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Having local partners (e.g., in the PRC) facilitate workshop organization and implementation.

Project Number: 53140-001
Project Name: Developing Accountability and Mechanism Framework for Financial Intermediaries
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The TA project benefitted from a broad network of partners from the PRC and independent accountability mechanism that contributed to mobilizing a large number of workshop participants and to getting rich inputs to improve the quality of the initial draft of the regional framework.

Project Number: 53140-001
Project Name: Developing Accountability and Mechanism Framework for Financial Intermediaries
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There are concerns on the additional costs associated with green bond issuances, as well as reputational risk if their bonds lose their green status

Project Number: 50057-001
Project Name: Promoting Green Local Currency-Denominated Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN+4
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Based on the findings of the study under the TA, market participants and regulators in ASEAN+3 countries identified the absence of a linkage between national goals to improve the environment (as reflected in national commitments associated with the UN SDGs) and the development of green bond markets. There is low awareness of green bonds among issuers and investors in most ASEAN+3 countries. Many market participants are unfamiliar with green bonds and through the middle of 2017, those with some awareness often had only a cursory understanding.

Project Number: 50057-001
Project Name: Promoting Green Local Currency-Denominated Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN+4
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Furthermore, clear regulatory guidance from relevant market regulators are seen as key to promote sustainable finance in ASEAN+3.

Project Number: 50057-001
Project Name: Promoting Green Local Currency-Denominated Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN+4
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They also identified a lack of local currency green bond issues and the absence of investors with responsible investment mandates as reasons for the immaturity of green bond markets.

Project Number: 50057-001
Project Name: Promoting Green Local Currency-Denominated Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN+4
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The IA, the Infrastructure Development Company Limited, could have entered into strategic partnerships with other international organizations to further improve its skill and capacity given the complexity of activities in infrastructure.

Project Number: 40517-013, 40517-042
Project Name: Public–Private Infrastructure Development Facility
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Unrealistic and overambitious indicators in the DMF should have been raised during the implementation for corrective actions.

Project Number: 40517-013, 40517-042
Project Name: Public–Private Infrastructure Development Facility
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Lack of project readiness in financial intermediation loans means that subloans cannot be disbursed early and as envisaged at appraisal.

Project Number: 40517-013, 40517-042
Project Name: Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility
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Coherent, well defined, and measurable indicators are critically important to an accurate assessment of project performance and accomplishments.

Project Number: 40517-013, 40517-042
Project Name: Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility
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Strong collaboration between ADB, financial intermediaries, and subproject sponsors can ensure compliance to ADB safeguard requirements in private sector financial intermediation loans (FILs).

Project Number: 40517-013, 40517-042
Project Name: Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility
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It is important to develop adequate technical capacity to assess subprojects in new sectors prior to making an investment.

Project Number: 40517-013, 40517-042
Project Name: Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility
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Mitigating the risks in introducing nontraditional, innovative loan programs requires a thorough and consistent monitoring and analysis of the market dynamics surrounding such programs.

Project Number: 40517-013, 40517-042
Project Name: Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility
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A well-designed program, strong working relationships with regulatory agencies, adequately funded additional TA grant, and properly sequenced policy actions are important factors for success, all of which were shown in CMDP II.

Project Number: 43477-013
Project Name: Second Capital Market Development Program
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Indicators should have been added to measure the portfolio quality of SME lending by PFIs and its impacts on the performance of borrowing SMEs, such as their assets, profitability, and employment.

Project Number: 36200-013
Project Name: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development Project
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