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The engineering design of infrastructure investments need to be simple and adequately consider post-project financial and human resources capacity for and operation and maintenance. The rationale for this project's overall design was justifiable as it highlighted Pakse as an economic and commercial center of southern Lao PDR. The choice of investments reflected the immediate needs of Pakse. However, in terms of future maintenance, the design of the landfill was considered overly sophisticated for local authorities with limited financial and human resources.

Project Number: 43316-012
Project Name: Pakse Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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Inadequate assessment of deficiencies in technical and financial capacities to operate, maintain, and manage sanitary landfills could have detrimental impacts. The project completion mission noted deficiencies in the management of the landfill. In the absence of an effective management system, the new landfill currently operates as an uncontrolled dumping site. There is a need for proper handover procedures and transfer of management from the project to the local authorities.

Project Number: 43316-012
Project Name: Pakse Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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Support by the competent focal staff in the executing and implementing agencies is critical to smooth TA implementation. The implementation of this TA was challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions in 2020. Nonetheless, it was successfully completed because of adequate support from focal staff in the project agencies.

Project Number: 52351-001
Project Name: Effective Economic Management
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Setting aside resources to engage startup consultants, such as a a procurement and safeguard specialists, will help mitigate the risk of delays.

Project Number: 46293-003
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth Project
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A database to track consultants’ performance in development projects in the country and/or region is a useful reference for the executing agencies to recruit qulified, experienced, and highly performing personnel.

Project Number: 46293-003
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth Project
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Establishing well-staffed and operational project management units (PMUs) and project implementation units (PIUs) as early as possible is essential for effective implementation. Timely recruitment and mobilization of project implementation consultants will also ensure that technical resources are in place to support the PMUs and PIUs. Delays in consultant recruitment and high turnover in specialized areas need to immediately addresses as these could adversely impact project activities.

Project Number: 41403-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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Inadequate staffing levels and frequent staff turnovers make training efforts less effective and sustainable. Under their existing structures, all the key project agencies faced challenges due to the perennial shortage of key personnel, made worse by high staff turnover. Therefore, it has been essential for ADB to continually review staff skills and capabilities and corporate structures, and implement measures to fill capacity gaps.

Project Number: 43072-013
Project Name: South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project
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Proper assessment of the borrower’s capacity and those of the executing agencies during the preparation phase supports project implementation which will help achieve the desired output and results. A delay in one key project component, due to weak capacity of agencies, could likely cause further delays in the subsequent activities such civil works which hampers the overall project implementation timeline.

Project Number: 44483-023, 44483-024, 44483-026, 44483-027
Project Name: Second Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 Road Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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It is prudent to consider providing project implementation support through a better-staffed consulting to mitigate existing capacity gaps in project agencies. At project appraisal, ADB identified the executing agency as having limited experience with ADB projects; yet it was made responsible for leading project performance tracking by the proect implementation unit (PIU), with the support of only two individual consultants for a short term. Changes in government exacerbated the lack of leadership and management capacity of the PIU.

Project Number: 45010-002
Project Name: Skills for Employment Project
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The engagement of experienced personnel with the ability to decide on crucial matters is indispensable to the successful implementation of projects. While there are limited financial and human resources in Tonga, the government tries its best to achieve and sustain project outputs through its recurrent budget. Implementation of key project outputs such as the CCTF and SMAs was eventually achieved.

Project Number: 46351-002
Project Name: Climate Resilience Sector Project
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Use of consultants from other tranche projects is only appropriate if their performance is satisfactory.

Project Number: 38254-053
Project Name: North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program (Tranche 3)
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In selecting subprojects and project timelines, it is important, right at the design stage, to consider the Implementation complexity, experience of the executing agency, availability of specialized contractors, and available working season. Delays in the execution of subprojects under this tranche occurred due to adverse weather conditions at construction sites and the difficult work terrain.

Project Number: 40648-034
Project Name: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism - Tranche 3
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The selection of subprojects and project timeliness need to consider the Implementation complexity (such as topography, adverse weather conditions at the construction site, and the need for specialized experts), experience of the executing agency, availability of specialist contractors, and available working seasons.

Project Number: 40648-013, 40648-037
Project Name: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism (Tranche 4 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Unclear or lack of institutional arrangements and inappropriate deployment of consultants are a serious deterrent to the systematic Implementation of environmental management plans and social safeguards.

Project Number: 40648-013, 40648-037
Project Name: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism (Tranche 4 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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It may be necessary for state governments to consider special incentives to attract engineers. Under this project, some rural road network management units were not fully functional because of a lukewarm response from the department engineers about working in these networks. Relatedly, the states also need to further strengthen their capacity to fully utilize e-MARG, a web-based monitoring application system that enhanced efficiency, improved quality, and brought transparency to the maintenance of the project roads,

Project Number: 48266-002, 48226-004
Project Name: Second Rural Connectivity Investment Program (Tranche 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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