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Lesson
The TA project was cofinanced by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction and ADB through theThe TCR did not comment on the mechanism used to update cofinancing partners on progress toward key milestones and developments of the TA project. It is important to keep stakeholders engaged and informed during the project implementation. This is especially true when a project has a long implementation timeframe.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Lesson
It is agreed that cofinancing partners ought to be updated regularly on key milestones and developments of the TA project, but this does not constitute a lesson.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Lesson
The lifting of regulatory standards, the development of a project pipeline and the development of strategic trade and transport facilitation implementation plans help to direct government focus for budget allocation. Donors and the private sector are motivated to invest in areas where strategic development has already commenced, and where strategic plans are in place that have a coordinated long-term focus, and which can clearly demonstrate positive project outcomes.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Lesson
For a development project with such apparently clear potential economic benefits, it would be helpful for the TCR to provide clearer evidence as to why the operation was dropped and why mitigation did not occur in a timely manner.

Project Number: 46374-001
Project Name: Southern Highways Investment Program
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Lesson
The TCR lesson is valid. Also, if a country’s priorities change after an election, because of a change in government, this can jeopardize work done towards needed infrastructure or other investments. Rather than lose the gains made through that work, ADB and other development partners can work with other partners to incentivize investments from other areas. If the analysis that underpinned the advocacy of the initial investment is robust and relevant, then there may be ways to pay for the said investments despite changes in government priorities.

Project Number: 46374-001
Project Name: Southern Highways Investment Program
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Lesson
The project was funded by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction. The CPA was the implementing agency. ADB administered the funds and the Government of Bangladesh provided in-kind support. The TA provides a positive example of partners’ coming together in effective collaboration.

Project Number: 45078-001
Project Name: Strategic Masterplan for Chittagong Port
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Lesson
One of the drivers of the development of the Strategic Master Plan for Chittagong Port was the interest shown by investors. The plan provides a strategic approach to facilitate engagement with the private sector for development. The existence of a master plan is attractive to donors and developers and facilitates further development.

Project Number: 45078-001
Project Name: Strategic Masterplan for Chittagong Port
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Lesson
Given the availability of a medium to long term plan for port operations development, the government can rationalize additional allocation to the national budget for public infrastructure development to support the plan’s implementation.

Project Number: 45078-001
Project Name: Strategic Masterplan for Chittagong Port
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Lesson
This is a useful lesson learned. A wider and more applicable lesson based on this TA’s implementing experience is: Building TA on studies already conducted and collaborating with different development partners is critical for supporting the government in making an informed decision.

Project Number: 52320-001
Project Name: Preliminary Assessment for Dili Airport Runway Project Upgrading Project
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Lesson
While this is interesting information, this lesson learned does not provide a learning opportunity for future TAs. The TCR self-assessment needs to tie the information provided here more closely to the impact or relationship it has to the TA being evaluated.

Project Number: 52320-001
Project Name: Preliminary Assessment for Dili Airport Runway Project Upgrading Project
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Lesson
This is a description of a follow_x005F_x0002_on activity and not formulated as a lesson. It could, for example, be: The effectiveness of a TA project can be enhanced if a follow-on TA will build on the results of the first.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
In this TA, the Central and West Asia Department. collaborated effectively with the East Asia Department and the Development and Climate Change Department. A lesson from this would be: In a regional TA, application of the "One-ADB" approach can be particularly effective.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
The statement in the TCR was a finding and not a lesson.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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Lesson
Based on the statement in the TCR, it is not clear how IFC and HSBC benefited from ADB’s work and what lessons were learned.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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Lesson
The synergy with other development partners (in this case, JICA), enhanced the quality of outputs.

Project Number: 46370-002
Project Name: Improving Road Network Management and Safety
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