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Institutional development and engagement of stakeholders in the program are necessary for quality policy development.

Project Number: 35304-032, 35304-043
Project Name: Private Sector and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Development Program Cluster (Subprograms I and II)
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Proper sequencing and program readiness. Proper sequencing of program activities is essential to ensure success. In the case of the Small and Medium Enterprise Sector Development Program (SMESDP), gaps in program readiness led to delays in its implementation. As discussed in para. 8, adoption of a two-step approach would have been more appropriate; first, the technical assistance (TA) loan to prepare the outputs needed and recommendations for implementation, followed by a second step of putting the SMESDP in place to implement the recommendations of the TA loan.

Project Number: 35225-013
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Sector Development Program
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Continuous policy dialogue and policy development are important for sustaining reforms. Under the Private Sector and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Development Program Cluster (PSME) this was achieved through regular reviews, production of policy discussion notes, and joint work with counterparts. The post-program partnership framework (P3F) has been instrumental in maintaining the dialogue between ADB and government counterparts.

Project Number: 35304-032, 35304-042
Project Name: Private Sector and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Development Program Cluster (Subprograms I and II)
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Compliance with the repor and recommendation of the president (RRP) recruitments. The requirements for goods and services as incorporated in the RRP and loan agreement need to be strictly followed while preparing the technical assistance project proposal (TPP) to ensure smooth TA implementation. Due to misunderstandings by the executing agency, the TPP prepared by the government was not able to meet the requirements; causing two problems.

Project Number: 35225-013
Project Name: Small and Medium Enterprise Sector Development Program
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Trade policy should include measures that increase the benefits to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from trade, including measures to make it administratively easy to obtain certificates of rules of origin, an outreach strategy to help SMEs on trade policy developments and utilization of preferential trade agreements, and implementation of intellectual property rights that could benefit SMEs, such as geographical indications (regional trademarks).

Project Number: 35304-032, 35304-045
Project Name: Private Sector and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Development Program Cluster (Subprograms I and II)
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Policy-based programs should be designed to reflect the capacity of the executing and implementing agencies, and policy reforms should be commensurate with the program loan or grant amount.

Project Number: 35304-032, 35304-044
Project Name: Private Sector and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Development Program Cluster (Subprograms I and II)
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Support for capacity building should be geared towards promoting the long-term sustainability of institutions. While technical assistance in the form of logistical support, advisory assistance (through consultant inputs), study tours, and training help to improve project capabilities, they do not necessarily address long-term sustainability of institutions.

Project Number: 33167-013, 33167-022
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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Early identification of the constraints to implementation, and development of clear strategies to address these constraints would have made implementation more effective and efficient. The capacity constraints of implementing agencies were not clearly defined early on in implementation, especially the credit components. No clear strategies were developed to address constraints in the social and cultural environment and in market conditions that affect the policy component. As a result, the project suffered delays and the delivery of outputs and outcomes was significantly affected.

Project Number: 33167-013, 33167-022
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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A project design based on a sound and thorough assessment of institutional constraints and market conditions would have ensured smoother implementation and improved loan performance. In the context of Samoa—where the financial market is relatively underdeveloped, the collateral framework is weak, and institutions have limited capacity—a more simple and focused project design would have been more appropriate.

Project Number: 33167-013, 33167-022
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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Enterprise finance projects need to have a clear exit strategy at completion. The project had no clear strategy on how the Small Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC) should be supported beyond the life of the project. The SBEC was left with a huge loan guarantee portfolio at the end of the project and no long-term means to sustain its operations.

Project Number: 33167-013, 33167-022
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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the components should be better prepared and formulated to facilitate their successful implementation

Project Number: 33167-013
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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Rigorous due diligence should be carried out on the various proposed components, to ascertain their viability and increase the likelihood of their implementation in practice by obtaining firm upfront commitments from the parties that champion their promotion;

Project Number: 33167-013
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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The focus and selection of project components should take into consideration the developmental context of the country and its absorptive capacity;

Project Number: 33167-013
Project Name: Small Business Development Project
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The need to be aware, during program design, of present or future laws that could impede reform. In this case, the passage of the Decentralization Law (2001) appears to have delayed the enactment of the investment law and to have led to the cancellation of the final loan tranche.

Project Number: 31644-013
Project Name: Industrial Competitiveness and Small and Medium Enterprise Development Program [Loan 1738-INO]
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One of these pertains to the linking of loan tranche releases with conditions for the passage of new laws. The passage of laws by the Parliament is normally not within the control of ADB or the government. Therefore, the question arises whether such conditions should continue to be imposed by ADB or, if such links are made, whether more time should be allowed for the laws to be passed. In this case, the delay in the passage of the investment law led to the cancellation of the final loan tranche, and thus to diminished efficiency in resource use.

Project Number: 31644-013
Project Name: Industrial Competitiveness and Small and Medium Enterprise Development Program [Loan 1738-INO]
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