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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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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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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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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
Active engagement with key government agencies is important. It can provide the much-needed oversight and intervention to facilitate the resolution of unexpected design and implementation issues emerging from project implementation. These especially concern issues that ADB has very limited control.

Project Number: 42414-033
Project Name: Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Lesson
Changes in scope and implementation arrangements are often needed to make projects responsive to changes in government and policy directions. The changes in the ruling party and restructuring of the government in 2012 and 2016 led to changes in the policy directions on higher education. To remain responsive and aligned with the government’s policy, minor changes were made to the project scope and implementation arrangements.

Project Number: 43007-023
Project Name: Higher Education Reform Project
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Government changes can disrupt institutional continuity. The national election in 2012 resulted in a change in the ruling party and the subsequent appointment of new directors and staff in the implementing agency. Additional time had to be devoted to building capacity and awareness of the project. Several components under the project were canceled because of changes in government priorities.

Project Number: 42414-013, 42414-045
Project Name: Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program - Tranche 5 and MFF
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Lesson
This validation offers the following lesson: it is important to work and clearly communicate with ACMF and its working groups to get buy-in to the TA project. This is evident in how stakeholders noted their appreciation to this approach.

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 lesson: The TA memo provides a lesson (although it was not reflected in the TCR lessons) regarding the shift in scope, "In light of the ongoing transition to federalism, which aims to devolve the responsibilities for the agriculture sector to the subnational government levels (provincial and municipal), the consultations at the subnational level have become critical not only for the program design, but also to assess the most feasible implementation arrangements…The need to consult with the subnational government offices has not received sufficient atte

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
The TCR lesson reflects on the need to engage with the stakeholders in the project design process. However, there is no mention of whether the stakeholders were consulted again when the output indicators changed, and some market corridors were dropped. When the project scope changes significantly, it is a good practice to revisit previously consulted stakeholders to update them of the need to change the targets and incorporate their feedback.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
Agreed. Lesson might be rephrased as: Wide stakeholder consultations (with private sector, subject matter experts, and the government) enabled identification of critical reforms, particularly on food safety, an area where this TA linked with public health.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
Additional lesson could be that strong stakeholder participation and national ownership are also important from the project design stage to completion to promote TA sustainability. This TA was able to secure strong engagement from national government partners, and it appears that the participating DMCs are on their way to sustaining and scaling up the TA results.

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
To derive lessons on how the key stakeholders see their participation and future roles, a post-TA completion survey could be highly useful.

Project Number: 45376-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Portfolio Management
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Lesson
The lesson should reflect the level and type of stakeholder participation in terms of influence on the TA project and how they could be leveraged for TA sustainability. It is not a sufficient lesson to say that the participation was “good.” The TA team rightly reflected on the lesson of how the program would have benefited if there were targeted intervention for the private sector. Perhaps it was not sufficient enough to offer a 1-day open session for the contractors and consultants.

Project Number: 45376-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Portfolio Management
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Lesson
There may have been some lessons for ranges of stakeholders to be consulted for PPP policy recommendations.

Project Number: 48377-001
Project Name: Financing Public-Private Partnerships
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