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Lesson
The TCR may have intended to mention in this section that the publication of these knowledge products increased the knowledge base of ADB on sector challenges, and provided government strategies on policy reforms, which led to the realization of two ADB loan projects in Pakistan. It was also vital in opening a dialogue between the governments of Sindh and Punjab for possible ADB assistance.

Project Number: 50311-001
Project Name: Education Sector Assessment
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Not all TAs can benefit from team leader and team members with rich network, but it is always important to ensure that relevant institutions understand pilot lessons well.

Project Number: 50034-001
Project Name: Vocational Education-Enterprise Collaboration for Student Employment-Based Poverty Reduction in Gansu
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Lesson
This reflects one of the outputs being delivered by this TA project and how it was undertaken. The contribution of this TA project in knowledge building, especially in building the capacity of DMCs was not highlighted.

Project Number: 48240-001
Project Name: Information and Communication Technology for Development Initiative Facility in Asia and the Pacific
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Lesson
The TCR could have indicated how the TA project resolved distinct challenges that involve regional integration issues to contribute to the better management of future knowledge building initiatives

Project Number: 50315-001
Project Name: Facilitating Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Foreign Direct Investment Flows: An ASEAN+6 Case Study
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Lesson
Cross-regional learning could be complemented with country-specific capacity building activities (which takes into account differences in country context) for a more effective capacity building activity.

Project Number: 50060-001
Project Name: Strengthening Tax Policy and Administration Capacity to Mobilize Domestic Resources
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Lesson
The way the lesson was formulated in the TCR could be improved (it is stated more like an issue rather than lesson learned). But a lesson could be inferred that ensuring individual DMC commitment upfront and awareness measures could seamlessly facilitate progress towards the attainment of the objective of the TA.

Project Number: 50057-001
Project Name: Promoting Green Local Currency-Denominated Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN+3
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Lesson
This TA, however, missed the opportunity to capture knowledge adequately. Implementation experience in activities like the development of municipal bonds at the subnational government level could have been an interesting subject for knowledge products shared with other countries.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Regulatory Framework of Financial Sector Development and Oversight
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Lesson
Learning from experiences of other countries is important for knowledge building, so ADB member countries can learn from each other. This TA supported tax neutrality for the Islamic capital market as experience in Malaysia showed that this is one of the building blocks for development of Islamic finance.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Regulatory Framework of Financial Sector Development and Oversight
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Lesson
Institutional arrangements should be included for post-TA activities for sustainability and carrying over the lessons and recommendations.

Project Number: 48139-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
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Lesson
The TA supported the preparation of (i) a policy matrix for a $50 million policy_x005F_x0002_based loan, (ii) a report on a commodity mapping survey along key road corridors in Gandaki Province, (iii) institutional mapping of the agriculture sector under federalism, (iv) a report on best practices under the recently completed ADB-financed value chain project, and (v) a preliminary concept note on rice- based value chain development. These reports will provide background information for the development of a new investment project in the agriculture sector in Nepal.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
Regular training and dissemination on this activity, among others, helped keep the momentum on regional energy cooperation.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
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Lesson
Agree that various means of communication that are interactive and that consider community context would enhance the sustainability of gender awareness campaigns.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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Lesson
The TCR could have TCR could have provided further details about the national agenda/initiatives from India, Indonesia, and the PRC (Green Finance Initiative) brought about by the experience in developing this regional AMF. Based on the wrap-up workshop brief, staff from the East Asia Deparment, Central and West Asia Department, Office of the Special Project Facilitator, South Asia Department, and Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, were present. Such details and other lessons from the Manila wrap-up workshop could have been mentioned in the TCR as well.

Project Number: 53140-001
Project Name: Developing Accountability and Mechanism Framework for Financial Intermediaries
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Lesson
The relevant TA-produced analytical work and subsequent reports could have been more widely disseminated to foster the government counterparts’ understanding of a decisive role assigned to the market in resource allocation.

Project Number: 48460-001
Project Name: Promoting the Decisive Role of Market in Resource Allocation
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Lesson
Over the course of publishing three CSIF knowledge products, the TA could induce active involvement of the CSIF members raising awareness on the importance of regional market infrastructure for boosting intraregional investments among the members

Project Number: 50055-001
Project Name: Creating a Regional Settlement Intermediary in ASEAN+3: Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum
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