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The program loan tranches were front-loaded, with $35 million of the total program amount of $50 million programmed for the first two tranches. The first two tranches were largely preparatory measures and intermediate steps. Had the program been back-loaded with relatively larger amounts allocated to the third and fourth tranches, it is possible that the authorities would have been more inclined to implement some of the more difficult reform measures.

Project Number: 34320-013
Project Name: Rural Finance Sector Development Program
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Overly ambitious and complex projects are less likely to be successful. The Program objectives had a strong rationale and the design was technically sound. However, in view of the weak implementation capacity of the executing agency and the implementing agencies, the Program would likely have yielded better results with a more focused and prioritized set of policy actions and project activities. Moreover, the Rural Financial Sector Development Program was approved only three months prior to the April 2004 parliamentary election.

Project Number: 34320-013
Project Name: Rural Finance Sector Development Program
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The need for better planning and coordination between all ministries and agencies that have a potential stake in a project's outputs. In the case of this project, NODES can be of relevance and use to the training and education programs offered and governed by various ministries and agencies - e.g., Ministry of Education, Vocational Training Authority.

Project Number: 33251-013
Project Name: Distance Education Modernization Project
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Regular review and updating of the DMF would have aided monitoring and evaluation. A design and monitoring framework (DMF) needs to follow ADB's standard format yet be dynamic.

Project Number: 34318-013
Project Name: Aquatic Resource Development and Quality Improvement Project
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An important lesson regards the nature of the courses that were offered and if they were the most appropriate ones for an online distance-learning platform.

Project Number: 33251-013
Project Name: Distance Education Modernization Project
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Longer lead times (up to 2 years) should be allowed for the complex legal and administrative processes required to amend Acts of Parliament. Similarly, completing major civil works within 1-1/2 years is unrealistic.

Project Number: 34318-013
Project Name: Aquatic Resource Development and Quality Improvement Project
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Another lesson arises from the novelty and innovation of the project - a higher priority should have been placed on social marketing and awareness raising among potential partner institutions and students, to ensure broad-based demand and a strong supply of market- oriented courses. There is great potential for self-sustainability in this model if its management is outsourced or it is transformed into a corporate entity, but inclusion of social marketing will be key to its success.

Project Number: 33251-013
Project Name: Distance Education Modernization Project
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For this project, engaging and training in-house or contracted staff of the implementing agency for social mobilization was more sustainable than recruiting outside nongovernment organizations (NGOs).

Project Number: 34318-013
Project Name: Aquatic Resource Development and Quality Improvement Project
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The project involved the establishment of an entirely new platform of learning, with investments in hardware and software and including creation of partnerships with institutions that were to develop their course content into online distance learning format. This constituted a major step toward a new concept of learning. There is a risk that the system will eventually collapse unless it is put on a sound business and strategic footing in the near future.

Project Number: 33251-013
Project Name: Distance Education Modernization Project
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The strong project management office (PMO) with qualified staff and single project director effectively progressed the project, even if subsidiary implementing agencies lacked capacity. Key elements were seconding the implementing agency's staff, absorbing personnel contracted for the project to the PMO, and detaching the PMO from the executing agency's offices.

Project Number: 34318-013
Project Name: Aquatic Resource Development and Quality Improvement Project
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Given a profitable and properly regulated enterprise like culture-based fisheries, community-based organizations (CBOs) can be developed into sustainable, profitable businesses.

Project Number: 34318-013
Project Name: Aquatic Resource Development and Quality Improvement Project
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A single sector approach aids simplicity and a project's effectiveness.

Project Number: 34318-013
Project Name: Aquatic Resource Development and Quality Improvement Project
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Credit line design needs to be based on studies of market demand.

Project Number: 34318-013
Project Name: Aquatic Resource Development and Quality Improvement Project
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A key success of a reform program is the relevant design that incentivizes strong government ownership on institutional strengthening, in this case, by improving bank's operational management: supporting profitable business lines such as pawning, tightening credit reviews and recoveries to reduce nonperforming loans (NPL), and controlling overhead costs such as reducing headcounts to improve performance on a per employee basis.

Project Number: 36357-013
Project Name: Financial Markets Program for Private Sector Development
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Furthermore, it is prudent to minimize the number of legislative actions to ensure effective program implementation. The program had an excessive number of legislative actions that contributed to program implementation delays. In addition, a salient feature of this program is the transparent and effective approach to monitoring the restructuring of a bank. This feature can be applied to other similar entities.

Project Number: 36357-013
Project Name: Financial Markets Program for Private Sector Development
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