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Adequate consideration of the legal and administrative contexts of projects and the need for participatory democratic processes is a must to ensure that the timelines for achieving compliance with tariff-related reform covenants are not ambitious, as the case with this project.

Project Number: 38254-013, 38254-063
Project Name: North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program (Tranche 4 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Land acquisition procedures, processes, consultations, and reporting are complex in Viet Nam, not least because of the number of agencies involved. Therefore, more time, energy, and expertise need to be allocated to project land clearance and subsequent resettlement compensation.

Project Number: 46293-005
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth Project
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Project reporting needs to be undertaken holistically to provide a comprehensive view of implementation progress and support the synergistic delivery of project outputs. The inclusion of an implementing agency, the Advanced Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management (ACIWRM), which is independent of the executing agency (EA), the Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd (KNNL), created confusion in quarterly and annual reporting requirements.

Project Number: 43253-023
Project Name: Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program - Project 1
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Proactive and attentive ADB reviews foster project success. The implementation of this project benefitted from proactive and attentive ADB reviews. These reviews facilitated timely approval of submissions, including requests for extensions and cancelation of loan funds.

Project Number: 43253-023
Project Name: Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program - Project 1
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Better coordination or shared reporting and reliance on government’s own systems would ease the burden of monitoring and reporting the implementation of crisis response programs. Developing an effective reporting and monitoring system during a pandemic is difficult because of competing demands on staff time. This is accentuated when other development partners providing complementary support similarly impose reporting requirements.

Project Number: 54358-001
Project Name: Health Expenditure and Livelihoods Support Program
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Coordinating or shared reporting and the use of government’s own systems would ease the burden of monitoring and reporting the implementation of crisis response programs. Developing a monitoring system that can be effectively implemented during a pandemic when there are competing demands on the time of staff, who are already stretched, is problematic. This is accentuated when other partners impose similar reporting requirements. Coordinated or shared reporting and reliance on government’s own internal systems would lessen this burden.

Project Number: 54245-001
Project Name: Health Expenditure and Livelihoods Support Program
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Project scope changes provide opportunities for correcting the weaknesses in the design and monitoring framework (DMF) that can result in an unreliable assessment of the project achievements. The outcome and outputs of the DMF were logical, and the stated risks and assumptions were relevant. However, there were weaknesses in the indicators used to measure the project’s achievements. Some of them were addressed through the DMF updates accompanying the changes in scope.

Project Number: 42414-033
Project Name: Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program - Tranche 2
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Navigating the appropriate financing size and institutional requirements of the CPRO while developing its scope and short- to medium-term directions demanded strong collaboration and coordination among ADB departments.

Project Number: 54156-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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Strong coordination and regular communication between the ADB and government counterpart teams are key to the speedy processing and successful implementation of crisis response programs like the CPRO.

Project Number: 54156-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Response Option (CPRO) is an effective crisis response measure with development results that may be enhanced through additional similar assistance from ADB and other donors.

Project Number: 54156-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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