Policy dialogue required on-the-ground support from ADB. Establishment of the ADB development coordination office in November 2011 played a key role in forging policy dialogue, although this was undertaken issue-by-issue (expenditure management, taxation, and state-owned enterprise reform) rather than through a holistic approach. Other development partners also provided substantial support for public sector reform in the Republic of Marshall Islands, but the coordinated dialogue with government that has been used successfully in programs elsewhere in the Pacific was missing. In the absence of a central foreign assistance unit or other aid coordination mechanism within government and if the proper channels for timely communication are not in place, risks of duplicated, excessive, or insufficient support in certain reform areas exist. [Main text, para. 40]
Public Sector Program - Subprograms 1 and 2: Program Completion Report