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Stronger coordination with other ADB projects in the same province is needed at the programming stage. One previous ADB project has supported four coal cities in green economic diversification and developed diagnostic analysis and roadmap for diversification. The original TA proposal envisaged similar support. The potential overlap was addressed during TA processing by shifting the focus of this one on advancing innovation-enabling environment for green economic diversification

Project Number: 54037-001
Project Name: Innovation-Driven Green Economic Diversification for Resource-Exhausted Cities in Heilongjiang
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Knowledge and innovative solutions developed through TA should be aligned with ADB operations. This may be fostered by maintaining close coordination with the country focal for the Sector Group's Public Sector Management and Governance office and regional departments to further explore opportunities that leverage knowledge and innovative solutions for ADB operations.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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The government needs to do more to provide leaderahip and guidance to infrastructure projects in Kiribati. The Project Steering Commitee, renamed in 2016 as the National Infrastructure Development Steering Committee, was set up to guide several other infrastructure projects aside from this one. Therefore, it can provide only limited support to the ADB project. Achieving the intended impacts of a major project such as ADB's requires regular and proactive direction from senior government representatives through all phases of the project.

Project Number: 43072-013
Project Name: South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project
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The supporting technical assistance was assessed successful but was let down by the lack of institutional ownership, which can often be the case. For ADB’s future projects, it is important to focus more attention on the design and implementation of such assistance by closely following the consultants’ outputs and ensuring that the government is fully aware of their results

Project Number: 43309-013
Project Name: Provincial Roads Improvement Project
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Effectively engaging and coordinating with other donor agencies can help avoid duplication of funds for similar purposes and maximize the use of development financing. The project was designed in coordination with other development partners to ensure equitable geographical coverage, avoid overlaps, and complement other ADB assistance to the country.

Project Number: 42254-013
Project Name: Northern Road Connectivity Project
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A close coordination and efficient communication mechanism among agencies and project units that are part of the implementing structure is crucial for the timely identification of issues and resolutions. Adjustments in the detailed designs usually happen since issues or new findings arise at the actual sites. To resolve them on time, these issues need to be discussed by all agencies and units involved in the project. For instance, the introduction of the separation wall under this project was a new concept and could have been relayed to all relevant agencies and units in a timely manner.

Project Number: 36111-013
Project Name: Kulhudhuffushi Harbor Expansion Project
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A close coordination mechanism among project agencies during the design phase can ensure the tracking of developments and continuous review. POWERGRID as the executing agency was responsible for the construction, installation, and commissioning of the transmission assets while the utilization of the project’s assets was the responsibility of National Load Dispatch Center. The asset’s utilization is dependent on external factors like phasing of generation capacities, system management, and demand from the consumers.

Project Number: 44426-016
Project Name: Green Energy Corridor and Grid Strengthening Project
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Overlooking coordination could lead to project delays. Interagency coordination. The project had a good coordination mechanism within the water resources sector. Interagency coordination is needed when implementing social and environmental safeguards; in removing electricity poles (electricity utilities); in cutting trees (forest departments); and in land allotment, resettlement housing sites, and cash compensation payments (district administrations).

Project Number: 44429-013
Project Name: Climate Adaptation in Vennar Subbasin in Cauvery Delta Project
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Coordination across several government agencies require strong leadership and persistence; given the regular transfer of government officials to other positions and ministries, it is important to set up a scheme for maintaining institutional memory within the executing and implementing agencies throughout program implementation.

Project Number: 55041-001, 55041-003
Project Name: Strengthening Social Resilience Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Close coordination with other development partners working in PFM reforms is necessary to create synergies with ADB's support and interventions. Subprogram 1 was designed and developed in close consultation with the IMF and the World Bank to ensure a coordinated approach to PFM reforms. These lessons have confirmed that the reforms require a long-term perspective to achieve the intended objectives and that reforms need to be underpinned by significant efforts in sustained capacity building to ensure capacity constraints do not impact the overall quality of reforms.

Project Number: 52146-001
Project Name: Strengthening Public Finance Management Program (Subprogram 1)
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Timelines for policy changes and major reforms should also be realistic, knowing that building understanding and ownership can take time and the passage of legislation can be a lengthy process. Two municipalities declined to participate in the project because of their objection to the transfer of ownership and management of assets to a state government agency.

Project Number: 35448-013
Project Name: Omnibus Infrastructure Development Project
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Road transport projects typically involve a variety of risks during implementation. Formulating appropriate project design and risk assessment during the preparatory phase is critical to minimize start-up and implementation delays. This includes a systematic appraisal of the project’s technical scope and engineering design, project cost and contingencies, environmental and social safeguards, and financial and contractual risks.

Project Number: 40423-053
Project Name: Rural Connectivity Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Greater consideration of the capacity of the executing agency with respect to their investment planning, coordination, and implementation functions, as well as post-investment operation and maintenance activities, is crucial for a sector lending. Under the project, these factors were not adequately assessed in the sector analysis. This absence of sector analysis likely contributed to the low quality of project implementation and pertinent government agencies’ performance.

Project Number: 43200-024
Project Name: Bridge Replacement for Improved Rural Access Sector Project
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Development partners should both support and take advantage of opportunities that arise when governments are committed to reform, which should also be recognized in their country programming. the government that came to office in 2018 was strongly reform-minded. Even though Armenia suffered two exogenous shocks in the form of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and conflict with a neighboring country, reform commitment did not waver. This contributed strongly to the ultimate outcome of this program.

Project Number: 51060-002, 51060-003
Project Name: Public Efficiency and Financial Markets Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Interagency coordination is important in achieving policy consistency and harmonization

Project Number: 50254-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Customs Reform and Modernization for Trade Facilitation Program
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