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In small island developing countries with limited policy reform capacity, ADB should avoid targeting multiple reform areas in one policy-based grant, particularly during a crisis.

Project Number: 52030-001
Project Name: Strengthening Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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Lesson
Overly ambitious performance indicators can undermine some of the program’s achievements, particularly when reforms are undertaken during a crisis. In this program, The higher-level objective of a more inclusive, sustainable, and dynamic knowledge-based economy did not relate closely to the policy actions in the program—apart from the introduction of technical and vocational education and training.

Project Number: 52030-001
Project Name: Strengthening Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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Failing to describe and include the history of prior experience of a particular reform in the program weakens the case for their relevance. In Tonga, civil service reform had an extended history. Pointing out the lessons learned from earlier efforts and how they were incorporated into the current program would have strengthened the justification for these reforms.

Project Number: 52030-001
Project Name: Strengthening Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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At the methodology level, actions that demonstrate the achievement of program policy matrix milestones should indicate what was achieved, rather than the process of their accomplishment. Cabinet approval is an inadequate indicator to demonstrate the successful implementation of policy reform in Tonga.

Project Number: 52030-001
Project Name: Strengthening Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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The One ADB review mechanism that supported program and/or project processing under the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Option (CPRO) was effective in facilitating quick access by DMCs to emergency support from ADB. The CPRO policy and guidelines were still being developed while the program was under preparation, and managing changing internal guidance and expectations added significant pressure. Neverthelesss, program preparation efficiency gains from the One ADB review mechanism were widely experienced.

Project Number: 54309-001
Project Name: Health Expenditure and Livelihoods Support Program
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Lesson
The program design and implementation benefited greatly from advisory support provided to the Department of Finance and Administration by the regional social protection TA funded by ADB in calibrating Social Protection Program measures. Financial and economic management, however, were hampered by gaps in statistics, notably on tax data.

Project Number: 54309-001
Project Name: Health Expenditure and Livelihoods Support Program
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Lesson
Policy reform programs with complex and multiple interventions require rigorous identification and assessment of the political economy and capacity risks to ensure overall effectiveness.

Project Number: 48361-001, 48361-002, 48361-003
Project Name: Building Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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Lesson
Actions that demonstrate the achievement of program policy matrix milestones should indicate what has been achieved, rather than the process of their accomplishment. For example, Cabinet approval is an inadequate indicator to demonstrate a successful policy reform in Tonga.

Project Number: 48361-001, 48361-002, 48361-003
Project Name: Building Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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Lesson
In small island developing countries with limited policy reform capacity, ADB should avoid targeting multiple reform areas in one policy-based operation—i.e., debt management, civil service reform, management of the wage bill, public procurement, and private sector development—and keep prior actions to a minimum.

Project Number: 48361-001, 48361-002, 48361-003
Project Name: Building Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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Lesson
Adjustments in ADB policies and procedures are crucial to the timely provision of ADB assistance to member countries, particularly during crisis situations

Project Number: 52030-001
Project Name: Strengthening Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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Lesson
Joint engagements by development partners in policy dialogue, budget support, and the coordination and prioritization of technical assistance (TA) maximize donor assistance to developing countries.

Project Number: 52030-001
Project Name: Strengthening Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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Standalone policy-based programs/projects provide governments with enough flexibility to quickly respond to urgent development needs.

Project Number: 52030-001
Project Name: Strengthening Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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A lesson could have been suggested on the relevance of sharing the knowledge created with other ADB member countries

Project Number: 48377-001
Project Name: Financing Public-Private Partnerships
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This lesson seems to suggest that the sequential order of activities could have been replaced by topic_x005F_x0002_based outputs. IED finds that the clear sequential order of activities would have given this TA more strength of TA design and planning.

Project Number: 48377-001
Project Name: Financing Public-Private Partnerships
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Lesson
There may have been some lessons for ranges of stakeholders to be consulted for PPP policy recommendations.

Project Number: 48377-001
Project Name: Financing Public-Private Partnerships
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