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Lesson
Single-tranche and stand-alone policy-based programs can be an appropriate instrument to support reforms in fragile states provided that (i) these take place in the context of an ongoing, long-term development partnership; and (ii) there is a demonstrated government commitment to pursue substantial reforms over an extended time frame. Moreover, such programs need to be supported by ongoing capacity development in key agencies. In fragile states, the risks to implementing and sustaining reforms are amplified by external shocks and natural disasters.

Project Number: 52074-001
Project Name: Improved Fiscal Sustainability Reform Program
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The formal government and development partner coordination mechanisms offer the opportunity to reduce transaction costs for all parties and increase the likelihood of a good quality program design and implementation. In the case of Solomon Islands, it utilized a wellestablished coordination mechanism to undertake policy dialogue, to design a program that is responsive to the country’s needs, and to jointly oversee program implementation.

Project Number: 52074-001
Project Name: Improved Fiscal Sustainability Reform Program
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Timing is essential in the successful implementation of reforms.

Project Number: 52074-001
Project Name: Improved Fiscal Sustainability Reform Program
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Continued monitoring of the non-tranche policy actions of reform programs is critical to ensuring that these actions are completed on time.

Project Number: 52074-001
Project Name: Improved Fiscal Sustainability Reform Program
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The adequacy and appropriateness of project design have to be tailored to the project’s ultimate objectives and complexities. The PCR provided weak justification of the relevance of the extension and the insufficiency of indicators.

Project Number: 39662-012, 39662-022
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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Need for extra effort focused on project preparation, especially in conducting sufficient assessment of the prospects for strategy and policy harmonization in areas that could potentially gain from collective action and regional cooperation.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Pacific Region: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project
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Support to HIV/AIDs should have been considered relative to other health issues in the Pacific. At the time of project design it would have been interesting to know what the main causes of death in the Pacific were, and where AIDS stood in relation to these.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Lesson
Given that multiple streams of funding for HIV/AIDS were already available, it may have been more efficient for ADB to work in partnership with another donor who had more experience and technical expertise in HIV/AIDS.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Even if a project is aligned with regional strategies, designs need to incorporate sufficient national consultation and consider country absorptive and technical capacity and commitment.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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National M&E remains a challenge due to lack of capacity and minimal regional support to assist participating DMCs. While regional evaluations of some activities have taken place, they need to focus on impact or outcome indicators rather than on the process of implementation.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Establishing a project steering committee is challenging where separate development partner committees already exist to oversee arrangements for Pacific countries.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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An executing agency's ability to implement project activities within set timeframes is diluted where there is limited PMU capacity, a lack of experience with ADB procedures, and inadequate executive oversight.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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Efforts to strengthen routine surveillance and laboratory capacity will achieve only limited success where health information systems and laboratory services are weak.

Project Number: 38599-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific
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The introduction of new aviation systems into regional and national organizations needs to be subjected to in-depth systems analysis to ensure that the systems are appropriate to the environment. Also, it is necessary to provide sufficient, continued capacity development and training to retain the use of the system and improve it.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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Strong management and strategic thinking are prerequisites for establishing a sound and viable institution. The early management of PASO was weak. More support was needed to help it put necessary systems in place earlier in the project period. Some member states expressed the need to further improve financial management in terms of adequacy and transparency. The PASO council has the potential to provide needed support through its finance and technical committees but has not yet fully leveraged those capabilities.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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