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Lesson
TA is a useful tool for developing context-specific and country-led reform priorities, which can be used as a starting point for building long-term government commitment to thoroughgoing reforms.

Project Number: 53105-001
Project Name: Strengthening Tax Policy and Administration Capacity
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Lesson
Lack of adjustments in the design and monitoring framework (DMF), despite changes in TA priority and activities, could cause changes in counterparty priorities, expectations, and levels of commitment to a tax reform project. This TA's priority and activities were adjusted in response to the changed needs and business circumstances of the State Tax Service and the Ministry of Finance. However, no corresponding changes were made to the DMF, prompting changes to counterparty attitude and response to the tax reform project.

Project Number: 53105-001
Project Name: Strengthening Tax Policy and Administration Capacity
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Lesson
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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Lesson
Failing to describe and include the history of prior experience of a particular reform in the program weakens the case for their relevance. In Tonga, civil service reform had an extended history. Pointing out the lessons learned from earlier efforts and how they were incorporated into the current program would have strengthened the justification for these reforms.

Project Number: 52030-001
Project Name: Strengthening Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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