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A single database, accessible to all project staff, will make monitoring and reporting easier and project decision-making more reliable and consistent.

Project Number: 44304-013, 44304-014, 44304-015
Project Name: Microfinance Expansion Project
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Project targets need to be carefully determined and adjusted as necessary to ensure that they are realistic and achievable.

Project Number: 44304-013, 44304-014, 44304-015
Project Name: Microfinance Expansion Project
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Significant implementation support is required for ADB-financed projects in PNG.

Project Number: 44304-013, 44304-014, 44304-015
Project Name: Microfinance Expansion Project
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A focused design, with few policy conditions, strengthens the effectiveness of policy-based reform programs.

Project Number: 42151-013
Project Name: Khadi Reform and Development Program
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Gaining the support of key stakeholders, particularly the private sector, is vital to the success of reform measures to revitalize the traditional arts and crafts sector.

Project Number: 42151-013
Project Name: Khadi Reform and Development Program
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A lesser set of tranche conditions, achievable in the short and medium term, could be a more efficient approach in reforming nonfarm production sectors that are highly volatile and dependent on consumer choices.

Project Number: 42151-013
Project Name: Khadi Reform and Development Program
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Implementation of agreed measures to mitigate the risks associated with foreign currency funding is critically important, particularly for financial intermediation loans that will be sub-lent in local currencies.

Project Number: 44060-025
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program - Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility
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Gender targets need to be clarified with PFIs during project processing and their attainment strengthened through direct implementation support, better communication, and capacity building.

Project Number: 44060-025
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program - Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility
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Having a simple environmental and social management system (ESMS) and an environmental staff in place in F1 financial intermediation loans will make implementation more efficient.

Project Number: 44060-025
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program - Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility
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Careful examination of absorptive capacity is vital to ensuring that ADB loans are fully utilized and therefore are as beneficial as possible.

Project Number: 44060-025
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program - Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility
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Aside from loan capitalization, incentives need to be developed to encourage commercial banks to lend more to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Project Number: 44060-025
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Program - Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility
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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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Projects need to have robust systems for verifying results and for an MSME project, this would ideally include an end-of-project survey to independently measure impact.

Project Number: 43158-013
Project Name: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development Project
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Develop, at the design stage, clear targets on the recipients of the project.

Project Number: 43158-013
Project Name: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development Project
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