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Successful policy actions require effective government control.

Project Number: 49209-001
Project Name: Second West Bengal Development Finance Program
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Inclusion of gender targets in policy actions and DMF ensures the delivery of gender actions benefiting women.

Project Number: 41544-088, 41544-089, 41544-091
Project Name: Second Investment Climate Improvement Program (Subprograms 1–3)
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Reforms on tax burden and administration should be broad enough to significantly reduce the cost of tax compliance and eventually the size of the informal economy.

Project Number: 41544-088, 41544-089, 41544-091
Project Name: Second Investment Climate Improvement Program (Subprograms 1–3)
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The program, if designed as a multitranche financing facility where disbursements are made under several tranches according to the agreed criteria, can provide better incentives for continued policy reform efforts by the government.

Project Number: 48479-001
Project Name: Economic Growth and Fiscal Reform Program
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Budget support from multilateral development agencies might encourage long term dependency on such support.

Project Number: 48479-001
Project Name: Economic Growth and Fiscal Reform Program
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Gender elements should be a default item in the menu of actions for projects and programs supporting financial inclusion.

Project Number: 46371-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Program II
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A major constraint to the sustainability of reforms in macroeconomic management and financial sector development in small economies is the difficulty in recruiting, training, and retaining staff to undertake key analysis, supervision, and management functions.

Project Number: 46371-002
Project Name: Strengthening Economic Management Program II
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Strengthening external audit could have been undertaken as a separate program.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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For future similar interventions, the use of the theory of change methodology, which starts by determining what outcomes are required, how success would be measured, and the activities required to achieve them, should be considered.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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The DMF is crucial in monitoring progress and assessing program accomplishments.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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Local auditors should be trained in good public auditing practice in organizations abroad.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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There is a better chance of success if senior advisers from recognized audit offices in countries—where corruption is low and quality PFM is rated highly—are embedded into this audit authority.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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Strengthening external audit requires long-term commitment, a culture of change, and the acceptance by the legislature and the government that an independent body should be responsible for external audit.

Project Number: 41373-012, 41373-013
Project Name: Public Financial Management for Rural Development Program
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There is a need to determine if public financial reforms should be undertaken within the context of sector investments or separately.

Project Number: 46220-006
Project Name: Infrastructure Sustainability Support Program (Phase 2)
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The introduction of a lease contract for water service delivery was innovative in the Armenia and former Soviet Union state context, which provides a model for other countries to consider.

Project Number: 46220-006
Project Name: Infrastructure Sustainability Support Program (Phase 2)
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