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Project Number: 43096-013
Project Name: Social Sectors Support Program
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In view of capacity limitation on the part of the government, closer and more intensive handholding would have been indicated, such that deploying in-house medium-to-long-term experts would have been advisable.

Project Number: 35376-013
Project Name: Second Phase of the Governance Reform Program
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For complex, complicated, and broad-based programs such as this program, close monitoring is a must, such that greater responsibility can wholly or partly be devolved to the resident mission, with appropriate in-house expertise.

Project Number: 35376-013
Project Name: Second Phase of the Governance Reform Program
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The Managing Government Expenditure prescription on public financial management would be appropriate: (i) never transpose into a different social and economic context reforms introduced elsewhere, without in-depth assessment of their impact and requirements and appropriate adaptation if necessary; (ii) never move beyond the basics until one is certain that the basics have been set right; (iii) never hope for a quick-and-easy technical solution to complex and longstanding budget process problems; and above all, (iv) keep the local authorities firmly in charge of the reform process, and never

Project Number: 35376-013
Project Name: Second Phase of the Governance Reform Program
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Selection of a consulting consortium that consisted of professional education institutions, both national and international, proved to be very effective in providing guidance on international best practices while aptly assessing local conditions so as to make assessments and recommendations.

Project Number: 43127-012
Project Name: Education for the Poor - Financial Crisis Response Project
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The studies under the project provided extremely useful insights into international best practices, raised issues about implementation, and made policy recommendations for consideration by the MEDS. The project implementation unit ensured that for each study, the draft findings were shared at a policy workshop that included MEDS officials and other stakeholders. Having these workshops built into the project design was very useful. This approach has helped to create a better education policy for Mongolia, one based on evidence and practical experience.

Project Number: 43127-012
Project Name: Education for the Poor - Financial Crisis Response Project
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The emphasis on capacity building helped to strengthen capacity for planning, implementation, and monitoring at the central, provincial, soum, village, and school levels. Stronger capacity ensured timely implementation and also contributed to greater awareness of the long-term impact of education sector programs.

Project Number: 43127-012
Project Name: Education for the Poor - Financial Crisis Response Project
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Having a project implementation unit that was well equipped with qualified, experienced staff also contributed to efficient project management and implementation. Training on disbursement and procurement procedures early on could help prevent deviation from appropriate institutional procedures.

Project Number: 43127-012
Project Name: Education for the Poor - Financial Crisis Response Project
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Strong government commitment to the education sector and the strategic leadership of the Ministry of Education and Science (MEDS), backed by a highly capable project implementation unit, were important for keeping the project on track. Their commitment and policy oversight ensured that the findings and recommendations from implementation and from the studies supported under the project were considered in the formulation of evidence-based policy.

Project Number: 43127-012
Project Name: Education for the Poor - Financial Crisis Response Project
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Each new outbreak of disease confronts projects such as this one, as well as the implementing partners and global community, with a fresh challenge, because its early spread outpaces the gathering of scientific evidence needed to formulate containment policies. Each successive outbreak is followed by an initial opaque period characterized by a frustrating lack of scientific evidence on which to base policies and technical guidance.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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The rapid launch and accelerated implementation of the project made necessary by the threat that avian influenza would become a pandemic made it difficult to define verifiable indicators for a number of the outputs under the regional capacity building and regional coordination components. A mid-term review of the project would have facilitated a review and updating of the design and monitoring framework.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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The project supported the One Health concept, which emphasizes the links between animal health and human health and emerging animal and human diseases. One Health provided a platform for unprecedented integration of animal, human and ecosystem health issues to fight the threat of avian influenza. The systematic collaboration of technical agencies across disciplines, such as FAO (veterinarians) and WHO (medical doctors) and civil society organizations (community health workers) supported by the project has promoted this concept since the beginning of the project.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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ADB's high-level steering committee demonstrated ADB's institutional support, which enhanced coordination between development partners. The committee, comprising the heads of all regional departments and the Strategy and Policy Department and chaired by the director general of RSDD, provided prompt policy guidance and expedited decisions and actions. It also ensured that the needs of the countries were ascertained and that they had adequate access to project resources.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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ADB was able to use its convening power effectively because it had the necessary in-house technical expertise. Public health experts on ADB's staff with knowledge of emerging infectious diseases were involved in designing and implementing the project. This in-house expertise made the dialogue with the technical and regional agencies to strengthen regional collaboration within and across the animal health and human health sectors possible.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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For ICT-related projects, attracting and retaining high-caliber engineers is a challenge and requires special solutions, e.g., designing special incentive packages.

Project Number: 35376-033
Project Name: Customs Modernization Project
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