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Lesson
Country ownership is critical to successful implementation of the EFRP. The effectiveness of the EFRP (Economic and Financial Reform Program) and the CEWG (core economic working group) mechanism has reflected the strong leadership of the minister of finance and his permanent secretary; support from the prime minister, other ministers, and senior government officials; and the commitment of development partners to support these processes.

Project Number: 46497-001
Project Name: Economic and Financial Reform Program
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Project design. The holistic flood risk management approach that combines physical, non-physical, and legal measures (as distinct from previous reactive infrastructure-oriented flood control measures) was quite effective in helping people address flood risks. Second, the specially designed spurs have been effective in stimulating sedimentation, with natural vegetation, inside the river channel, which could augment rehabilitated embankments for effective flood protection, and would reduce O&M (operation and maintenance) requirement.

Project Number: 40046-013
Project Name: Khatlon Province Flood Risk Management Project
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Implementation arrangements. While foreign contractors were not attracted to the ICB (international competitive bidding) packages because of the location and limited time available to complete the rehabilitation works, national contractors were able to undertake civil work with a contract value of $1.5 million. Second, there was a high project administration burden associated with the large number of civil works contracts (there were 28 civil works contracts awarded through either NCB [national competitive bidding] or ICB, with an average contract amount of $0.7 million).

Project Number: 40046-013
Project Name: Khatlon Province Flood Risk Management Project
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Project design and implementation schedule. Design and implementation of policy reform activities are inherently complex, requiring coordination between various stakeholders. Considering the complexities, sufficient time should be allowed. Some of the target years specified in the DMF (design and monitoring framework) were unrealistic. Given the time required for design and implementation, especially under uncertain political situations, an adequate degree of flexibility needs to be built into the project design to respond to changes in the government's policies and priorities.

Project Number: 39254-022
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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Lesson
It is problematic to use a country's overall position in the Doing Business report to monitor progress in improving the business environment and overall competitiveness. The report has been subject to criticism and methodological problems have been identified. Its usefulness for monitoring progress in similar programs lies more in monitoring the country's performance over time - particularly in indicators that are not sensitive to the representative case used by the World Bank team - rather than measuring progress against other economies.

Project Number: 41544-022
Project Name: Investment Climate Improvement Program
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Despite an improvement in the business environment, firms in the Kyrgyz Republic have had limited progress in developing new productive capabilities

Project Number: 41544-022
Project Name: Investment Climate Improvement Program
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Implementation of institutional reforms under the program was more effective and efficient when there was an adequate and detailed blueprint with clear and measurable results indicators, as well as where project-type implementation arrangements were in place to facilitate the change process (e.g., the business registration system or the new inspection process for tax administration were supported by detailed blueprints and financed through investment projects). The $2.9 million grant approved under the program cluster was thus very useful.

Project Number: 41544-022
Project Name: Investment Climate Improvement Program
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Given the weak capacity of the executing agency, a large, well-conceived, and properly structured TA (technical assistance) project should have been piggybacked on the program to address the obstacles presented by inherent system inefficiencies and limited capacit

Project Number: 41641-013
Project Name: Punjab Millennium Development Goals Program - Subprograms 1 and 2
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Lesson
A well-thought-out conceptual design is a key to the success of any program. In the case of the PMDGP (Punjab Millennium Development Goals Program), the design set a commendable goal in the intended outcome, but it seems to have overestimated the capacity of the GOP (Government of Punjab) to help achieve it. It also relied too heavily on the establishment of the MSDSs (minimum service delivery standards) as a strategy for attaining MDGs (Millennium Development Goal) 4 and 5.

Project Number: 41641-013
Project Name: Punjab Millennium Development Goals Program - Subprograms 1 and 2
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One of the PMDGP's (Punjab Millennium Development Goals Program) principal lessons is that interventions in countries with difficult socioeconomic conditions and generally weak implementation capacity require more comprehensive due diligence during design. When large complex programs are prepared in this context, ADB needs to carry out detailed, rigorous, and objective analysis of the potential implementation risks, especially those related to the executing agency. Once that is done, all necessary mitigation measures must be built into the design.

Project Number: 41641-013
Project Name: Punjab Millennium Development Goals Program - Subprograms 1 and 2
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No new lessons

Project Number: 35376-033
Project Name: Customs Modernization Project
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Important that the project design correctly balance the envisaged outputs with the planned implementation time, the capacity of the executing and implementing agencies, and project resources to avoid overambitious outputs and outcomes. It is essential that implementing units are properly established at inception with competent staff who are knowledgeable in project implementation.

Project Number: 33217-013
Project Name: Employment Skills Training Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 32359-013
Project Name: Participatory Irrigation Sector Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 38603-013
Project Name: Sustainable Cotton Subsector Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 37475-013
Project Name: Madrasah Education Development Project
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