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Lesson
Adopting a longer-time frame for a TA involving cross-border cooperation helps fulfill the member countries’ respective processes and requirements, including continuous facilitation support.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Lesson
Descriptive only; not formulated as lesson. It could, for example, be: “Broad engagement of stakeholders will ensure relevance and ownership of TA results.”

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
Replication of the TA initiative in other regions with untapped cross-border resources in the energy sector or other sectors, can open new opportunities for development, cooperation, and expansion.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Lesson
Very descriptive; not formulated as lesson. It could, for example, be: “Publication of TA results in book form, as done following this TA, can enhance the dissemination of knowledge in the country and beyond.”

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
Cross-border collaboration provides opportunity for knowledge sharing and adoption of successful initiatives in similar contexts is often the case with neighboring countries.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Lesson
The importance of the continuity of EA staff and consultants is a valid, but well-known lesson. Another lesson could be: Having staff in the resident mission with extensive research experience in water supply is important to the success of the TA since it can lead to better planning and supervision of the TA studies, and improved communication with the EA staff and TA consultants.

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
Report Date:
Lesson
Description. No lesson formulated. It could, for example, be: “The TA results may incentivize other DP funding on the subject.” Or, “Broad dissemination of TA results of a new water quality monitoring approach, such as the participatory approach introduced through this TA, may generate replication elsewhere, in the country and beyond.”

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
Myanmar’s inclusion the regional transmission master plan was a new partnership that had not previously been anticipated. When determining the project’s scope, the inclusion of stakeholders could consider additional players, which may not be currently engaged in regional partnerships. Such expansion can harness new opportunities for trade.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Lesson
The importance of a focused EA and committed consultants is a valid, but well-known lesson. Another lesson could be: Delays in the completion of TA may not matter so long as there are no cost overruns, and the knowledge produced is of high quality and useful to ongoing and planned operations.

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
A lesson here is: Pilot studies can potentially play an important role in the adoption and replication of cleaner production technologies if they can clearly demonstrate (i) the benefits to industries and (ii) that such adoption and replication can be a win-win scenario for the environment as well as the businesses.

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
This validation notes that Myanmar’s inclusion and its approval of the regional transmission master plan in principle supported the excellent level of stakeholder participation. Broad and expanded stakeholder participation is a good indicator of the success of a TA in delivering cross-border projects and regional networking and knowledge sharing across national borders.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Lesson
The lesson could have been formulated more clearly. For example: “For a TA, which closely relates to an operation, it is important to harmonize the schedules to the extent possible.”

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
Description. No lesson formulated. It could, for example, be:“Active engagement and dialogue with DPs during TA implementation may increase (leverage) the value of the TA to the client through improved donor coordination on the TA subject.”

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
Succinct discussions on the content of training courses and workshop, including participants’ uptake, help facilitate the assessment of capacity-building initiatives.

Project Number: 48432-001
Project Name: Enabling Poor Women's Benefits from Enhanced Access to Energy in Hatiya Island
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Lesson
This section in the TCR presents several findings including that increased readiness for finance access is different from the actual capacity to access finance and is highly context-specific to the type of project for which finance is required, the sources of finance being tapped, and individual DMC priorities and circumstances—this is a generalizable lesson in planning and relates to having some degree of flexibility to adapt to the evolving context given that this is a new area of work for the ADB as well as the DMCs.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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