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The EA for the TA could help to arrange meetings between the technical assistance team and relevant government agencies, review midterm and final reports, and organize workshops. However, the participation needs to be strengthened as the focal persons from the government side frequently changed.

Project Number: 51021-001
Project Name: Reforming the System of Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contributions
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Almost all the TA activities were implemented according to the arrangement specified in the TA report. However, no MOF officials could attend the training seminar organized by the SDCC as it was arranged during the Chinese Spring Festival. Instead, the TA team leader participated in the seminar and shared the training materials with the EA. Moreover, the final report dissemination press conference was cancelled as the EA considered the TA’s topic too sensitive.

Project Number: 51021-001
Project Name: Reforming the System of Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contributions
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Knowledge products were delivered and disseminated through meetings, workshops, seminars, and internal channels to policy makers. However, because of the concern on the sensitivity of the topics, the EA suggested that the final reports should not be posted on the ADB website, limiting the broader dissemination of the TA findings.

Project Number: 51021-001
Project Name: Reforming the System of Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contributions
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Lesson
Based on the consultants’ final reports and the two policy briefing notes, two issues of Observations and Suggestions were prepared by the resident mission and published on ADB website, which can be replicated in other similar TAprojects.

Project Number: 51021-001
Project Name: Reforming the System of Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contributions
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It is very important to reach consensus on TA design and planning between ADB and the EA for the TA. Considering that the draft concept paper submitted by the EA was too broad and comprehensive to be undertaken, the resident mission suggested the TA should focus on one or two areas to be reformed urgently. After several rounds of discussion, consensus was reached on the TA design and planning.

Project Number: 51021-001
Project Name: Reforming the System of Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contributions
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Management of the ADB TA team, government TA counterparts, and consultants was effective and requisite decisions and actions were promptly taken. Close monitoring and timely contract administration of the relevant consultants’ activities along with the regular and prompt communication with the relevant shareholders were crucial for the effective and successful TA implementation.

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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Relevant stakeholders and decision_x005F_x0002_making level authorities (customs, transport, sanitary and phytosanitary, and border control personnel) actively participated in the TA.

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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Lesson
Lessons and experiences from the regional TA proved useful in the up-scaling to loan projects for the RIBS projects in Mongolia, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. Potential RIBS projects are in the country operations business plans for Uzbekistan and other countries in the region.

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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The TA implementation included a comprehensive and coordinated approach amongst the key stakeholders and decision makers in all participating countries.

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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The following are knowledge products disseminated under the TA: (i) CAREC Joint Customs Control: Case Study of Pilot Project between People’s Republic of China and Mongolia; (ii) Coordinated Border Management for Results in CAREC - Assessment of Customs and Border Crossing Points - Consolidated Report; (iii) Coordinated Border Management for Results in CAREC -Assessment of Customs and Border Crossing Points for Georgia; (iv) Coordinated Border Management for Results in CAREC - Promoting Cooperation in Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation –deli

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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The economic benefits of projects must be carefully examined to determine whether they are incremental or non-incremental and valued accordingly.

Project Number: 44013-013
Project Name: Shanxi Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Project
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The regional TA financing was by JFPR. Japanese visibility was ensured through sharing Japan’s rich experience in customs modernization. Japanese resource persons presented at the workshops/events where Japanese organizations were engaged. These largely contributed to the success of the TA in achieving its intended outcome and outputs. The TA had close coordination and partnership with technical experts from relevant units of the WCO.

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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It is important that environmental benefits of projects that displace fossil fuels be correctly valued; otherwise, the full development impact of the project will not be realized.

Project Number: 44013-013
Project Name: Shanxi Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Project
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The TA supported CAREC countries’ scaling up the JCC by (i) analyzing lessons learned, (ii) intensifying JCC by moving toward the electronic exchange of harmonized cargo manifests and mutual recognition of inspection results, and (iii) expanding JCC to more BCPs in more member countries. Both PRC and MON Customs maintain the use of the UCM in the pilot BCPs, which improved the effectiveness and efficiency of both customs administrations.

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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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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