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Lesson
The active involvement of state government officials is a must for institutionalization of fiscal reforms. The commitment depends not only on the macroeconomic situation but also on the external and internal push for reform, preferably expressed in fiscal responsibility legislation, government's tenure in terms of the electoral cycle, and on the need to maintain social cohesion. Sufficient time and resources need to be devoted to cultivating dialogue and building consensus among all stakeholders in designing, formulating, and implementing long-term fiscal reforms.

Project Number: 36308-013, 36308-023
Project Name: Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Sector Development Program
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Lesson
A key consideration in achieving successful program implementation and sustainability in the long run is the development of competencies in government through capacity-building and training programs. Given the large capacity-building needs of Government of Assam in areas like the modernization of public finance management and information technology systems, the sector development program modality with a project loan component, rather than a regular piggybacked technical assistance, was an appropriate choice.

Project Number: 36308-013, 36308-023
Project Name: Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Sector Development Program
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Lesson
Program design of this nature should focus on the core elements of the government's fiscal reform agenda, and avoid numerous policy actions, with overarching themes, until fiscal consolidation measures generate positive results. Overly ambitious and complex conditions could lead to delays in tranche releases and program completion, undermining the achievement of fiscal outcomes.

Project Number: 36308-013, 36308-023
Project Name: Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Sector Development Program
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Lesson
The sequencing of multifaceted fiscal reforms is of paramount importance in achieving sustainable outcomes. Regulatory changes in the tax system are a necessary, but not sufficient condition for successful fiscal consolidation. Revenue administration also needs to be strengthened. Increases in revenues should be complemented with more politically challenging measures to enhance expenditure management; budget prioritization and resource allocation; public sector enterprise reform; debt management, and public accountability.

Project Number: 36308-013, 36308-023
Project Name: Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Sector Development Program
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There may be merit in carefully reviewing donor coordination mechanisms to determine if there are more effective ways to coordinate structural and sector programs. If alternative approaches to achieving the same high level of coordination could be formulated, such techniques may allow more resources to be dedicated to each donor's programs and thereby increase the likelihood they will succeed.

Project Number: 43211-013
Project Name: Sixth Development Policy Support Program
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Lesson
Numerical targets such as gross domestic product growth rate and poverty incidence should be used with caution, as a global financial crisis can adversely and unexpectedly affect achievement of these targets, as was the case under Development Policy Support Program - 6.

Project Number: 43211-013
Project Name: Sixth Development Policy Support Program
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The program framework has proven successful in enabling the use of a flexible medium term framework that promotes ownership by the government, as was evident in the Development Policy Support Program (DPSP) series. In addition, the medium-term framework allows changing government priorities to be successfully incorporated, as occurred under DPSP-6.

Project Number: 43211-013
Project Name: Sixth Development Policy Support Program
Report Date: