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Lesson
ADB could not have continued to invest in water resources generally or irrigation especially, without major policy reforms to operationalize the provisions of the Water Law.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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Improved clarity on which agencies would undertake specific tasks would enhance implementation. This is the case for Cambodia irrigation scheme information system, Stung Sen river basin planning, Technical Services Centre courses), as well as administration from both CARM and ADB HQ.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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Due diligence was deficient by failing to properly assess the political risk. Political stability and support for the achievement of objectives at all levels were explicit in the assumption statements of the design and monitoring framework.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
Report Date:
Lesson
Overall development impact corresponds to the amount of effort put into both ensuring genuine ownership of objectives within the executing and implementing agencies and building capacity among the key stakeholders.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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Lesson
High-level sector policy reform can be achieved with a well-designed sector development program, but that the importance of the wider domestic political economy surrounding the executing agency should not be neglected at design.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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GAP performance was not successful overall, in part because of ambitious target setting, the absence of regular monitoring, reporting, and assessment of GAP achievement during the midterm review, inadequate GAP orientation during inception, and insufficient sensitivity and understanding of GAP implementation by stakeholders.

Project Number: 38558-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Development Program: Project Completion Report
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Leveraging the borrower and executing agencies’ capacities is critical for an effective response to post-emergency and disaster situation. Post-disaster recovery requires strong institutions developed through staff trainings on managerial, technical, and administrative aspects. Enhanced capacity of agencies is crucial to better manage financing and to maintain project outputs. Thus, strengthening their capacities on the ground needs to be built early on to help enhance their responsiveness during post-disaster recovery periods.

Project Number: 46009-001
Project Name: Flood Damage Emergency Reconstruction Project and Additional Financing
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Lesson
Determining the appropriate flexibility, in project design and institutional arrangements, facilitates smooth implementation of an emergency assistance project. For example, ascertaining the extent of flexibility on procurement procedures, including the use of consultants and financing guidelines for government agencies, are vital considerations in a post-disaster reconstruction project. This is important especially when multiple government ministries and implementing agencies are involved in the implementation of key infrastructure components.

Project Number: 46009-001
Project Name: Flood Damage Emergency Reconstruction Project and Additional Financing
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Gender targets need to be backed by strong feasibility analyses.

Project Number: 43260-013
Project Name: Third Education Sector Development Program
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Cost-effective methodologies are essential to expand and enhance the impact of teacher training and development and school management improvement activities.

Project Number: 43260-013
Project Name: Third Education Sector Development Program
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Collaboration can save time and resources in teacher training and development.

Project Number: 43260-013
Project Name: Third Education Sector Development Program
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Lesson
Strong government ownership and commitment and leadership are critical in steering a demanding program design to implement reforms and deliver services effectively.

Project Number: 43260-013
Project Name: Third Education Sector Development Program
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Lesson
Assessing and clarifying the indirect economic welfare generated by the provision of public goods is essential since these are not readily evident, especially in a regional context.

Project Number: 41505-012, 41507-012, 41508-013
Project Name: Second Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project
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Lesson
Regular or periodic harmonization of policies is essential in a regional project in which a number of countries, with different levels of development, are engaged together to deliver regional public goods.

Project Number: 41505-012, 41507-012, 41508-013
Project Name: Second Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project
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Lesson
The initial indicators for assessing the benefits can be refined during implementation to yield reliable results.

Project Number: 41505-012, 41507-012, 41508-013
Project Name: Second Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project
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