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Virtual events are effective for knowledge sharing in a cost-effective manner, but not so suitable for having dialogue for concrete country actions. Therefore, it is necessary for the use of either modality should consider the purpose and objective of the event.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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As demonstrated by this TA, knowledge-sharing workshops could serve as venues for active engagement and dialogue with development partners during TA implementation. Involving cofinanciers in these knowledge-sharing is important. Regular knowledge exchange with cofinanciers may also be explored to deepen ADB cofinancing partnerships/relationships.

Project Number: 52070-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Regional Energy Cooperation
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Workshops play a vital role in knowledge sharing. Given the increasing capacity and acceptability of organizing online events, future knowledge sharing activities may consider utilizing online workshops where applicable, for more cost-efficient TA implementation.

Project Number: 52070-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Regional Energy Cooperation
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Post-TA financial resources should be sought and considered in order to implement the recommendations made, based on the in-depth diagnostic studies completed for Nepal and Cambodia under the TA. These recommendations will require financial contributions for the effective implementation of an adapted, coherent, transparent, and equitable property tax for all.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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ADB has successful experiences combining good diagnostics and collaboration with DMC stakeholders with adept and integrated use of operational modalities. Also, remarkable progress in the use of technologies has been observed in the participating DMCs during implementation. These provide the basis for ADB to learn from and upscale innovative practices in DMCs, and globally. Collaboration among possible development partners to conduct joint diagnostics should be promoted for better development outcomes.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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Approaches to strengthening capacity in property tax development involved the use or introduction of innovative technologies. And to support and disseminate these innovative technologies, pilot projects are proven effective.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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Broad stakeholder engagement, though time-consuming, is crucial. It enhances the quality and sustainability of outcomes by incorporating diverse insights and ensuring comprehensive solutions. This approach builds stakeholder buy-in, leverages additional resources, and fosters strong relationships, facilitating smoother project execution and promoting future cooperation, ultimately investing in time as a worthwhile endeavor for long-term success.

Project Number: 52113-001
Project Name: Strengthening Financial Management in Asia and the Pacific, Phase 2
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the road construction, introduction of new legislation banning slow-moving traffic from highways,

Project Number: 48218-010
Project Name: Food Safety and Agriculture Commercialization Program
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There is a need for a comprehensive approach that fosters continuity of quality-enhancing interventions to address the persistent challenge of improving learning. Low learning starts in the early grades and continues in the higher grades. Efforts to improve learning need to start from the early grades and continue throughout the different levels of education.

Project Number: 49424-001
Project Name: Supporting School Sector Development Plan
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Teacher Preparation and professional development programs need to be revisited. Because of their low effectiveness, teacher professional development programs in the country urgently need to be revisited, including from the gender equityy and social inclusion perspective. Teacher Preparation courses at universities need to be reviewed, existing education training centers to be expanded and equipped to deliver modern pedagogy, and school-based teacher support systems to be instituted.

Project Number: 49424-001
Project Name: Supporting School Sector Development Plan
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Interventions to strengthen sector resilience need to be broadened to improve system readiness for future challenges to learning continuity. After the 2015 earthquake, significant effort was directed towards improving school sector resilience against disasters triggered by natural hazards and climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted new challenges that can impinge on learning continuity, with disproportionate effects on students from poor socioeconomic backgrounds and deprived communities.

Project Number: 49424-001
Project Name: Supporting School Sector Development Plan
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Future school infrastructure development requires a comprehensive approach based on the school’s operational viability. To meet school needs, the School Sector Development Plan adopted an ad hoc, piecemeal approach to school infrastructure development. In future, a comprehensive approach, based on the school's operational viability and as practiced in this intervention's model school program, needs to be undertaken especially because of the changing demographic dynamics that have resulted in school mergers and closures.

Project Number: 49424-001
Project Name: Supporting School Sector Development Plan
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Federal transition is a work in progress. As of 2023, Nepal continues to build and evolve its institutional structures as it operationalizes federal structures. Hence, the design and Implementation of a program supporting large sector programs such as the School Sector Development Plan (SSDP) Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) need to be flexible while maintaining a balance between ambitious and incremental results.

Project Number: 49424-001
Project Name: Supporting School Sector Development Plan
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Projects require an in-depth assessment of ownership and use of land. Procurement for the Butwal auto village subprojects (AVS) was severely delayed by land ownership issues. The automobile enterprises were located on land leased from the municipality intended only for establishment of automobile enterprises, but the entrepreneurs used the land for business and residential purposes. These entrepreneurs were skeptical that their existing land uses could continue if they entered into a public-private partnership agreement, and thus protested the AVS.

Project Number: 36188-023
Project Name: Secondary Towns Integrated Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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