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All ADB-financed projects in Afghanistan need to be informed by a detailed assessment of the security condition in each project site and supported by adequate security arrangements and budgets.

Project Number: 42094-032
Project Name: Energy Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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Frequent changes in ADB project staff need to be avoided to minimize institutional knowledge loss.

Project Number: 42094-032
Project Name: Energy Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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Ensuring procurement readiness and taking thorough account of safeguard issues minimize the risk of implementation delays.

Project Number: 42094-032
Project Name: Energy Sector Development Investment Program - Tranche 2
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The strategic oversight of funds is enhanced when their governance structure includes some form of third-party engagement. The original Board paper outlined the governance structure of CCF and included at its apex ADB and external financing partners, whose function would be to provide strategic direction to the CCF and to meet ADB for annual consultations and to review progress, administration, and the annual work program. Since there are no external financing partners, ADB sits alone at the apex of the governance structure.

Project Number: No PN
Project Name: Climate Change Fund, 2008–2019
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Technical assistance with a narrow focus, immediate policy relevance, and carried out with national champions with financial and/or planning authority was key to the successful integration of climate technologies in country investment plans. Careful and realistic planning is required for the production and dissemination of outputs, since this involves multiple institutions within a given timeframe.

Project Number: No PN
Project Name: Climate Change Fund, 2008–2019
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Institutional capacity development on climate change in ADB’s DMCs requires long-term engagement. Just over half of CCF resources went toward capacity development. The lack of basic climate data, technical expertise, and qualified local staff in many DMCs means that some processes, especially baseline studies, vulnerability assessments, and cost–benefit analysis of mitigation and adaptation measures, have to be adjusted to reflect realities on the ground.

Project Number: No PN
Project Name: Climate Change Fund, 2008–2019
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Working closely with government ministries can help tailor the capacity building workshops to the learning needs of the participants, as there appears to be a strong interest in acquiring enhanced monitoring techniques.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Collaborations with DMCs’ officials through two technical workshops on monitoring short-term economic growth provided forums for knowledge sharing among DMCs and with ADB on how the monitoring is conducted in different places. These activities have proven to be valuable avenues for knowledge_x005F_x0002_building activity that strengthened the capacity of ADB and DMCs to conduct macroeconomic assessment and reinforced the importance of keeping the tool kit up to date to ensure ADB’s relevance and value addition in policy dialogues.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Partnership with institutions, like the International Monetary Fund and those from developed counterparts like the Bank of Italy, has enabled us to work together and tap relevant expertise.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Conducting an exploratory TA like this one results in evolvement of the nature of work that requires continuous extension to the ongoing work. The cost savings from hiring the international consultants have allowed the TA to expand the work without having to request for an additional funding. In addition, engaging ADB staff directly in working on the research topics was a critical element to ensure that the knowledge and capacity grows within ADB as a knowledge bank.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Strong demand from CAREC for similar TA projects is confirmed in annual TSCC meetings and there is also potential demand from South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) countries and other DMCs for similar TA projects which are being discussed in road safety workshops and conferences. The coordination of activities of this TA with relevantinternational development agencies, agencies in CAREC member countries, civil society and other stakeholders to avoid overlapping and to maximize the effectiveness of the project can be replicated in other TA projects.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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The follow-on TA has road safety component to support the implementation of some findings of this TA which is costed at $1 million.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Road safety requires a multi-disciplinary approach so actions on road safety needs to be taken at country level considering different approaches. Accordingly, the follow up TA (TA 9754: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation: Knowledge Sharing and Services in Transport and Transport Facilitation Phase 2) includes more national capacity development events to support DMCs was established and became an integral block of this program.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Road safety know-how in different countries are at different levels, and it isimportant to have regular meetings with government counterparts to ensure that the TA remains relevant to their needs, and to fine tune if their needs change. It is also important to build close relationships with other non-government stakeholders and determine if they have activities in the road safety sector to avoid duplication. The follow-up TA includes more regional, and national capacity development activities to support CAREC DMCs.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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The training focusing on road safety engineering was aligned to ADB’s operations which led integration of road safety evaluation tools into CAREC road projects and consideration of road safety in the projects. The workshops featured practical trainings in blackspot investigation and road safety audit which was designed to assist road agencies in CAREC countries in providing safer roads.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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