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Lesson
The dispersed location of project sites could make implementation management and supervision difficult. The sites of this project were spread in the north, east, and southwest of Chongqing, mostly in mountainous terrain, making management and supervision difficult for both the project management office and ADB.

Project Number: 45509-002
Project Name: Chongqing Urban-Rural Infrastructure Development Demonstration II Project
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Lesson
Inadequate consideration of the project sites' topography and geological conditions in project feasibility studies and detailed engineering designs could lead to unexpected cost increases during implementation. There was a significant cost increase in land acquisition and resettlement due to changes in the project scope and additional land acquisition that needed to be undertaken because of the complex geological conditions in some sites resulting in increased civil works costs in some packages.

Project Number: 45509-002
Project Name: Chongqing Urban-Rural Infrastructure Development Demonstration II Project
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Lesson
Inadequate consideration of climatic constraints,working seasons in the project sites, difficult terrain, and availability of experienced local labor and construction materials can cause construction delays with implications on project implementation periods and costs .

Project Number: 37143-033
Project Name: North Eastern States Roads Investment Program - Project 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility
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Lesson
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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Lesson
Improving governance and increasing public sector efficiency requires sequenced steps over the medium-term, strong country ownership of reforms, and adequate technical assistance (TA) support.

Project Number: 51059-001, 51059-002
Project Name: Improving Governance and Public Sector Efficiency Program (Subprogram 1 and Subprogram 2)
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Lesson
This validation agrees that cooperation and coordination, especially with other ADB departments, is important. This was a missed opportunity for this TA project. It is, however, not clear though why a visit to the People's Republic of China is required or recommended for the next ACMF TA.

Project Number: 48143-001
Project Name: Enhancing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Capital Market Integration
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Lesson
This validation also offers this TCRV lesson: When changes are made to a TA's scope, it should be made explicit the extent to which originally planned results would not be achieved as a result of the new approach. Under this TA, it was not fully clear that the originally foreseen concept for a stand-alone investment project would not be produced due to the shift in the TA's scope. Project scope should be undertaken with care. It is essential to go back to the design board and re-adjust the indicators and consult with stakeholders if changes are made.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
The lesson is not clearly articulated as a TCR lesson. In finalizing this validation report, the NRM rephrased and provided additional information: ADB’s flexibility to adopt to changed country context is crucial to maintaining project relevance. ADB was quick to respond to the government’s need for critical policy reforms as a greater priority than the value chain component in the context of federalism. ADB’s flexibility reflected in a minor change in scope of the TA was useful to design a policy-based program in less than one year.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
This is an appropriate point, but this lesson could have been better phrased as follows: An active partnership with the government is necessary to reduce delays in project commencement and to ensure full commitment and timely allocation of counterpart resources.

Project Number: 48139-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
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Lesson
Useful lesson. It may have been more useful had the TCR included more specific information on the issue and how it impacted this TA. Also, targeted outcomes and output indicators should have been reviewed for relevance and/or practicality during implementation and formally adjusted if they were no longer appropriate

Project Number: 49342-001
Project Name: Implementing ICT Tools to Improve Data Collection and Management of National Surveys in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals
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Lesson
This lesson suggests that the TA project may not have focused enough on the actual needs of the staff, and they could have done a better job at identifying gaps in skills and meeting these through partnerships.

Project Number: 45376-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Portfolio Management
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Lesson
The TCR did not have a lesson for this criterion. However, during the finalization of this validation, the South Asia Regional Cooperation and Operations Coordination Division (SARC) provided this lesson: Implementing regional TAs is more complex and entails continued commitment and engagement of participating countries. A comprehensive risk analysis and appropriate mitigating measures should be in place and regularly updated throughout implementation to efficiently address issues that may come up.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
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Lesson
There appears to be strong government commitment to adjust the scope and coverage during the TA implementation

Project Number: 48377-001
Project Name: Financing Public-Private Partnerships
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Lesson
It is important for the revision to DMF indicators to be consistent with the changes sought in memos, as this can help ensure better quality reporting. For example, the Memo of 9 February 2011 sought the approval for PriceWaterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd. consultants to set up the International Center for the Application of Solar Energy Technologies in IIT Rajasthan. However, the indicators were not refreshed; neither does the TCR comment on this in detail, thus risking activities such as these not being adequately captured through reporting.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
Agreed. The soliciting of stakeholder buy-in and support is an important aspect of project design, implementation, and delivery. A proper understanding of the demands being made on local players to provide information and any cultural issues with information sharing can help to develop buy-in to facilitate smooth project facilitation. At times, incentives may be required to assist local players to overcome barriers to cooperation.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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