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Lesson
The design and monitoring frameworks (DMFs) of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Option (CPRO) extracted aspects of the government’s response plan that were important to ADB and restricted the number of indicators and targets in order not to burden the government. However, this made demonstrating outcome-level achievement difficult because it relies too much on one or two indicators and targets (weak horizontal logic) and is narrowly and inadequately supported by a minimal number of outputs (weak vertical logic).

Project Number: 54178-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Rapid Response Program
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Guidance for completing CPRO DMFs underscored the dynamic nature of a crisis operation and the need to be prepared to strengthen, amend or add DMF indicators during implementation. The fact that this was not followed reflects a built-in lack of flexibility with DMFs (and perhaps the difficulty of making changes in accordance with existing Project Administration Instructions).

Project Number: 54178-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Rapid Response Program
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Lesson
Comprehensive mid-course correction and timely revision to the design and monitoring framework are opportunities that should be seized to improve the measurement of the project’s achievements.

Project Number: 45139-001
Project Name: Mid-Level Skills Training Project
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Lesson
Technical and vocational education and training is a complex subsector having multiple interfaces with development issues related to socioeconomic development, production technology, and public policy. ADB needs a sector road map to guide its operations, especially when investments interface with the private sector.

Project Number: 45139-001
Project Name: Mid-Level Skills Training Project
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For interventions in a new country, it is important to assess the capacity of the government’s financial management system thoroughly before launching a project, especially when investing valuable grant resources.

Project Number: 45139-001
Project Name: Mid-Level Skills Training Project
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A timely and appropriate change in scope and reallocation of grant (or loan) proceeds responding to actual project needs emerging from implementation can help utilize available grant (or loan) resources in a more targeted and efficient manner, facilitate the conduct of more activities, potentially deliver more outputs, and maintain the project's relevance and effectiveness.

Project Number: 44130-022
Project Name: District Capitals Water Supply Project
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Lesson
Good due diligence at appraisal is important to prepare a realistic project schedule considering the institutional setup, internal review and approval procedures, existing capacity, and prior experience of the government and executing agency in implementing ADB and other development partners' projects. Formulating appropriate project design, identifying major risks, implementing adequate mitigation measures, and providing early implementation support are crucial in minimizing startup delays and facilitating the timely implementation progress of projects.

Project Number: 44130-022
Project Name: District Capitals Water Supply Project
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It is important to properly sequence the implementation of technical assistance so it could provide its inputs to the project in a timely manner. According to the project completion report, the delay in the development of the National Transport Plan supported by the project preparatory TA affected project implementation as projects sites were required to be included in the plan prior to implementation.

Project Number: 40263-022
Project Name: Domestic Maritime Support (Sector) Project
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Lesson
Ensuring adequate project performance monitorng system (PPMS) design—along with collection of baseline data at project preparation phase—supports effective monitoring of a project’s performance. Although establishing a PPMS was covenanted in the grant agreement, the PPMS was ineffective in providing the data required for calculation of economic internal rate of return. The lack of data indicates that the PPMS was inappropriately designed and that a greater focus on the PPMS design at project preparation is needed. For

Project Number: 40263-022
Project Name: Domestic Maritime Support (Sector) Project
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a detailed design and implementation assessment enhances the project’s success, especially for projects that help provide shipping services to outlying and remote island communities. ADB has experience in this with two projects in the Pacific region that were to provide shipping services to outlying and remote island communities—this one that is under validation while the other is the Community Water Transport Project in Papua New Guinea.16 However, both projects were rated less than successful, which indicate endemic issues with their design and implementation.

Project Number: 40263-022
Project Name: Domestic Maritime Support (Sector) Project
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Single-tranche and stand-alone policy-based programs can be an appropriate instrument to support reforms in fragile states provided that (i) these take place in the context of an ongoing, long-term development partnership; and (ii) there is a demonstrated government commitment to pursue substantial reforms over an extended time frame. Moreover, such programs need to be supported by ongoing capacity development in key agencies. In fragile states, the risks to implementing and sustaining reforms are amplified by external shocks and natural disasters.

Project Number: 52074-001
Project Name: Improved Fiscal Sustainability Reform Program
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The formal government and development partner coordination mechanisms offer the opportunity to reduce transaction costs for all parties and increase the likelihood of a good quality program design and implementation. In the case of Solomon Islands, it utilized a wellestablished coordination mechanism to undertake policy dialogue, to design a program that is responsive to the country’s needs, and to jointly oversee program implementation.

Project Number: 52074-001
Project Name: Improved Fiscal Sustainability Reform Program
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Frequent ADB supervision is required to counter the delays in completing construction is standard for Solomon Islands.

Project Number: 48293-001
Project Name: Transport Sector Flood Recovery Project
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Establishing more valid indicators or defining a more appropriate impact is a lesson for future projects.

Project Number: 48293-001
Project Name: Transport Sector Flood Recovery Project
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The target of 30% labor in the GAP for women was not attainable because of the unique socioeconomic conditions within the project area.

Project Number: 48293-001
Project Name: Transport Sector Flood Recovery Project
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