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Executing and implementing agencies (EAs/IAs) need to ensure that lead contractors strictly implement their contractual obligations to minimize undue pressures during implementation

Project Number: 40075-023, 40075-033, 40075-043
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Tranche 3 and MFF)
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Focusing on a contiguous set of road sections will make the benefits of longer term highway investment programs easier to assess at both the design and completion stages.

Project Number: 40075-023, 40075-033, 40075-043
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Tranche 3 and MFF)
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Pakistan needs to strengthen its road asset management strategy.

Project Number: 40075-023, 40075-033, 40075-043
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Tranche 3 and MFF)
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Quality at entry is pivotal to timely startup.

Project Number: 40075-033
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program, Tranche 2
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A pragmatic approach to land acquisition, informed by good practices from projects involving multiple agencies, both federal and provincial, will be particularly important and beneficial for future ADB-financed greenfield projects in Pakistan.

Project Number: 40075-033
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program, Tranche 2
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Ensuring that lead contractors strictly implement their contractual obligations will enable executing and implementing agencies (EAs/IAs) to minimize undue pressures during implementation.

Project Number: 40075-033
Project Name: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program, Tranche 2
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Implementation of reform agenda. Many public resource management reforms related to taxes or concessions, as in the SPBL, have political and economic implications and are often difficult to undertake without strong ownership. The SPBL implementation success resided in (i) a good understanding of the vested interests, (ii) the institutional capacity of government agencies, (iii) effective partnership and coordination between ADB and the government, and (iv) a strong sense of appreciation for the overall benefits of the program.

Project Number: 53247-001
Project Name: Economic Stabilization Program
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A holistic approach to program design and formulation. The SPBL was developed in close consultation with the government and development partners, including the IMF and the World Bank, and it was designed through a holistic approach. The SPBL demonstrated that a comprehensive and holistic consultation process can ensure effective diagnosis of the issues, leading to a strong, relevant policy matrix that prioritizes reform measures and sets realistic timelines in collaboration with the development partners.

Project Number: 53247-001
Project Name: Economic Stabilization Program
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There is a need for careful planning in the context of an exploratory TA, such as this one, to allow for timely delivery of outputs while ensuring process and cost efficiency

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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In the TCR’s Conduct of Activities section, it mentioned: “The nowcasting study featuring Indonesia was completed and published in the ADB Economics Working Paper series in December 2015 and in Empirical Economics journal in June 2017. This tool has been used regularly by the Indonesia Resident Mission to support their growth forecasts since 2016 and has also been shared to the Fiscal Policy Agency of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of National Development Planning of the Republic of Indonesia to enrich their suite of tools for conducting macroeconomic monitoring.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Agreed. Another useful lesson is the importance of involving clients in a hands-on manner to build a technical product and ensure the transfer of technical expertise, and the subsequent adoption or uptake

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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TCR did not include a lesson for this criterion, however, a relevant lesson can be found in the Follow_x005F_x0002_up Actions section: “To build upon the achievements of the project, a new KSTA [knowledge and support technical assistance] on Deepening Understanding of Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Developing Member Countries for Improved Economic Assessment was approved on 21 June 2018 to further deepen understanding of macroeconomic fluctuations in DMCs for improved economic assessment.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Agreed. A useful lesson is the importance of partnering with other knowledge institutions to tap expertise and efficiently use financial resources.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Another lesson relating to the TA is the selection of appropriate design and monitoring framework indicators that pertain to the effective utilization of knowledge products. Since the main outputs of regional capacity development TAs are knowledge products, monitoring the extent of utilization or uptake of the knowledge products produced within and/or outside ADB would benefit from user surveys or interviews. These surveys and interviews can help provide insights into how the knowledge products have benefited their users.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Agreed. A useful lesson is the importance of partnerships with the client to ensure buy-in and follow through, and to tailor to additional capacity building demands from the DMCs

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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