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This kind of activity turned out to be very effective in incorporating ICT in ADB operations more strategically and comprehensively across sectors and thematic areas in line with ADB’s strategies particularly on the emerging technology areas where there are growing demands but ADB doesn’t have enough capacity. This kind of activity should be continued.

Project Number: 48240-001
Project Name: Information and Communication Technology for Development Initiative Facility in Asia and the Pacific
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Addressing the question, “where is it available?” the ADB policy should encourage the use of country information such as audit reports (both internal audit and external audit) to provide a wider perspective on the success of the program.

Project Number: 47318-001
Project Name: Strengthened Fiscal Sustainability Program
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ADB’s policy on risk assessment and risk management should be reviewed to allow for a consistent approach within projects, programs, or even across subprograms. Risk assessment is often carried out by considering a matrix of likelihood and consequential severity to define the level of risk (individually and overall) before and after the controls or mitigation strategies are in place. The PCR template should also allow for discussion on risk to explicitly consider whether the risk mitigation strategies had been successful.

Project Number: 47318-001
Project Name: Strengthened Fiscal Sustainability Program
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TA enhances the sustainability of the reform process.

Project Number: 47318-001
Project Name: Strengthened Fiscal Sustainability Program
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Grants are particularly useful in providing immediate fiscal relief to small and fragile economies.

Project Number: 47318-001
Project Name: Strengthened Fiscal Sustainability Program
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Setting policy reforms as conditions for fund releases provides a useful incentive for advance reform actions.

Project Number: 47318-001
Project Name: Strengthened Fiscal Sustainability Program
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No new lessons

Project Number: 45395-001
Project Name: Strengthened Fiscal Sustainability Program
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The adequacy and appropriateness of project design have to be tailored to the project’s ultimate objectives and complexities. The PCR provided weak justification of the relevance of the extension and the insufficiency of indicators.

Project Number: 39662-012, 39662-022
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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Greater care should be taken in defining the program’s outcome deliverables.

Project Number: 41180-022
Project Name: Improved Financial Management Program
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Legislative changes require wider consensus building for change, capacity building, and work with policy makers and legislators.

Project Number: 41180-022
Project Name: Improved Financial Management Program
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Complementary TA support. Capacity-building technical assistance support should be closely linked to policy reform matrix implementation. Capacity constraints hamper the government's ability to follow through on agreed reforms. Even though the program reform agenda was carefully prioritized and focused, the government had other policy reform matrix reforms and routine government administrative matters to attend to.

Project Number: 45395-001
Project Name: Strengthened Public Financial Management Program
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Medium-term policy engagement. While a single-tranche modality was selected for ADB's operation, this was embedded in a programmatic, multiyear, policy reform effort with ongoing reforms contained in the policy reform matrix supported by several partners. The reforms selected were few in number but large in potential impact. They were clearly defined, widely owned, and had time-bound milestones that triggered financial and technical support, either by ADB or by other partners supporting the government-led reform effort.

Project Number: 45395-001
Project Name: Strengthened Public Financial Management Program
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A single, government-led, policy matrix can enhance coordination and collaboration amongst development partners. The policy reform matrix has evolved into a highly consultative process around which development partners coordinate their budget support and technical assistance for reform. This process has helped the partners speak with one voice to the government and has created a situation in which line ministries actively compete to have reforms listed in the policy reform matrix.

Project Number: 45395-001
Project Name: Strengthened Public Financial Management Program
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Ownership and continuity. Government leadership was strong in formulating the policy reform matrix, in coordinating policy dialogue, in mobilizing external budget support, and in formulating the program. Program reforms were championed by the Finance Minister, the permanent secretaries for Cabinet and Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, and the Australian-funded budget advisor. Their support was crucial to ensure that reforms were complete before the date that ADB's Board of Directors was to approve the grant.

Project Number: 45395-001
Project Name: Strengthened Public Financial Management Program
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Public enterprise reforms. In small economies like Tuvalu, there will be constraints on efforts to sell state assets and encourage new private investment as economies and markets are simply too small to attract sufficient private interest. Pragmatic and flexible approaches, likely involving some measure of experimentation, need to be adopted in order to ensure that services are not disrupted, that losses are curtailed, and that performance improvements are realized.

Project Number: 45395-001
Project Name: Strengthened Public Financial Management Program
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