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Naning Mardiniah

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Naning Mardiniah is a Senior Safeguards Officer (Resettlement) for Indonesia and Timor Leste. In the Resident Mission, she processes and administers safeguard activities, with a focus on resettlement issues in projects in infrastructure, urban development, sector loans, and private sector development. She also evaluates ADB-financed projects to ensure that the projects are designed and implemented in accordance with ADB safeguard policies.

Monitoring and Management Actions during Project Development and Implementation

This presentation identifies key management actions to address challenges, and monitoring solutions during project development and implementation.

Core and Non-Core Criteria

This presentation gives an overview of core and non-core project evaluation criteria.

Learning from Evaluation for Improving Project Effectiveness

This presentation emphasizes the value of using evaluation lessons and findings to improve project performance and strengthen accountability and learning.

Venturing Beyond Procurement and Design Ready: A Case Study from India

This presentation demonstrates how a 'readiness checklist' for projects under preparation helps achieve the expected project key results through improved quality of projects at entry. A case study on the Project Readiness Criteria adopted by the Government of India for projects funded by multilateral development banks (MDBs) helps participants understand how the filters work, how critical they are for sound project preparation, and how these best practices may be replicated by other DMCs for ADB funded projects.

Rishikesh Singh

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Rishikesh Singh is a Portfolio Management Specialist in ADB’s Office of Director General, South Asia Regional Department. He is responsible for implementing the ongoing sovereign portfolio of ADB-financed projects covering six developing member countries in South Asia and spanning the transport, energy, urban, social, agriculture and natural Resources, and public finance sectors. His responsibilities also include assessment of the readiness of ADB-financed projects at various stages prior to approval and commitment.