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The results of the TA benefited from the team’s close cooperation and extensive input from relevant government authorities and data custodians in the pilot sites. The NDRC and local level development reform commissions provided inputs throughout TA implementation.

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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Private sector engagement in eco_x005F_x0002_compensation or PES programs will be conditional on strong regulations, full enforcement of laws and/or regulations, technical readiness, etc. which the PRC needs to build up before the business sector could meaningfully get involved

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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Poverty reduction and other policy goals, including the rural vitalization program, might be integrated into eco-compensation policies.

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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Many government-funded eco_x005F_x0002_compensation programs have been implemented in the PRC for the past two decades and vast experiences could be distilled and learned by other regions.

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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International conferences on eco_x005F_x0002_compensation and PES served as an important knowledge sharing platform to advocate for collaboration between the public sector, private sector, and civil society in achieving conservation finance (i.e. through transboundary watershed management, public-private partnership in eco-compensation for poverty alleviation, and eco_x005F_x0002_compensation performance measurement).

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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ADB could take advantage of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation program to foster stakeholder participation and regional cooperation.

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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International annual conferences on eco-compensation helped promote and strengthen regional and global networks, through the participation of PES policy makers, practitioners, and researchers. The NDRC [were] encouraged to invite Belt and Road Initiative countries to participate in future eco-compensation conferences.

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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The GEP methodology will still need to be continuously improved for existing pilot sites to see how GEP accounting could be improved. GEP might be instrumental in evaluating the performance of eco-compensation programs but more studies are needed to fine tune the indicator. The GEP methodology could be furthe expanded into the comprehensive eco_x005F_x0002_compensation demonstration areas (e.g., Chongqing).

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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Cooperation amongst the ADB TA team, the NDRC, as a government counterpart, and the consultant team was excellent. The results of the TA benefited from the team’s close cooperation and extensive input from relevant central and local government authorities and data custodians in the pilot sites.

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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During TA implementation, synergies were created to align TA outputs with other ADB eco-compensation projects by leveraging knowledge sharing and [sharing] policy impacts. Learning from this lesson for future TA projects, it will [could] be important to make use of programmatic modalities (such as cluster TA or facility approaches) to better align subproject outputs, outcomes, and impacts.

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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The TA was particularly successful and was able to get full support and engagement from the local development reform commissions and agencies at the provincial level due to strong leadership and facilitation from NDRC’s Department of Western Region Development.

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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The key findings from the relevant studies completed under this TA, including the value chain analysis of tourism and local products in the seven poor counties in the Liupanshan area, provide an opportunity for further investments by relevant governments and development partners, which could provide benefits for local communities.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
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Lesson
The TA improved knowledge and capacity building of local governments and stakeholders for poverty reduction in the Liupanshan area, which was highly regarded and appreciated by training participants. It is recommended that future poverty reduction programs should continue knowledge sharing and capacity building for poverty reduction at the local level.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
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The provision of individual consultants and having a national team leader presented some challenges in terms of coordination among the TA consultants and preparation of the consultant reports in English. Use of a consulting firm instead of individual consultants and having an international TA consultant as a team leader with good ADB experience would avoid such problems.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
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The TA design was appropriate in terms of the TA outcome and outputs. The TA implementation period was extended by 1-year with a recognition that knowledge-sharing at the local level requires more time.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
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