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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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Supporting the most urgent and critical measures in reforming Pakistan's public sector enterprises (PSEs), agreed with government, may yield deeper results.

Project Number: 48065-003
Project Name: Public Sector Enterprises Reform Program (Subprogram 2)
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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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A well-matched policy-based loan and technical assistance is a promising approach that can enable the attainment of more ambitious and technically difficult reform results.

Project Number: 48065-003
Project Name: Public Sector Enterprises Reform Program (Subprogram 2)
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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
Beyond a broad road map, it may be beneficial to concentrate support on PSEs that have already demonstrated results or good performance.

Project Number: 48065-003
Project Name: Public Sector Enterprises Reform Program (Subprogram 2)
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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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Focusing PSE reform programs or components thereof on selected demonstrations and bringing these demonstrations to conclusion can produce models on how companies could be liquidated, privatized, or restructured to boost performance.

Project Number: 48065-003
Project Name: Public Sector Enterprises Reform Program (Subprogram 2)
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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
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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
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Lesson
The TCR did not mention this dimension explicitly in the document. In-country ownership by government and/or private sector would be required to consolidate gains.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Replication: Within ADB, the SDCD cost center has been established to develop GCF project proposals. Scaling up: It would require additional project preparation facilities, trust fund resources, and climate TA projects alongside ADB projects. Skills within SDCD have been developed but continue to rely on TA consultant support for implementation. The TCR, thus, recommended for a way forward.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Lesson
Based on the TCR narrative, the TA prepared some technical documents and accessed new mechanisms for climate finance. The approved GCF proposals were examples. While the TA made some efforts to increase awareness and disseminate knowledge via the in-country consultations, there was no clear evidence or assessment that the target audience was more aware of the technical materials presented, and had adopted the same, thereby, building institutional capacity. Adopting national or sectoral policies or legal standards, or any academic literature was not mentioned in the TCR.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Lesson
This validation adds the need to adopt a more realistic timeline where funding sources are uncertain or unknown.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Lesson
This validation adds that pioneering the GCF proposals with a strong SDCD team, like in Mongolia, will provide a sound template and be an effective way to demonstrate success for the subsequent proposals.

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