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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
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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
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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
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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:
Lesson
The statement in the TCR is not a lesson

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
Report Date:
Lesson
The content reflected in the TCR self-assessment is a statement that is not phrased as a lesson learned. To restate, one lesson learned was that completion of the business plan and development of a cash-flow model that was a critical part of the TA project goals, can increase the possibility of the ensuing loan by providing opportunity for other potential lenders to be engaged.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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Lesson
A well-defined Terms of Reference for consultants, including clear alignment with the activities and delivery of outputs as well as the ability to conduct capacity building development for Kazpost staff, helps facilitate project implementation. The TCR self-assessment lacks clarity as to what feedback from PSOD would have been helpful.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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Lesson
The TCR stated that the deteriorating global economic situation and conservative fiscal situation, along with a change of Kazpost management, led to the non-take-up of follow-up ADB finance. The TCR also implied that there could have been a follow up loan had there been closer cooperation between PSOD and the TA team. Under these constraining circumstances, closer cooperation between PSOD and the TA team increases the chances of leading to the follow-up ADB loan.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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Lesson
The TCR mentioned the usefulness of a flexible approach to drafting consultant’s terms of reference such that they are broad based—this is a generalizable lesson in managing staff and consultant resources, and useful in the context of limited availability of climate finance specialists.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Lesson
The TCR found that close interaction between DMC stakeholders and climate finance providers was essential to create buy-in from all parties. The TCR did not provide evidence or data to support the level of adoption or commitment to TA efforts, or other evidence of continuing action and sustainability after TA completion.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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