in a multitranche financing facility (MFF) or investment program.

Project Number: 38255-033
Project Name: Uttarakhand State-Road Investment Program (Subproject 2)
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It is good practice to build on existing mechanisms to address transport issues, rather than establish new ones.

Project Number: 38255-033
Project Name: Uttarakhand State-Road Investment Program (Subproject 2)
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Setting the road maintenance cost as a predetermined percentage of the civil works contract price or a fixed amount could eliminate contractors’ tendency to quote unrealistic maintenance prices.

Project Number: 38255-033
Project Name: Uttarakhand State-Road Investment Program (Subproject 2)
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Project Number: 43063-013
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh State Roads Project III
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Weather needs to be carefully considered in the selection of pavement types.

Project Number: 42145-023
Project Name: North-South Road Corridor Investment Program – Tranche 1
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Keeping designs simple and focused will make projects more manageable and planned outputs more likely to be achieved.

Project Number: 42489-023
Project Name: Water Supply and Sanitation Services Investment Program – Tranche 1
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Project and procurement readiness need to be worked out during project preparation to minimize completion delays.

Project Number: 42145-023
Project Name: North-South Road Corridor Investment Program – Tranche 1
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