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Public enterprise reform in the FSM requires creative approaches to involving the private sector in the management of public assets given limited private sector capacity and interest. The effort to reform and divest public enterprises has not been as successful as hoped. One reason is that in such a small and remote lower-income country with a weak private sector, there are few people with the capital or business experience to bid for or successfully manage such enterprises.

Project Number: 33314-013
Project Name: Federated States of Micronesia: Private Sector Development Program
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IT-related project components need extra attention from ADB in small, remote countries with low capacity. From the start, the IT components for the land management administrations and FSMDB were not properly scoped and resourced. They did not adequately consider the limited capacity of internal IT departments and local IT providers. They also failed to address such related problems as the need to provide implementation support throughout the first year of operation.

Project Number: 33314-013
Project Name: Federated States of Micronesia: Private Sector Development Program
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Program implementation arrangements in the FSM need to recognize the limited authority of a program implementation unit at the national level over state administrations.

Project Number: 33314-013
Project Name: Federated States of Micronesia: Private Sector Development Program
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Consider targeting support for reform initiatives in the FSM at individual states. Decentralized practices among the four states (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap) make coordination and communication on policy issues a challenge. This challenge was compounded by the weak capacity of various implementing agencies and different views and levels of political commitment regarding the reform agenda. These resulted in varying degrees of performance.

Project Number: 33314-013
Project Name: Federated States of Micronesia: Private Sector Development Program
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A design and monitoring framework can be an effective instrument to attain results only if it is properly shared with implementing agencies and provides clear performance targets with appropriate timelines, monitoring mechanisms, and baseline data. Sufficient resources and time should have been allocated for consultation with implementing agencies in determining program inputs, outputs, and outcomes, as well as in setting and monitoring performance targets.

Project Number: 33314-013
Project Name: Federated States of Micronesia: Private Sector Development Program
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Policy actions must be formulated in a manner that does not leave room for ambiguity or interpretation of supported policy principles. A large number of policy actions under PSDP were not sufficiently defined to ensure or help ascertain the achievement of meaningful results.

Project Number: 33314-013
Project Name: Federated States of Micronesia: Private Sector Development Program
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Ascertaining legislative support at both the national and state levels is an important aspect of determining project readiness in the FSM. The unexpected delays in obtaining national and state legislative authorization delayed the loan approval and loan effectiveness, each by 1 year, respectively. Reform momentum was lost during the long interval between appraisal and program inception.

Project Number: 33314-013
Project Name: Federated States of Micronesia: Private Sector Development Program
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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 39653-033
Project Name: Guangdong Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Investment Program, Tranche 2
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Inadequate baseline information should be treated with caution as this could lead to inaccurate work planning.

Project Number: 33439-013
Project Name: Fujian Soil Conservation and Rural Development II Project
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Reducing the number of components covered to a manageable size would facilitate project management.

Project Number: 33439-013
Project Name: Fujian Soil Conservation and Rural Development II Project
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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary)
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The integrated approach to disaster recovery operations beyond infrastructure restoration to also include activities directed at restoring livelihood and improving the resilience of infrastructure and economic activity to disasters.

Project Number: 39631-013
Project Name: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project
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There is a need for a clear separation of analysis on the institutional setup and financing responsibilities between different functions, which in this project were riverbank protection and irrigation managemen

Project Number: 34038-013
Project Name: Jamuna–Meghna River Erosion Mitigation Project
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Given that the flood protection benefit is largely reflected in higher land and building values, cost recovery for embankment maintenance should be sourced more from property (building and land) taxes rather than from irrigation service charges, which is linked to more usage of irrigation water.

Project Number: 34038-013
Project Name: Jamuna–Meghna River Erosion Mitigation Project
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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 32253-013
Project Name: East–West Corridor Project
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