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Lesson
Technical knowledge in the sector and confident partnership with the sector’s main agencies built up over long-term policy dialogue are required for successful interventions and country assistance in a period of crises. When the food and financial crises required rapid assistance to Mongolia, ADB’s sector knowledge and the relations built up over several years of policy dialogue and assistance were the basis for rapidly preparing a program and project package to assist the government.

Project Number: 42322-012
Project Name: Food and Nutrition Social Welfare Program and Project 
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Lesson
Complex projects, with an intention to have innovative features, including private sector participation, are better designed and implemented if there is a clear government sector plan that is fully supported both at the national and provincial levels. The lack of a clear sector plan in this case resulted in changes in government priorities and decision (i.e., from multimodal to rail-to-rail transshipment, from private operator to state-owned entity).

Project Number: 41192-013
Project Name: Regional Logistics Development Project
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Lesson
Strong technical support and advice from ADB provides value addition to infrastructure projects, particularly for countries where institutional capacity is weak. Support includes the conduct of diagnostic work to assess the capacity of the sector and the institution and determine the risks and discuss the needed mitigation plan. The project was approved during the time when reorganization in the sector was underway. Thus, both the government and the ADB could have built on the momentum to fully take on its first multimodal transport investment.

Project Number: 41192-013
Project Name: Regional Logistics Development Project
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