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Special financial instruments in the forestry sector, with longer tenor and grace periods, could help improve the financial position of beneficiaries since investments take longer to generate revenue.

Project Number: 42022-013
Project Name: Jiangxi Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Development Project
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The Japan Ministry of Finance and Japan International Cooperation Agency have been strong supporters of ACMF. ADB staff should explore opportunities to collaborate with these stakeholders in the implementation of future TA projects to provide visibility for their support and leverage on their role within the government and the private sector in Japan. The green bond study visit to Tokyo supported under this TA was a good start.The Investment Climate Facilitation Fund is a good source of TA funding forregional cooperation and integration.

Project Number: 48143-001
Project Name: Enhancing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Capital Market Integration
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Consolidation and simplification of component plans and monitoring and implementation instruments are crucial to efficaciously executing integrated project approaches with inherently complex designs.

Project Number: 43024-013
Project Name: Xinjiang Altay Urban Infrastructure and Environment Improvement Project
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ADB provides support for capital market integration through the ASEAN as well as the ASEAN+3 processes. The latter is supported by the staff in the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD). While there was some coordination with ERCD staff in the implementation of this TA, more coordination is required to find synergies between the various regional finance sector TA projects. This will reduce overlaps and produce better outputs by leveraging on the strength and network of counterparts supported by different regional TA projects.

Project Number: 48143-001
Project Name: Enhancing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Capital Market Integration
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The independent validation process implemented under the ACGS is good practice for knowledge building. It gives practical information on actual corporate governance practices of PLCs. Many ACMF initiatives have good traction within the region. However, awareness beyond ASEAN is limited. In addition to the existing knowledge sharing of best practices within ASEAN, future support to ACMF should also include engagement with international partners. This includes foreign academic institutions with strong private sector partnerships.

Project Number: 48143-001
Project Name: Enhancing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Capital Market Integration
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ADB should explore how to link up ACMF initiatives with other departments of ADB to scale up and so the substantial technical work with ACMF can be made operationally relevant. ACMF’s initiatives on green bonds and corporate governance can help ASEAN member countries develop their capital markets and improve corporate governance standards of PLCs. There is also potential replication to other regional groupings outside ASEAN including the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation.

Project Number: 48143-001
Project Name: Enhancing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Capital Market Integration
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Wastewater reuse can help combat land desertification.

Project Number: 43024-013
Project Name: Xinjiang Altay Urban Infrastructure and Environment Improvement Project
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High herd density needs to be carefully managed as it increases disease and adult fatality risks.

Project Number: 40685-013
Project Name: Jiangsu Yancheng Wetlands Protection Project
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Frequent replacement of key project staff can adversely affect implementation.

Project Number: 40685-013
Project Name: Jiangsu Yancheng Wetlands Protection Project
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More accurate cost estimation will minimize the risk of loan cancellation.

Project Number: 40685-013
Project Name: Jiangsu Yancheng Wetlands Protection Project
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Partnership is important particularly in TTF, where many development partners have bilateral cooperation with the countries focused on national level implementation. There is a need to make sure coordinated support is provided to ensure consistency and effectiveness with broader multilateral (World Trade Organization and World Customs Organization) and regional (ASEAN) initiatives. Where co-financing is secured, close coordination of the co-financier’s bilateral cooperation needs to be ensured.

Project Number: 44174-022
Project Name: Support for Implementing the Action Plan for Transport and Trade Facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Subprojects 1 and 2)
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Given the multisectoral nature of TTF (i.e. it requires various areas of expertise such as transport, agriculture, trade and trade facilitation), the implementation arrangements of such TA require stronger coordination among and between sectors. Implementation requires coordination at national, subnational and subregional levels, with enhanced involvement of ADB resident missions as needed.

Project Number: 44174-022
Project Name: Support for Implementing the Action Plan for Transport and Trade Facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Subprojects 1 and 2)
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High level political commitment and active stakeholder participation is crucial. The Ministers’ decision to meet more often (up to twice a year rather than every three years) proved an effective incentive for countries to deliver the agreed follow up, as officials needed to report positive progress in their respective countries at the ministerial meetings.

Project Number: 44174-022
Project Name: Support for Implementing the Action Plan for Transport and Trade Facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Subprojects 1 and 2)
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More engagement of local experts is needed plus technical training from and exchanges with lead experts on relevant common/local issues. This will also support intensified activities and follow up at national and subnational levels.

Project Number: 44174-022
Project Name: Support for Implementing the Action Plan for Transport and Trade Facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Subprojects 1 and 2)
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This validation notes that the TA on "Early Harvest" Implementation of the Cross-Border Transport and Trade Facilitation in the GMS, was approved on 22 October 2020, with an amount of $1.5 million financed by the United Kingdom Fund for Asia Regional Trade and Connectivity under the Regional Cooperation and Integration Financing Partnership Facility (footnote 19). The TA report indicated that it has been designed to build on the outputs delivered by the present cluster RETA.

Project Number: 44174-022
Project Name: Support for Implementing the Action Plan for Transport and Trade Facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Subprojects 1 and 2)
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