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Support cannot be directed to the most vulnerable in a crisis in the absence of a social protection system that can be utilized or adapted for this purpose—which provides an additional reason for working with developing member countries to establish and strengthen such systems.

Project Number: 54346-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Rapid Response Program
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The economic analyses, specifically on EIRR calculations, must present in full detail in the PCRs the methodology and assumptions used; otherwise, the appropriateness of the economic analysis cannot be assessed.

Project Number: 40173-023
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program-Project 1
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Given PNG’s institutional capacity constraints and the difficulties in adequately preparing projects for ADB financing and project implementation, the MFF modality may not be appropriate at this time.

Project Number: 40173-023
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program-Project 1
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Project monitoring by the executing agency, implementing agency, PSC, and ADB needed to be more complete. Monitoring should have focused more on development impact, not just on construction.

Project Number: 40173-023
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - Project 1
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Weak procurement is an issue that needs to be addressed. The difficulty of hiring national consultants in PNG can necessitate hiring international consultants.

Project Number: 40173-023
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - Project 1
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A more concerted effort by the government in road maintenance, with more support from development partners, is needed.

Project Number: 40173-023
Project Name: Highlands Region Road Improvement Investment Program - Project 1
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The adequacy and appropriateness of project design have to be tailored to the project’s ultimate objectives and complexities. The PCR provided weak justification of the relevance of the extension and the insufficiency of indicators.

Project Number: 39662-012, 39662-022
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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ADB was able to use its convening power effectively because it had the necessary in-house technical expertise. Public health experts on ADB's staff with knowledge of emerging infectious diseases were involved in designing and implementing the project. This in-house expertise made the dialogue with the technical and regional agencies to strengthen regional collaboration within and across the animal health and human health sectors possible.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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Each new outbreak of disease confronts projects such as this one, as well as the implementing partners and global community, with a fresh challenge, because its early spread outpaces the gathering of scientific evidence needed to formulate containment policies. Each successive outbreak is followed by an initial opaque period characterized by a frustrating lack of scientific evidence on which to base policies and technical guidance.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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The rapid launch and accelerated implementation of the project made necessary by the threat that avian influenza would become a pandemic made it difficult to define verifiable indicators for a number of the outputs under the regional capacity building and regional coordination components. A mid-term review of the project would have facilitated a review and updating of the design and monitoring framework.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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The project supported the One Health concept, which emphasizes the links between animal health and human health and emerging animal and human diseases. One Health provided a platform for unprecedented integration of animal, human and ecosystem health issues to fight the threat of avian influenza. The systematic collaboration of technical agencies across disciplines, such as FAO (veterinarians) and WHO (medical doctors) and civil society organizations (community health workers) supported by the project has promoted this concept since the beginning of the project.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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ADB's high-level steering committee demonstrated ADB's institutional support, which enhanced coordination between development partners. The committee, comprising the heads of all regional departments and the Strategy and Policy Department and chaired by the director general of RSDD, provided prompt policy guidance and expedited decisions and actions. It also ensured that the needs of the countries were ascertained and that they had adequate access to project resources.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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Consolidation of the private sector contracting process. The success of the pilot project approach provides a means to improve access to agricultural support services across PNG. More could have been done to capture the learning from the pilot activities and extend them nationwide in PNG. With replication of the pilot project and further devolution to provincial and district DAL's institutions, programs, and budgets, there is potential to improve agricultural quality, quantity, and local economic development.

Project Number: 31647-013
Project Name: Smallholder Support Services Pilot Project
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Investment in service provision in agriculture as an economic catalyst. This evaluation identified that post-project impact included additional benefits that had emerged from the catalytic effect of the pilot project’s initiatives. The introduction of a contracting mechanism generated capacity within the provincial government to engage more with the private sector. This resulted in other initiatives such as trade fairs for local producers, use of service providers for other agriculture sector activities, and use of improved recruitment processes in other sectors.

Project Number: 31647-013
Project Name: Smallholder Support Services Pilot Project
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Participatory planning provided a strong foundation for local development activities. The PRAP process was widely accepted by the targeted population. It was an effective mechanism for identifying required services but also served to identify local development needs. These included the formation of producer groups for higher level production, consolidation, and marketing. In addition, it led to broader economic support by local leaders for other requirements such as infrastructure and access to inputs.

Project Number: 31647-013
Project Name: Smallholder Support Services Pilot Project
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