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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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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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Timing is essential in the successful implementation of reforms.

Project Number: 52074-001
Project Name: Improved Fiscal Sustainability Reform Program
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Continued monitoring of the non-tranche policy actions of reform programs is critical to ensuring that these actions are completed on time.

Project Number: 52074-001
Project Name: Improved Fiscal Sustainability Reform Program
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The program, if designed as a multitranche financing facility where disbursements are made under several tranches according to the agreed criteria, can provide better incentives for continued policy reform efforts by the government.

Project Number: 48479-001
Project Name: Economic Growth and Fiscal Reform Program
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Budget support from multilateral development agencies might encourage long term dependency on such support.

Project Number: 48479-001
Project Name: Economic Growth and Fiscal Reform Program
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Continuous policy-based budget support from development partners is necessary to ensure the uninterrupted implementation and sustainability of government reforms in the Solomon Islands.

Project Number: 48479-001
Project Name: Economic Growth and Fiscal Reform Program
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Continued technical assistance (TA) is essential to ensuring the successful implementation and sustainability of program-driven reforms in the Solomon Islands.

Project Number: 48479-001
Project Name: Economic Growth and Fiscal Reform Program
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Policy actions that include legislative reforms need to have realistic timelines.

Project Number: 48479-001
Project Name: Economic Growth and Fiscal Reform Program
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Consultations with development partners need to continue through all times to ensure that donor assistance for reform efforts are well coordinated and not duplicative.

Project Number: 48479-001
Project Name: Economic Growth and Fiscal Reform Program
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Maintaining policy dialogue and seeking stakeholder feedback is essential to ensure that governments remain committed to reforms.

Project Number: 48479-001
Project Name: Economic Growth and Fiscal Reform Program
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The timeframes for non-tranche release conditions need to be carefully considered to limit their potential negative impact on project performance.

Project Number: 48479-001
Project Name: Economic Growth and Fiscal Reform Program
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No new lessons

Project Number: 46497-001
Project Name: Economic and Financial Reform Program
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Progress fairly steady but slow. Implementation of the EFRP (Economic and Financial Reform Program) has been satisfactory but has often taken longer than anticipated, particularly in the area of legislative reform. The number of policy actions and reforms monitored through the EFRP has varied greatly each year - 49 in 2010, 31 in 2011, 77 in 2012, and 29 in 2013.

Project Number: 46497-001
Project Name: Economic and Financial Reform Program
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Benefits of dialogue and tight focus. The tight focus of the EFRP (Economic and Financial Reform Program) and the ADB policy matrix has helped to strengthen ownership by the government. The CEWG (core economic working group) policy dialogue contains three main elements: (i) discussions on the design and implementation of the EFRP policy matrix, (ii) regular CEWG meetings, and (iii) the annual joint review missions. Policy dialogue was anchored on the EFRP matrix with its objectives of strengthened PFM, budget reform, and economic growth.

Project Number: 46497-001
Project Name: Economic and Financial Reform Program
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