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Pooling together experts from the requesting government and counterpart experts from ADB in designing a TA project is critical to ensure the TA delivers planned results on time and in accordance with client’s needs and specifications. Despite that it was small-scale, the TA's design was appropriate to the pace of reforms in Uzbekistan and flexible enough to mobilize several experts and deliver the required knowledge products.

Project Number: 52351-001
Project Name: Effective Economic Management
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Developing a manual on public investment projects’ feasibility study in local language, a TA output with immense value to Uzbekistan, may be replicated in other countries.

Project Number: 52351-001
Project Name: Effective Economic Management
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Closely engaging development partners in TA design and implementation enriches both aspects of TA work with lessons from partners' experiences. It also helps prevent duplications and overlaps in partners' support to DMCs.

Project Number: 52351-001
Project Name: Effective Economic Management
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Aligning TA knowledge products and services to government report formats and management notes facilitates their use by government agencies and other stakeholders. Derivative products, such as shorter policy briefs and policy discussions, will increase the uptake of the knowledge and recommendations generated by the TA.

Project Number: 52351-001
Project Name: Effective Economic Management
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Close interaction between international and national consultant experts, as encouraged by government counterparts in this TA, helps enhance the quality and local ownership of TA outputs.

Project Number: 52351-001
Project Name: Effective Economic Management
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Long-term sustainability is critical for quality assurance programs to have a lasting and meaningful impact. This needs to be considered in the design of future similar TA, learning from this TA's experience. The TA's limited implementation period contrasts with private auditor quality assurance programsm which are regular, continuous, and long-term and require methodological and financial support to sustain momentum and achieve meaningful results.

Project Number: 52113-001
Project Name: Strengthening Financial Management in Asia and the Pacific, Phase 2
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For a TA to enhance governance and financial management, close engagement with the DMCs’ institutions is critical for timely realizing the outputs and results.

Project Number: 52113-001
Project Name: Strengthening Financial Management in Asia and the Pacific, Phase 2
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Professional accounting organizations are reliable partners in initiatives to enhance the financial management capacity of DMCs. This TA benefited from an extensive network of partners from the DMCs and various Professional Accounting Organizations. This collaboration facilitated the gathering of substantive inputs localizing best international practices in auditor quality assurance programs, thereby improving the quality of the TA deliverables.

Project Number: 52113-001
Project Name: Strengthening Financial Management in Asia and the Pacific, Phase 2
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Broad stakeholder engagement, though time-consuming, is crucial. It enhances the quality and sustainability of outcomes by incorporating diverse insights and ensuring comprehensive solutions. This approach builds stakeholder buy-in, leverages additional resources, and fosters strong relationships, facilitating smoother project execution and promoting future cooperation, ultimately investing in time as a worthwhile endeavor for long-term success.

Project Number: 52113-001
Project Name: Strengthening Financial Management in Asia and the Pacific, Phase 2
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EAs/IAs and supreme audit institutions (SAIs) have expressed a substantial demand for capacity development initiatives focused on financial reporting and auditing practices. Increased and more frequent collaborative engagement with SAIs and private auditing firms would facilitate the prioritization of limited TA resources, allowing them to be strategically allocated to address the most critical capacity gaps. EAs/IAs staff training need to continuously focus on timely financial reporting and audit and comprehensive coverage of all project expenditures until financial closing.

Project Number: 52113-001
Project Name: Strengthening Financial Management in Asia and the Pacific, Phase 2
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