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Even though the staff member managing this TA changed twice due to staff movements and workload reallocations, the consultants were able to complete their work within the project time frame. Final reports—the quality of which satisfied the government—were submitted before the originally scheduled completion date. These demonstrated the value of proper handover and the importance of regular and close coordination with government counterparts and key stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition, with minimal disruptions, if any, to TA activities”.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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Having the IAs administer the workshops, seminars, and an international study tour not only strengthened project ownership, but also minimized the administrative and logistical responsibility of ADB. Contrary to the original plan of preparing an advance payment facility to implement the activities, ADB made direct payments to suppliers and contractors and reimbursed justifiable, project-related costs incurred by the government.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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The IAs were fully consulted during the inception, interim, and final meetings. The draft policy recommendations were extensively discussed among the stakeholders at the interim and final workshops for each of the three components. Being given ample time (1 month) to review the final reports prior to the final workshop, they were able to provide useful and thought-provoking comments to improve the technical reports and add value to the proposed recommendations.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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Outputs could have been better streamlined as some components were overlapping. For example, outputs 1, 2, and 4 were discussing international practices and the three PPP type of funds, i.e., VGFs, lending facilities, and guarantee funds, and its applicability to PRC conditions. It is unclear whether different types were proposed for use by different levels of government. The original aim was to promote standardized application of a PPP model.

Project Number: 48377-001
Project Name: Financing Public-Private Partnerships
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The strong performance by the MOF’s PPP Center demonstrated substantial benefits when an active hands-on approach was adopted. Given the strong government interest and ownership in the TA, the PPP Center conducted its own market consultation, which showed potential for well-designed PPPs. Consultant roles were adjusted for further investigations. When market interest was low, the PPP Center also took the initiative to contact commercial banks, law firms, and institutes to discuss joining in the project activities.

Project Number: 48377-001
Project Name: Financing Public-Private Partnerships
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Partnership with institutions, like the International Monetary Fund and those from developed counterparts like the Bank of Italy, has enabled us to work together and tap relevant expertise.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Working closely with government ministries can help tailor the capacity building workshops to the learning needs of the participants, as there appears to be a strong interest in acquiring enhanced monitoring techniques.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Collaborations with DMCs’ officials through two technical workshops on monitoring short-term economic growth provided forums for knowledge sharing among DMCs and with ADB on how the monitoring is conducted in different places. These activities have proven to be valuable avenues for knowledge_x005F_x0002_building activity that strengthened the capacity of ADB and DMCs to conduct macroeconomic assessment and reinforced the importance of keeping the tool kit up to date to ensure ADB’s relevance and value addition in policy dialogues.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Conducting an exploratory TA like this one results in evolvement of the nature of work that requires continuous extension to the ongoing work. The cost savings from hiring the international consultants have allowed the TA to expand the work without having to request for an additional funding. In addition, engaging ADB staff directly in working on the research topics was a critical element to ensure that the knowledge and capacity grows within ADB as a knowledge bank.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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The TA implementation plan was soundly prepared, and the activities coalesced well in generating the information sought and making it widely available to the proper stakeholders. This approach lends itself for replication in similar TA support: (i) detailed analyses of the situation in the country, (ii) a comparative international overview of public sector compensation schemes across a range of other nations, (iii) the preparation of a synthesizing knowledge product, and (iv) the use of workshops to disseminate the work.

Project Number: 48459-001
Project Name: Reforms in the Public Sector Compensation System
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The TA showed the importance of formulating an outcome that is the direct and immediate result of the project outputs. Government acceptance at a fairly distant date of the project’s policy recommendations as an indicator of outcome achievement was over ambitious, and the outcome itself of actual improvement of the public sector compensation system was dependent on many (often political) factors far beyond the control of an ADB TA.

Project Number: 48459-001
Project Name: Reforms in the Public Sector Compensation System
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The project’s design and activity structure are suited to replication in similar future knowledge and support technical assistance operations (Implementation and/or delivery)

Project Number: 48459-001
Project Name: Reforms in the Public Sector Compensation System
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The workshops were attended by 40 government officials, but further knowledge sharing was facilitated through a wider yet targeted dissemination of the knowledge products. When targeted well, distribution of knowledge products can be an effective way of institutional knowledge building.

Project Number: 48459-001
Project Name: Reforms in the Public Sector Compensation System
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The training focusing on road safety engineering was aligned to ADB’s operations which led integration of road safety evaluation tools into CAREC road projects and consideration of road safety in the projects. The workshops featured practical trainings in blackspot investigation and road safety audit which was designed to assist road agencies in CAREC countries in providing safer roads.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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The follow-on TA has road safety component to support the implementation of some findings of this TA which is costed at $1 million.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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