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Lesson
A more specific lesson is that road safety programs need to be integrated into the design and management of specific road networks.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
A lesson from this TA project could also be: In addition to exploring involvement of traditional local stakeholders and other donor organizations, a TA project can explore relationships with and participation by local youth organizations (as was the case in this TA project with regard to the Global Shapers Ulaanbaatar Hub and the Youth Generation of Tajikistan).

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
Report Date:
Lesson
This is a description of a follow_x005F_x0002_on activity and not formulated as a lesson. It could, for example, be: The effectiveness of a TA project can be enhanced if a follow-on TA will build on the results of the first.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
Report Date:
Lesson
A lesson based on the first paragraph could be: “A TA project on road safety can be particularly effective when the TA results can be immediately used in preparation of investment projects or in ongoing projects.”

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
The importance of regular client meetings for fine-tuning of needs is a weak lesson since it is commonly known. The second part of the lesson could have been made more specific or clear, e.g., mentioning what “other stakeholders” the TA project team built relationships with, and is referred to, to trigger the lesson.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
Report Date:
Lesson
In this TA, the Central and West Asia Department. collaborated effectively with the East Asia Department and the Development and Climate Change Department. A lesson from this would be: In a regional TA, application of the "One-ADB" approach can be particularly effective.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
Reforms should be embedded in government institutions that can take ownership and ensure that these will last beyond the life of the TA project.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
Report Date:
Lesson
The stated lesson from the TA project is the second sentence, i.e., “The coordination of activities of this TA with relevant international 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
Report Date:
Lesson
As this validation mentions, there is a need for government counterpart(s) to make an in-kind contribution so they have a “stake” in the results.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
The TCR presented a statement of fact rather than a lesson learned. One related lesson is that appropriate incentives and capacity building measures contribute to improved staff performance and help reduce reliance on consultants.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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Lesson
Based on the statement in the TCR, it is not clear how IFC and HSBC benefited from ADB’s work and what lessons were learned.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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Lesson
Development of a realistic consultant hiring strategy, including options for various scenarios, is critical to the success of a TA project such as this, given the difficulty in hiring specialty skills for consulting assignments. Also, a well-formulated human resource strategy concerning the use of internal staff resources at the outset effectively supports TA project implementation. Project design required the hiring of consultants but their services were not secured on time. The TCR noted that two Kazpost staff did the work that was envisaged to be done by an external consultant.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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Lesson
The TCR presented a finding rather than a lesson.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
Report Date:
Lesson
There is no context given regarding what is meant by “unexpected developments” in the TCR that may point toward other ways to improve future loan preparation efforts. It would have been helpful if further details were provided as to how the Private Sector Operations Department (PSOD) could have been engaged more closely during the project preparation stage.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
Report Date:
Lesson
The statement in the TCR was a finding and not a lesson.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
Report Date: