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The design and monitoring framework (DMF) and monitoring and reporting mechanism need to be carefully developed at the planning stage. The outcome statement of the TA was not appropriate as it is too narrow and should be more focused on the TA benefits to Maldives. Outcome targets were too ambitious since there were several contributing factors outside the scope of the TA that affected their achievements. With a small country portfolio, unexpected delays in one or two projects will make the target unachievable. Having an outcome indicator at the broader level could help avoid that.

Project Number: 52006-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Country Programming and Portfolio Management
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The timing of scope changes need to be carefully planned, especially taking account of the possible implementation disruptions these can cause. Adjustments to the design and monitoring framework need to be made to reflect scope changes and other design modifications undertaken during implementation.

Project Number: 52070-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Regional Energy Cooperation
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TA relevance increased during implementation because of ADB’s responsiveness to real-time requests from the government. Regular country programming missions, consultation meetings, and tripartite portfolio review meetings provided effective avenues for ADB to be more responsive to clients. Responses to government requests should be matched by a scrutiny of the accompanying necessary changes in the results chain and the DMF overall, including performance indicators, targets, data source, and reporting mechanism.

Project Number: 52006-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Country Programming and Portfolio Management
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The DMF indicators and results chain, to effectively serve as a monitoring and evaluation tool, need to reflect the changes in TA scope and focus during implementation. Output performance indicators and targets were changed to align with the government’s requests for support to emerging priorities. The outcome statement and targets should also have been updated to reflect the changed focus of the TA which has evolved and become broader.

Project Number: 52006-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Country Programming and Portfolio Management
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Continuous monitoring and fluent communication with the consulting team coordinator can ensure on-time delivery, particularly when using teams of individual consultants.

Project Number: 55035-001
Project Name: Research for Demonstration of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technologies in Industrial Sectors of Yunnan Province
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Current TA rating methodologies, which require reaching certain budget expenditure levels, can disincentivize appropriate cost management and encourage prioritizing budget use over project objectives.

Project Number: 55035-001
Project Name: Research for Demonstration of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technologies in Industrial Sectors of Yunnan Province
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Inaccurate quantitative targets of DMF indicators can be misleading and penalize performance unfairly.

Project Number: 55035-001
Project Name: Research for Demonstration of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technologies in Industrial Sectors of Yunnan Province
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Some of the TA activities helped to increase close collaboration with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, which was always included in the dissemination and capacity development programs.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
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Partnership with United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) helped extensively to supplement the efforts in related activities under RETA 8619 and expand the capacity development on Bangladesh and Nepal. The cluster TA funded travel-related expenses of participants from Bangladesh and Nepal on the SASEC Cross-border Power Trade Development Study Tour held in Nord Pool Spot, Oslo, Norway, while RETA 8619 funded those of participants from other SASEC member countries.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
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The TA was financed by Republic of Korea e_x005F_x0002_Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund (EAKPF), and the budget was executed prudently and transparently as planned through close coordination with EAKPF Fund Team. Thanks to EAKPF’s funding, the TA could closely collaborate with the Government of the Republic of Korea, hire an expert from Korean financial market as a consultant, and expand its network to Korean markets, all of which contributed to effectually generating the outputs and the outcome of the TA.

Project Number: 50055-001
Project Name: Creating a Regional Settlement Intermediary in ASEAN+3: Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum
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Strong tripartite partnership among the government, Government of Australia, and ADB made SIAP a success and led to ADB and the Government of Australia signing a Cofinancing Agreement for A$40 million to support Phase 2 of SIAP in February 2019.

Project Number: 46380-001
Project Name: Sustainable Infrastructure Assistance Program
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The importance of close coordination with infrastructure-related programs funded by the Government of Australia and other development partners in Indonesia to maximize synergies as advised.

Project Number: 46380-001
Project Name: Sustainable Infrastructure Assistance Program
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The Japan Ministry of Finance and Japan International Cooperation Agency have been strong supporters of ACMF. ADB staff should explore opportunities to collaborate with these stakeholders in the implementation of future TA projects to provide visibility for their support and leverage on their role within the government and the private sector in Japan. The green bond study visit to Tokyo supported under this TA was a good start.The Investment Climate Facilitation Fund is a good source of TA funding forregional cooperation and integration.

Project Number: 48143-001
Project Name: Enhancing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Capital Market Integration
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The TA had been effective in drawing cofinancing. Activities from the cofinancing were clearly defined and complementary to ADB financed activities. Co-financing could have been envisaged at design stage instead of additional financing during implementation.

Project Number: 45317-001
Project Name: Support for the Third Primary Education Development Project
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There was no co-financing. Development partners (DPs), such as, AFD, EIB, and KfW of Loan 3051/8292-BAN were greatly benefited by the TA studies. The review missions of KfW and AFD for financing the water supply project met regularly with ADB to get updates on the TA. A letter forwarded to the government by the DPs helped in preparation of Meghna River Master Plan.

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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