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Lesson
No new lessons.

Project Number: 34188-013
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Northern Community-Managed Irrigation Sector Project
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No new lessons.

Project Number: 31352-013
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Small Towns Development Sector Project
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Lesson
No new lessons.

Project Number: 31345-013
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Second Education Quality Improvement Project
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Lesson
Governments and ADB should conduct a more detailed review of the studies to confirm soundness of assumptions and results. The pre-feasibility study that prepared the project design and appraised the viability of the subprojects had quality issues, given that two airport projects in Cambodia were cancelled due to poor market viability, the airport project in the Lao PDR had to be redesigned due to the need to expand scope, the site for the wastewater treatment plant in Siem Reap was not firmed up and substantial time was wasted looking for an alternative site, and others.

Project Number: 35282-013, 33434-013, 35345-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion: Mekong Tourism Development Project
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Lesson
Financial management requires further improvement through training of provincial staff, timely approvals of annual operational plans, and timely liquidation of advances.

Project Number: 36672-012, 37604-022, 38017-012
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project
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Lesson
Carrying out project administration through existing structures helped speed up project implementation. Delegation of project activities to concerned departments and provinces facilitated implementation. Inclusion of project activities in national and provincial annual operational plans provided better integration of health services and funding.

Project Number: 36672-012, 37604-022, 38017-012
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project
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Lesson
Participation in regional dialogues and other knowledge management activities has, through learning and sharing, made national and provincial communicable diseases control leaders more competent, cooperative, and competitive. However, participation in internet-based learning and sharing is still at a nascent stage.

Project Number: 36672-012, 37604-022, 38017-012
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project
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Lesson
The ministries have a strong tradition of top-down training programs to be implemented by the provinces, often in an ad hoc manner. Provincial capacity to plan and coordinate training activities is insufficient. Provinces also lack core capacities in teaching methodology and in monitoring staff performance.

Project Number: 36672-012, 37604-022, 38017-012
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project
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Lesson
The project was designed to target vulnerable groups, including the poor, women and children, and ethnic minorities. It mainly targeted poor provinces in border areas, including 7 provinces out of 20 with a predominantly ethnic minority population. The project interventions benefited poor women and children, who are more at risk of communicable diseases. However, based on ADB's results framework criteria, the project is rated unsatisfactory for gender equity. It only partially complied with gender and ethnic minority covenants.

Project Number: 36672-012, 37604-022, 38017-012
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project
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Lesson
Translating training into institutionalized practice. Despite intensive onsite technical assistance, the Agriculture Promotion Bank management placed inadequate focus on the development of its human resources and capacity building, which were needed to ensure long-term sustainability. A number of staff training programs designed by the consultants experienced delays. Implementation of recommended action steps (such as the monthly monitoring meetings suggested for the branches) were not given sufficient importance.

Project Number: 33357-013
Project Name: Rural Finance Sector Development Program
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Lesson
Appropriate design of procurement proposal is important. The criteria for selection of an information and communications technology and management information system consulting firm was overly ambitious. Delays in implementation could have been avoided with more reasonable criteria.

Project Number: 33357-013
Project Name: Rural Finance Sector Development Program
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Lesson
If success is likely at the midpoint of a technical assistance (TA), planning for follow-on support should then be undertaken. The outcome of the program could have been stronger with follow-on TA, particularly in the case of the Catalyzing Microfinance for the Poor TA. Feedback from a range of microfinance providers and stakeholders confirmed the need for follow-on support.

Project Number: 33357-013
Project Name: Rural Finance Sector Development Program
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Lesson
The reason why the program was not rated highly successful is because, despite the fact that the overall objectives were achieved (as defined in the design and monitoring framework), the linkage of the program to ultimately reducing poverty is weak. There was no substantial increase in access to formal financial services to rural, low-income clients.

Project Number: 33357-013
Project Name: Rural Finance Sector Development Program
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Lesson
Considering the extensive nature of program preparation related to client demand, the monitoring and evaluation of the program should have included a periodic assessment of client satisfaction or interim impact of the program objectives on clients. The customer satisfaction survey conducted as part of the project completion report review indicated that clients have appreciated an improvement in access to finance and in services provided, but that there are some serious consumer protection issues that need to be addressed.

Project Number: 33357-013
Project Name: Rural Finance Sector Development Program
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Lesson
To increase ownership and longterm commitment to goals, it is important that program support be embedded in a government strategy. Extensive preparation was made for the Rural Finance Sector Development Program in terms of market assessment and dialogue with government. The program was successful due to the close alignment of government and program objectives.

Project Number: 33357-013
Project Name: Rural Finance Sector Development Program
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