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The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) program did not increase the number of children fully immunized before 1 year of age or collect complete data during the impact evaluation rounds on the share of beneficiary children aged 6–14 years of age who were working. It is recommended that future support to the 4Ps program include technical assistance to support the government to identify key issues preventing immunization before 1 year of age and ensure robust M&E of children’s attendance in school and participation in work and labor activities.

Project Number: 43407-013
Project Name: Social Protection Support Project
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Close consultations with the executing agency and the implementing agency would minimize or ensure that there are no interministerial misunderstandings that could delay project implementation.

Project Number: 44507-002
Project Name: Public–Private Partnership Support Project
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Implementation of complex projects would be enhanced through a careful assessment of whether the necessary institutional and legal infrastructure are in place to ensure that there are no roadblocks that can cause delays in projects getting off the ground.

Project Number: 44507-002
Project Name: Public–Private Partnership Support Project
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Attention needs to be given to the health and comfort standards of the relocation housing in terms of indoor air circulation and lighting, among others.

Project Number: 52324-001
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and
Rehabilitation from Recent Disasters
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Relocation housing sites should be accessible to the affected families. Location of new housing should be as close to the affected homes as possible.

Project Number: 52324-001
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and
Rehabilitation from Recent Disasters
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The PCR noted delays with the receipt of cash assistance for livelihood activities, death compensation, and housing assistance. Delays were due to the requirement for beneficiaries to provide official documents that took time to verify. In future disaster responses, procedures should be simplified and could perhaps be managed by civil society organizations, and bureaucracy should be minimized.

Project Number: 52324-001
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and
Rehabilitation from Recent Disasters
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It is important to take stock of and learn from other development partners’ experience and learnings in similar projects as they can share valuable lessons to inform project design. A failure to account for previous projects’ lessons can have significant costs in project effectiveness

Project Number: 45098-001
Project Name: Project Preparation and Start-Up Support Facility
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The strong and ongoing consultations between ADB and the government of Cook Islands was a significant factor in the success of the program.

Project Number: 50212-001, 50212-002, 50212-003
Project Name: Disaster Resilience Program (Phases 1 and 2)
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ADB’s taking risks in designing innovative programs can lead to significant success.

Project Number: 50212-001, 50212-002, 50212-003
Project Name: Disaster Resilience Program (Phases 1 and 2)
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The two different project components should have been implemented separately and provided with greater preparation and support for institutional capacity building. The second component—information service centers (output 3b)—could have received far more institutional buy-in from the ministry than it had received. This could have helped ensure that appropriate actions to address issues are made in a timely manner and reduce the project implementation delays resulting from weak procurement management.

Project Number: 39452-013
Project Name: Strengthening Governance Management Project
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Without a consensus on the objectives of enterprise reform, actions are often reversed by the next government, particularly in cases where significant staff redundancies take place.

Project Number: 48065-002
Project Name: Public Sector Enterprises Reform Program (Subprogram 1)
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Public sector enterprise reform programs are more likely to achieve sustainable results if they are guided by a clear statement of the vision and objectives of the reform efforts.

Project Number: 48065-002
Project Name: Public Sector Enterprises Reform Program (Subprogram 1)
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Local auditors should be trained in good public auditing practice in organizations abroad.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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There is a better chance of success if senior advisers from recognized audit offices in countries—where corruption is low and quality PFM is rated highly—are embedded into this audit authority.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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Strengthening external audit requires long-term commitment, a culture of change, and the acceptance by the legislature and the government that an independent body should be responsible for external audit.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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