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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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Consulting contracts may need to incentivize quality and efficiency to ensure timely delivery and high-quality implementation support services.

Project Number: 41171-022
Project Name: Transport Sector Development Project
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Ensuring an early focus on sustaining government ownership, institutionalizing asset management, and improving the quality of civil works can spur continuing progress in developing a sector-based approach to transport development in the country.

Project Number: 41171-022
Project Name: Transport Sector Development Project
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Rigorous cost-benefit and financial analyses ensure the viability and efficiency of projects as well as the adjustments that must be made.

Project Number: 41171-022
Project Name: Transport Sector Development Project
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Community liaison. Effective and efficient community liaison by experienced persons is important to resolving conflicts between the community and workforce, and between expatriate and local labor. Greater capacity will be required in MID (Ministry of Infrastructure Development) to manage community liaison, identify affected people, and manage the process of compensation to avoid community dissatisfaction.

Project Number: 43381-012
Project Name: Second Road Improvement (Sector) Project
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Climate change adaptation. The project implemented several measures to mitigate impacts from climate change. At present, these measures are effective and efficient. Continuous monitoring and maintenance of improved assets is needed to ensure sustainability of the adaptation measures.

Project Number: 43381-012
Project Name: Second Road Improvement (Sector) Project
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Sound technical and economic safeguard procedures are required to support NTP (National Transport Plan) implementation. All such procedures are essential for translation of the NTP into worthwhile and fully supported investments on the ground. Appropriate engagement and communication with stakeholders is essential to ensure these processes are fully understood as well as the reasons for particular technical decisions. A stronger country safeguards system, including guidelines on obtaining land for transport projects, is essential.

Project Number: 43381-012
Project Name: Second Road Improvement (Sector) Project
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Achieving sustainability requires a consistent and long term approach. The sustainability of project outcomes is greatly dependent on an ongoing commitment by the government to road maintenance, rehabilitation and asset management. Significant steps have been taken to harmonize donor assistance to the transport sector in support of a sector-wide approach. The ongoing Transport Sector Development Project and its support to MID (Ministry of Infrastructure Development) provides a predictable medium-term source of financing through NTF (National Transport Fund).

Project Number: 43381-012
Project Name: Second Road Improvement (Sector) Project
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Imprest accounts. The project received financing from various sources at different time intervals through grant agreements 0175, 0176, 0177, 0207, 0210 and recipient's contribution through government annual budget and the NTF (National Transport Fund). The disbursement of funds was carried out through direct payment and reimbursement procedures by maintaining three first generation and five second generation accounts.

Project Number: 43381-012
Project Name: Second Road Improvement (Sector) Project
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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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Use of country systems. The CEWG (core economic working group) process has helped to channel a growing share of development partner assistance through government systems and as a result reduce transaction costs over a narrow front of activity, and make greater use of country systems in line with development partner commitments. In 2009 - 2013, the portion of recurrent and development expenditures through budget support increased. Recurrent budget grants comprised 5.2% of total revenue and grants in 2009 and rose to 9.6% in 2013.

Project Number: 46497-001
Project Name: Economic and Financial Reform Program
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Country ownership is critical to successful implementation of the EFRP. The effectiveness of the EFRP (Economic and Financial Reform Program) and the CEWG (core economic working group) mechanism has reflected the strong leadership of the minister of finance and his permanent secretary; support from the prime minister, other ministers, and senior government officials; and the commitment of development partners to support these processes.

Project Number: 46497-001
Project Name: Economic and Financial Reform Program
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Creating a contracting industry by motivating local communities. This can help maintain roads in good condition while representing value for money and providing positive social outcomes, but it requires adequate resources for effective supervision by engendering accountability of central and provincial governments.

Project Number: 39581-012
Project Name: Road Improvement (Sector) Project
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Stronger internal procedures ensure maintenance quality and probity. Quality control remains a weakness. Funding must be provided to support critical maintenance-related activities - progressive improvement of performance-based contracts, timely and appropriate supervision of maintenance contracts, and asset management planning to ensure proper forward planning of maintenance needs. Sound fiduciary procedures are needed to ensure that the quality and quantity of civil works, and the purchase of goods and services, are matched by proper financial records and approvals.

Project Number: 39581-012
Project Name: Road Improvement (Sector) Project
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