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A lack of assessment and monitoring of contingent liabilities causing fiscal risk and limited coverage of public financial management affecting expenditure and fiscal consolidation was an additional risk identified for subprograms 2 and 3.

Project Number: 48044-001, 48044-004, 48044-005
Project Name: Improving Domestic Resource Mobilization for Inclusive Growth Program
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The DMF was reasonably well-designed and the performance indicators—with the exception of the initial program impact indicators—targets, and baseline data were precise and generally easily measurable. However, the PCR assessed the program against the DMF prepared for subprogram 3, which, like subprogram 2 had no indicators to measure impact, although these were included for subprogram 1.

Project Number: 48044-001, 48044-004, 48044-005
Project Name: Improving Domestic Resource Mobilization for Inclusive Growth Program
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Continuing TA support is required to ensure the sustainability of the program, especially to enhance domestic savings (output 3), and the increased mobilization of private resources focused on mobilizing private savings (output 4). Private savings through pensions and a more developed capital market will mobilize long-term finance. These reforms, however, are long-term in nature involving legislative changes and institutional strengthening.

Project Number: 48044-001, 48044-004, 48044-005
Project Name: Improving Domestic Resource Mobilization for Inclusive Growth Program
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Combining policy-based financing with project support is suitable for advancing far-ranging policy and institutional reforms.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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Effective coordination and implementation arrangements foster the success of programs/projects.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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Implementation of reforms takes time and requires long-term commitment and support.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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Alignment with government priorities favors the successful implementation of reform programs.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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Target dates for performance indicators should be sufficiently set long after the likely date of disbursement or policy action. This is to identify a plausible causal relationship between investments and actions taken by the program and a change in the performance indicators. This was not the case in the performance indicators under output 1.

Project Number: 49083-001
Project Name: Countercyclical Support
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Project-level lesson: Assistance provided in response to a crisis should only include essential conditions for disbursement. ADB’s Project Administration Instructions stated that the use of conditions for withdrawal should be limited to the extent possible. In this program, four disparate conditions were included as conditions for disbursement without discussion or justification in the RRP.

Project Number: 49083-001
Project Name: Countercyclical Support
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Well designed and adequately resourced technical assistance is critical in helping governments with limited technical capacity deliver a complex set of reforms. This is demonstrated by the broadening of the tax base by implementing the goods and services tax. Collected revenue doubled during 2012–2016 with the help of sustained and targeted support from ADB starting in 2010.

Project Number: 39658-013
Project Name: Economic Recovery Program
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Successful privatization of state-owned enterprises requires strong political commitment and government ownership. The new government failed to carry forward the privatization program articulated in the report and recommendation of the President. This underlines the need for such reforms to be based on broad stakeholder consultations, and the importance of a high degree of political consensus on the goals and process of the reform.

Project Number: 39658-013
Project Name: Economic Recovery Program
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Actions related to information technology (IT) require attention during both planning and implementation.

Project Number: 46371-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Program II
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Utilize technical assistance (TA) resources effectively for capacity building.

Project Number: 46371-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Program II
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Communication and consultation are important at every stage of a program.

Project Number: 46371-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Program II
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Strong government ownership and effective program coordination are essential.

Project Number: 46371-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Program II
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