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Project design and resettlement planning should be carefully sequenced with the government's development plan using a realistic implementation schedule.

Project Number: 35340-013
Project Name: Fuzhou Environmental Improvement Project
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Extra attention and resources should be allocated to projects involving displacement of unregistered or illegal properties.

Project Number: 35340-013
Project Name: Fuzhou Environmental Improvement Project
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The rapid urbanization and transformation of cities in the PRC means that resettlement safeguards are a critical element of urban projects throughout project preparation and implementation. This is particularly complex in the eastern coastal cities, such as Fuzhou, that experienced unplanned housing development.

Project Number: 35340-013
Project Name: Fuzhou Environmental Improvement Project
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Public announcement of the resettlement cutoff date and its notification to affected villagers should be supported by robust evidence of the established cutoff date such as unambiguous aerial photographs. Local authorities should also try to prevent people from building illegal structures and should rigorously enforce the cutoff date.

Project Number: 35340-013
Project Name: Fuzhou Environmental Improvement Project
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It is unlikely that civil servants in the Kyrgyz Republic have the necessary incentives to manage complex projects as unremunerated, part-time project managers, even if they are highly competent. It is also unlikely that public procurement processes can be managed without specialized procurement skills. A fully dedicated project manager and a procurement specialist should have been appointed to the project.

Project Number: 41544-072
Project Name: Investment Climate Improvement Program System Support Project
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Implementation of a single window for foreign trade is an extremely complex process that requires a long-term commitment and high-level support. It also requires continuous dialogue with all concerned government agencies to lower resistance to change, including by middle managers and operational staff. The project should have had a longer implementation period and should have included a stronger communication and change management component. A project administration manual and a design and monitoring framework (DMF) at an earlier stage could have helped expedite implementation.

Project Number: 41544-072
Project Name: Investment Climate Improvement Program System Support Project
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Raising awareness of end-users is an important component of projects that streamline government administration. It helps increase demand for the systems, reduce misinformation, and support the overall change. The funding allocation to public awareness campaigns under the project could have been higher.

Project Number: 41544-072
Project Name: Investment Climate Improvement Program System Support Project
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Information technologgy training for government agencies' staff was expensive. It may be more efficient in future procurement plans to have a separate package for training in basic information and communication technology, as there are many institutions in the country that provide these services.

Project Number: 41544-072
Project Name: Investment Climate Improvement Program System Support Project
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Projects with significant information technology (IT) components require specific expertise in designing the software's technical specifications and bidding documents, and monitoring a software developer's work. The terms of reference for IT experts should have required candidates to have minimum experience in writing technical specifications for software development that were successfully tendered.

Project Number: 41544-072
Project Name: Investment Climate Improvement Program System Support Project
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Private enterprises played an important role in advancing the agriculture sector through branding and marketing of farm produce, introducing quality standards and technology, investing to improve farm infrastructure, and providing extension services. Farmers also benefited from advice on agricultural inputs, credit services, and increased farm gate prices.

Project Number: 33439-013
Project Name: Fujian Soil Conservation and Rural Development II Project
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The traffic forecast at appraisal was optimistic regarding the first few years after project completion, particularly for freight traffic. Traffic increase assumptions should be carefully reviewed in future projects.

Project Number: 36432-013
Project Name: Dali-Lijiang Railway Project
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Subproject selection criteria guided the selection, but the Fujian provincial government's active role in subproject selection contributed to the project's success. Most subprojects made significant progress during project implementation despite the global financial crisis in 2008.

Project Number: 33439-013
Project Name: Fujian Soil Conservation and Rural Development II Project
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The costs of construction materials were underestimated. The price for some construction materials, such as cement, steel, stone, and sand increased substantially during project construction. Although there was a price escalation clause in the contracts, price negotiations and contract variations and approval of the variations took considerable time and caused delay in the financial closure of the project.

Project Number: 36432-013
Project Name: Dali-Lijiang Railway Project
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There has been a continuing process of adaptation of the project to the latest construction and operation technology and more environmentally friendly solutions. This has demonstrated that such innovation and reform can improve cost effectiveness, efficiency, safety, and sustainability.

Project Number: 36432-013
Project Name: Dali-Lijiang Railway Project
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Having sufficient consultation and participation with stakeholders helps to promote ownership and responsibility. During implementation, a great number of consultation meetings were conducted on the design, construction, safeguards, job opportunities, ethnic minority culture protection, gender, and social mpacts. These included hundreds of participants including representatives of local governments, nongovernment organizations, potential customers, ethnic minority groups, and women's federations at town, county, and city levels.

Project Number: 36432-013
Project Name: Dali-Lijiang Railway Project
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