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Ownership of the reform process is critical and, given the experience of this, it will remain so. The reform agenda was fully in line with government and ADB strategies and priorities. This allowed for timely and quick support that resulted in comprehensive products. Detailed discussion on outcome indicators at the design stage is critical to finding the best possible indicators for measuring outcome.

Project Number: 51066-001, 51066-003
Project Name: Finance Sector and Fiscal Management Improvement Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Gender actions could be strengthened by P3F actions that contribute to future dialogue and maintain the momentum in discussing this sensitive topic.

Project Number: 51066-001, 51066-003
Project Name: Finance Sector and Fiscal Management Improvement Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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It is important to listen to government counterparts and to understand the local context of the country through in-depth diagnostic study. This will help in recommending suitable and context-specific solutions. Project teams should try to anticipate country requests, especially during the conduct of the diagnostic studies, for which costs can sometimes be underestimated.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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Post-TA financial resources should be sought and considered in order to implement the recommendations made, based on the in-depth diagnostic studies completed for Nepal and Cambodia under the TA. These recommendations will require financial contributions for the effective implementation of an adapted, coherent, transparent, and equitable property tax for all.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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ADB has successful experiences combining good diagnostics and collaboration with DMC stakeholders with adept and integrated use of operational modalities. Also, remarkable progress in the use of technologies has been observed in the participating DMCs during implementation. These provide the basis for ADB to learn from and upscale innovative practices in DMCs, and globally. Collaboration among possible development partners to conduct joint diagnostics should be promoted for better development outcomes.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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There are several line ministries involved in property tax management, i.e., national and local tax administration, land management, and judicial agencies. Upfront participation of and effective communications with these stakeholders, alongside increased ownership of TA outputs, are critical to ensure project success and sustainability. The involvement of resident missions by conducting stakeholder analysis and ensuring ownership of government stakeholders is critical in this regard.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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Approaches to strengthening capacity in property tax development involved the use or introduction of innovative technologies. And to support and disseminate these innovative technologies, pilot projects are proven effective.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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Effective communication with implementing teams on the approach and strategic plans for TA implementation is important.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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Virtual events are effective for knowledge sharing in a cost-effective manner, but not so suitable for having dialogue for concrete country actions. Therefore, it is necessary for the use of either modality should consider the purpose and objective of the event.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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Knowledge and innovative solutions developed through TA should be aligned with ADB operations. This may be fostered by maintaining close coordination with the country focal for the Sector Group's Public Sector Management and Governance office and regional departments to further explore opportunities that leverage knowledge and innovative solutions for ADB operations.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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ADB has become more proactive in handling crises and providing support to its developing member countries (DMCs) by delivering emergency assistance. The process has been defined further after the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing DMC governments to access and implement emergency programs smoothly and ADB to provide resources more effectively and efficiently.

Project Number: 56147-001
Project Name: Building Resilience with Active Countercyclical Expenditures Program
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The success of the government anti-crisis plan in terms of maintaining economic growth and protecting vulnerable groups validated the effectiveness of the government’s approach. The reforms it promoted proved successful in achieving the government’s goals of protecting vulnerable citizens, ensuring food security, and maintaining employment levels while promoting gender equality and climate and disaster resilience.

Project Number: 56147-001
Project Name: Building Resilience with Active Countercyclical Expenditures Program
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ADB's close engagement with governments is beneficial for the design and implementation of countercyclical crisis response programs. ADB’s continuous policy dialogues with the government contributed to the government’s response strategy and development financing plan. The resulting close alignment also promoted ADB’s impactful design and effective implementation of the B=== program.

Project Number: 56147-001
Project Name: Building Resilience with Active Countercyclical Expenditures Program
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Deep diagnostic work, extensive technical assistance (TA), and evidence-based policy dialogue benefit the design and implementation of public sector management reform program. ADB has ensured continuity in policy reform efforts through programmatic policy-based lending (PBL) modality. Through this and other PBL programs, it has been very effective in engaging in high-level dialogue for upstream and mid-term support. PBLs are even more important now at other partners (such as the World Bank) are no longer providing general budget support.

Project Number: 52225-001, 52225-002, 52225-003, 52225-004
Project Name: Promoting Economic Diversification Program (Subprograms 1, 2 and 3)
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Focusing on downstream engagement in select areas through sector development programs and project investments could help unlock structural bottlenecks in service delivery at the local level. This would require follow-on collaboration with various sector teams, such as in agriculture, trade, information technology, health, education, energy, urban, and climate solutions. In other words, building on policies, laws, and institutional capacity to improve service delivery and overall client experience.

Project Number: 52225-001, 52225-002, 52225-003, 52225-004
Project Name: Promoting Economic Diversification Program (Subprograms 1, 2 and 3)
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