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Cofinancing expands possible project activities and outputs. Cofinancing from the Financial Sector Development Partnership Special Fund (FSDPSF) for this project allowed a more comprehensive set of deliverables and activities under outputs 1, 3, and 4. It provided flexibility in the use of resources, as FSDPSF beneficiaries are not differentiated according to country categories.

Project Number: 53198-001
Project Name: Developing a Disaster Risk Transfer Facility in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Region
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Post-TA financial resources should be sought and considered in order to implement the recommendations made, based on the in-depth diagnostic studies completed for Nepal and Cambodia under the TA. These recommendations will require financial contributions for the effective implementation of an adapted, coherent, transparent, and equitable property tax for all.

Project Number: 54076-001
Project Name: Strengthening Property Tax Management to Enhance Local Revenue
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It might be useful to develop a climate finance strategy for the state-owned enterprises(SOE) sector, building on the experience and lessons from this program's. Assessment of the fiscal risks associated with climate change was incorporated into subprogram 2. This highlights the significant role SOEs can play in addressing climate change impacts and supporting the countries climate obligations. Given this, it might be useful to establish a climate finance strategy for the SOE sector, building on the experience and lessons from this program.

Project Number: 54271-001, 54271-002
Project Name: Fiscal Resilience and Social Protection Support Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Additional measures are necessary for the government securities market to stimulate demand from both retail and institutional investors. The program had several supply-based reforms, particularly around the primary dealer system and government bonds; however, turnover velocity was below the target, particularly for the secondary market relating to government securities. This would suggest that additional demand-based measures are as of December 2023 required for the government securities market to stimulate demand from both retail and institutional investors.

Project Number: 54271-001, 54271-002
Project Name: Fiscal Resilience and Social Protection Support Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Risk assessment in the area of capacity-building development needs to be done at appraisal to come up with adequate mitigation plan to ensure that targeted participants are reached.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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Another element is the importance of establishing the influence of user involvement on the efficiency of the procurement process in the public sector to determine the effect of top management support on stakeholder participation early in the project cycle.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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The TA reflected the importance of sustaining the policy dialogue with key government officials and agency heads all along the TA cycle that helped build ownership and continuity in relevance and maintain its importance until completion. This was reflected in the TA outcome—the formulation of an operational guideline on engaging the private sector achieved in 2019

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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The TCR found that close interaction between DMC stakeholders and climate finance providers was essential to create buy-in from all parties. The TCR did not provide evidence or data to support the level of adoption or commitment to TA efforts, or other evidence of continuing action and sustainability after TA completion.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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To ensure effective continuity in an executing agency, backup staffing and/or arrangements should be planned in case of key staff changes.

Project Number: 51021-001
Project Name: Reforming the System of Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contributions
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Policy dialogue with relevant government agencies was maintained throughout the implementation period, and TA-specific issues taken up with government counterparts during review missions. The IAs’ strong ownership was the key to the TA success. Technical milestones were monitored in reports prepared by the consultants and reviewed by the IAs and ADB.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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Promoting close involvement of DMC stakeholders in discussions with climate finance providers allowed government decision makers and DMC stakeholders the opportunity to interact with climate financiers first-hand and was an important contribution to increasing buy-in by all parties.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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The EA for the TA could help to arrange meetings between the technical assistance team and relevant government agencies, review midterm and final reports, and organize workshops. However, the participation needs to be strengthened as the focal persons from the government side frequently changed.

Project Number: 51021-001
Project Name: Reforming the System of Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contributions
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