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The progress of value addition and supply chain development has been inadequate. The concept of value addition, supply chain management, and improved quality of products needs to be linked to export options, reduction of wastage, high quality standards, compliance with phytosanitary and public health standards, and an increased role of women at different levels of agribusiness development. There remains a need for continued support to women to enable them to diversify and scale up their enterprises, and gain access to upper levels of the value chain.

Project Number: 33224-013
Project Name: Agribusiness Development
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Agriculture marketing associations are not well-organized and federated to meet the needs of the fast-growing domestic agriculture market of Bangladesh.

Project Number: 33224-013
Project Name: Agribusiness Development
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The agriculture marketing subsector in Bangladesh is growing fast and requires public support for promotion, facilitation, legal and regulatory supports, and necessary infrastructure development and training. The future development of agriculture, agro-economy, and rural employment depends on the development of this subsector. There is a need for an appropriate and capable agribusiness development agency that can support future demand, which is now mandated to Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM).

Project Number: 33224-013
Project Name: Agribusiness Development
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Small enterprises should have been made more rewarding in terms of financial returns on investment and employment opportunities compared to medium and large enterprises. Due to improvement of technology; efficient use of increased capital cost, operating cost, and cost of labor; and ability to meet need for higher efficiency and demand for high quality standards of produce in the market, medium to large agribusiness enterprises are staying in the competition.

Project Number: 33224-013
Project Name: Agribusiness Development
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Engaging Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) units. The approach of engaging multiple MOES units as focal points for implementing particular interventions posed some challenges but proved advantageous on balance, enhancing ownership and building capacities to sustain benefits post-project. In addition to close coordination, careful specification of responsibilities and division of labor, clear unit and individual accountability, and sustained monitoring are critical in such a model.

Project Number: 32312-013
Project Name: Basic Education Sector Development Program
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Maintained strategic dialogue. The original project design's alignment with the government's objectives benefited from strong dialogue during the design phase, as well as from ADB's prior engagement in the country's education sector. Implementation also benefited from continuous close dialogue between the executing agency, consultants, and ADB (including on policy and technical dimensions), which allowed for recovery from initial delays and timely and flexible responses to emerging issues.

Project Number: 32312-013
Project Name: Basic Education Sector Development Program
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The Basic Education Sector Development Program demonstrated the efficacy of the sector development program (SDP) modality in providing complementary policy and implementation support, if well designed and supported. However, in future SDPs, it will be important to link program and project components more explicitly (e.g., identifying how the project will support achievement of policy actions) to maximize efficacy, while ensuring close alignment in the content of the Reports and Recommendations of the President and the design and monitoring framework.

Project Number: 32312-013
Project Name: Basic Education Sector Development Program
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To improve the environmental performance of loans, the following measures are suggested: (i) a systematic and continuous approach in developing awareness and periodic capacity enhancement of the project staff regarding ADB's environmental policy, procedures, and requirements; (ii) as appropriate, ensuring timely mobilization and continuation of environmental experts by the executing agency, consultants, and contractors until loan closure; (iii) systematic supervision, monitoring, data mapping, and reporting mechanisms on implementation of environmental safeguards; and (iv) periodic rev

Project Number: 32298-043
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 3)
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Secondary school teachers, especially in nongovernment secondary schools, having relatively weak academic and teacher training background may not acquire enough teaching competency for quality teaching from one-time training; rather, they need repeated trainings. _x005F_x000D__x005F_x000D_Cluster-based local training using indigenous training materials can ensure cost-effective teacher training. For secondary school teachers, expensive overseas study tours and training may not add appropriate skills and knowledge or represent good value for money.

Project Number: 26061-013
Project Name: Teaching Quality Improvement in Secondary Education
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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 36611-013
Project Name: Skills for Employment Project
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ADB should have foreseen the risk of a new entity, the National Power Transmission Corporation, which was significantly different from the designated implementing and executing agencies, and that this could possibly interfere in project implementation arrangements. At design, such risk should have been mitigated through appropriate loan and/or finance agreement clauses.

Project Number: 32273-013
Project Name: Northern Power Transmission Sector Project
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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 32313-012
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Health System Development Project
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It is important to ensure that laws and regulations produced are implemented to yield desired outcomes.

Project Number: 41046-013, 42191-013, 42191-023, and 42191-033
Project Name: Support the Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Programs IV and V
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A key benefit of continuing engagement and dialogue is the expanded trust between development partners and government, which reduces transaction costs on both sides.

Project Number: 41046-013, 42191-013, 42191-023, 42191-033
Project Name: Support the Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Programs IV and V
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Selection of a consulting consortium that consisted of professional education institutions, both national and international, proved to be very effective in providing guidance on international best practices while aptly assessing local conditions so as to make assessments and recommendations.

Project Number: 43127-012
Project Name: Education for the Poor - Financial Crisis Response Project
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