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Capacity building is needed in enabling institutions to reach the poor with demand driven products and services.

Project Number: 33196-013
Project Name: Small and Microfinance Development Project
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Close examination and assessment of real capacity is necessary in analyzing economic and financial benefits for private sector power plant projects supported by ADB. Nameplate capacity needs to be considered in the context of a plant’s capacity factor. No power plant runs 100% of the time, and power plants, like that of AKL, that run on auto diesel fuel will need to shut down routinely for scheduled maintenance. Routine maintenance combined with unscheduled shutdowns lower actual net capacity.

Project Number: 34912-014
Project Name: AES Kelanitissa Power Project in Sri Lanka
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Project Number: 32058-033
Project Name: Punjab Road Development Sector Project
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Project Number: 40909-014
Project Name: Equity Investment in Bank of Hangzhou
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Project Number: 35337-013
Project Name: Guangxi Roads Development II Project
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The project-commissioned monitoring inadequately reported the actual implementation issues at field level. Third party monitoring on an annual basis would improve project performance. The reporting could be in the form of back-to-office notes that outline issues in need of attention and make recommendations.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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One significant additional lesson is the importance of monitoring the results of reform programs even after the financial closure of the program, ensuring that the government and its various implementing agencies develop a strong sense of ownership for the reform initiatives. As pointed out in para. 19, these types of SME reform measures would usually take much longer time to achieve real outcomes on the ground.

Project Number: 34344 -013, 38335-013
Project Name: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development Program Cluster (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Project Number: 33459-013
Project Name: Xi’an Urban Transport Project
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The government needed to review and include interim milestone dates in the contract documents to ensure timely work completion and avoid extensions. The government also needed to institutionalize a safeguard system within the organizational framework of the project, particularly during implementation, for effective monitoring and supervision of and timely compliance with safeguard covenants.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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There were some difficulties in contract administration between the DOC and UNCTAD. Although the contract for the ASYCUDA was signed between DOR and UNCTAD, DOC was the main agency to supervise UNCTAD’s work. DOC felt that it was less effective in the UNCTAD contract implementation because it was not a party to the contract. Contract provisions should have clearly stated the role, responsibilities, and implementation arrangements of DOC.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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The practice of international joint venture partners not actively participating in the implementation of the contracts awarded was observed during project implementation. To ensure involvement of all joint venture partners in contract administration, it would be necessary for each partner to issue a guarantee against the collateral for their individual and joint liability. Issuance of individual and joint liability along with a performance bond would ensure liability for the work among all joint venture partners.

Project Number: 37027-013
Project Name: Subregional Transport Facilitation Project
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While it provides the benefit of flexibility (i.e., deferring subprograms wherein the program design cannot be fully defined at appraisal), care must be taken to maximize the achievement of critical objectives even if ongoing subprograms are canceled.

Project Number: 37752-013
Project Name: Power Sector Development Program
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Project Number: 33443-013
Project Name: Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Wastes Project
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Project Number: 33314-013
Project Name: Federated States of Micronesia: Private Sector Development Program
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Project Number: 30308-013
Project Name: Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program
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