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Lesson
Lessons learned from the TA are outlined as follows: need for establishment of stronger linkages with other ADB regional departments for wider dissemination of results and increased facilitation of best practice exchange in Asia and the Pacific region.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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Get the institutional framework right before scaling up.

Project Number: 37220-013, 37220-023, 37220-033
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 2 and the Multitranche Financing Facility)
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It is important for succeeding tranche loans to have clear provisions of clear conditionality in the program design and lending agreements.

Project Number: 37220-013, 37220-023, 37220-033
Project Name: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 2 and the Multitranche Financing Facility)
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All TA outputs have been well received by the government. The sector assessments for wine, textile and footwear, conducted under the TA, can be replicated for other sectors of the economy as well. The TA was instrumental for developing and introducing new export insurance products. The model and structure of the innovation strategy developed under the TA, and covering the innovation, science and technology, could be replicated by other government agencies as a template for the strategies in other sectors. The strategy is expected to be approved by the government by the end of 2020.

Project Number: 48040-001
Project Name: Export- and Innovation-Led Industrial Development
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The TA design and its outputs were an amalgam of diverse activities. Most of these outputs could have been managed under separate TA projects.

Project Number: 48040-001
Project Name: Export- and Innovation-Led Industrial Development
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The TA was successful in delivering knowledge products. One international forum and three workshops were organized to present three sector assessments and wine sector case study. The TA delivered a comprehensive innovation strategy, covering innovation, science and technology with clear roadmap and action plan. The TA also helped conduct an impact assessment, prepare and publish a research paper. The TA also funded a study tour for EIAA staff.

Project Number: 48040-001
Project Name: Export- and Innovation-Led Industrial Development
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The selection and use of individual consultants with specific skills allowed to timely achieve some of the planned outputs. The previously developed Terms of References (TORs) for the industrial economist and innovation expert were, however, challenging. As it was evident during the implementation, the requirements for industrial economist included a broad range of skills and requirements in specific sectors, which could not have been achieved without recruitment of resource persons with narrow skills.

Project Number: 48040-001
Project Name: Export- and Innovation-Led Industrial Development
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Staff turnover in implementing agencies created challenges during the project implementation. Strong partnership with executing and implementing agencies, as well as with donor partners, allowed to coordinate the activities and contributed to achieving outputs.

Project Number: 48040-001
Project Name: Export- and Innovation-Led Industrial Development
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The TA outputs have provided a base on which future interventions could be tailored. This includes the government support for implementation of innovation strategy roadmap, resources allocated for new export insurance products, as well as the MOE commitment to maintain and further develop the trade portal as a tool to support investors and exporters.

Project Number: 48040-001
Project Name: Export- and Innovation-Led Industrial Development
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Too many implementing agencies and different counterparts for different components have contributed to the delays and changes. Diversity and number of implementing and counterpart agencies should be taken into account when designing new TA projects and should be limited to up to two.

Project Number: 48040-001
Project Name: Export- and Innovation-Led Industrial Development
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The TA relied heavily on stakeholders and partners to deliver its outputs and outcome. Despite some initial delays during the implementation, the strong support of the executing agency towards the end of the TA implementation eventually increased commitment and clearly contributed to the achievement of the outputs of the TA.

Project Number: 48040-001
Project Name: Export- and Innovation-Led Industrial Development
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Inclusion of gender targets in policy actions and DMF ensures the delivery of gender actions benefiting women.

Project Number: 41544-088, 41544-089, 41544-091
Project Name: Second Investment Climate Improvement Program (Subprograms 1–3)
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Reforms on tax burden and administration should be broad enough to significantly reduce the cost of tax compliance and eventually the size of the informal economy.

Project Number: 41544-088, 41544-089, 41544-091
Project Name: Second Investment Climate Improvement Program (Subprograms 1–3)
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The TA project design and its five outputs were an amalgam of diverse activities. Most of these outputs could easily have been managed under separate TAs. While all the outputs fell within the finance sector, they were combined into one TA project in response to directions from ADB Management and the President that the number of individual TA projects be reduced. While the TA was managed properly overall, the many different counterparts and objectives involved made the oversight process challenging and complex.

Project Number: 50017-001
Project Name: Supporting Financial Sector Development and Stability
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TA designs can better consider the need for a large pool of international consultants where tasks may be fulfilled within one consultant position. Due to the absence of qualified applicants for one international consultant position, it was necessary to merge the tasks of this position with that of a separately recruited specialist. This had no adverse effect on TA implementation or success and produced savings. However, TA designs could give closer consideration to such a merging of roles when practical, rather than recruiting a larger number of consultants than may actually be needed.

Project Number: 48010-001
Project Name: Study on Local Financial Market Development and Supervisory Framework
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