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Due diligence and an in-depth understanding of sociocultural attitudes and the identification of baseline indicators are vital to making targets more realistic and making monitoring more achievable.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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Realistic target setting of project outcome and outputs, including those of gender, will minimize changes during implementation.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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When data are not available or are incomplete at appraisal, the project should consider supporting the development of a robust health management information system.

Project Number: 40354-013
Project Name: Health Human Resources Sector Development Program
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Timely collection of correct data is essential for monitoring the implementation, for assessing progress in achieving the program objectives, and as a basis for further planning and decision making.

Project Number: 40354-013
Project Name: Health Human Resources Sector Development Program
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The importance of data availability goes beyond the preparation of DMF indicators.

Project Number: 40354-013
Project Name: Health Human Resources Sector Development Program
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While cross-project collaboration are potentially powerful tools to achieve multiple objectives and reduce costs, it requires thought and planning, and the benefits are not automatic.

Project Number: 36513-032
Project Name: SchoolNet and Community Access Project
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The DMF, along with the indicators and targets, should be revised and updated accordingly if and when a project goes through a major change in scope.

Project Number: 31309-013
Project Name: Post-Literacy and Continuing Education Project
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Realistic targets linked to performance indicators need to be set with clear baseline data and time period, and to ensure that these indicators are monitorable and measurable.

Project Number: 31309-013
Project Name: Post-Literacy and Continuing Education Project
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During the DMF exercise, outcomes should describe the immediate and direct benefits of the outputs and articulate changes the project is expected to create.

Project Number: 31309-013
Project Name: Post-Literacy and Continuing Education Project
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Outcome statements should be more carefully worded to be consistent with the DMF and the theory of change.

Project Number: 42291-025
Project Name: Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program – Tranche 1
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Well-conceived and structured TA associated with the program addressed the obstacles presented by system inefficiencies and limited capacity. Survey data and other forms of monitoring can be subject to local manipulation by incumbents and unintended beneficiaries. A related problem is rent-seeking in local agencies and the government can similarly distort monitored data, and misdirect public transfer payments and other benefits.

Project Number: 40003-013
Project Name: Poverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals Acceleration Program
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A well-thought-out conceptual design is a key to the success of any project. In this case, the project design had commendable objectives, but it overestimated the commitment and capacity of the executing and implementing agencies, and relied too heavily on consultants.

Project Number: 36654-013
Project Name: Restructuring of the Technical Education and Vocational Training System Project (Balochistan)
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