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Lesson
The line of credit facility could have been structured as a revolving facility to extend the benefits to MSMEs and improve sustainability. To leverage ADB funds, ADB could also have provided the line of credit facility under a fund management arrangement through which the BML could have administered the less expensive ADB funds and cofinanced at market rates. This would have resulted in competitive, all-in, blended costs to the borrowers.

Project Number: 41149-013
Project Name: Private Sector Development Project
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The National Highways Authority of India undertook several measures towards achieving project readiness such as (i) project preparation using its own funds; (ii) deployment of a project team at its headquarters and field office during the initial stage to supervise project preparation and undertake procurement activities and pre-construction activities; and (iii) advance action on civil works procurement, recruitment of construction supervision consultants, and pre-construction activities such as shifting of utilities, cutting of trees, and land acquisition.

Project Number: 31435-013
Project Name: Western Transport Corridor Project
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Better cooperation between ADB and the executing agency in the preparation of the design and monitoring framework, as well as a more detailed assessment of appropriate project impact, outcome, and output performance indicators, could have improved performance monitoring, project evaluation, and possibly the project's ratings. In addition, a more detailed analysis of imprest account ceilings could have limited delays in project implementation. The imprest account ceiling for the line of credit facility had to be raised, with some difficulty, during implementation.

Project Number: 41149-013
Project Name: Private Sector Development Project
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Recruitment of supervision consultants and major civil works contractor was delayed by the Roads and Highways Department. This delay was further aggravated by problems with land acquisition and tree removals. In recent ADB-assisted projects in Bangladesh, advance work for land acquisition, tree removal and resettlement commenced before selection of civil works contractors.

Project Number: 34415-013
Project Name: Road Network Improvement and Maintenance Project II
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There should have been adequate assessment at appraisal of the suitability of a new facility such as the cost-sharing facility, especially in the context of Bhutan where the number of business development services (BDS) providers is small and where government heavily subsidizes training for BDS.

Project Number: 39221-022
Project Name: Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprise Sector Development Program
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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 39652-033
Project Name: Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program – Dagushan Hydropower Project
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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 36018-013
Project Name: Electricity Market and Transmission Development Project
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Institutional support in various business aspects would make small and medium enterprises more bankable.

Project Number: 36117-013
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Regional Development Project
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Promoting a standard anchor for interest rates is needed to conform development partners’ assistance to the local environment and to avoid market distortions.

Project Number: 36117-013
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Regional Development Project
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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 34390-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Transmission Project
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Project administration should give greater attention to efficient and timely disbursement to facilitate implementation

Project Number: 36117-013
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Regional Development Project
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Need for further improvement of the executing agency's project management capacity. Inadequate knowledge on the part of Ministry of Transport and Communications and Committee for Roads relating to safeguards and procurement, and a lack of staff with appropriate expertise were major factors affecting smooth project implementation, and ultimately resulted in stakeholder complaints.

Project Number: 41121-023
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Zhambyl Oblast Section) Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Need for clear identification of the role of the project management consultant. The expected role of the project management consultant for the investment program was unclear in the beginning, and the original terms of reference did not properly define the tasks and deliverables of each expert, which resulted in considerable refinements to the terms of reference during implementation. The roles and responsibilities should have been properly defined during project preparation.

Project Number: 41121-023
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Zhambyl Oblast Section) Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Need for realistic cost estimates. During implementation it was realized that costs for civil works and consulting services had been overestimated, and that contingencies were excessive, which resulted in cancellation of 33.8% of the loan proceeds. Furthermore, various changes in scopes and designs were required to accommodate the geological conditions and needs of local populations, which had not been identified at design stage.

Project Number: 41121-023
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Zhambyl Oblast Section) Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Lesson
Project Management. Strong government ownership was critical to the successful implementation of the project. Creative and practical implementation arrangements ensured the investment program was soundly managed. Under the multitranche financing facility, a distinctive financial intermediary modality was adopted, and a third party was selected to conduct energy savings measurement and verification for each subproject.

Project Number: 39653-033
Project Name: Guangdong Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 2
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