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Lesson
Well-phrased as a lesson, assuming the lack of training was the main underlying issue. Given that audit observations presumably came in annually, there could have been time to adjust the TA project activities to address the identified issue. However, it is unclear from the TCR whether factors other than inadequate training contributed to the issue.

Project Number: 45317-001
Project Name: Support for the Third Primary Education Development Project
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Despite ADB’s and the PRC government’s best intentions, replacing the gender-sensitive training manual appeared to be unjustified. It was reflected in the heavily male-oriented output 2b and the TA final report that “the minority, underprivileged and female graduates are in a lower employment rate than the average level within Gansu.” The lesson should be project design change based on fact and data, not on the whims of the developing member country’s government.

Project Number: 50034-001
Project Name: Vocational Education-Enterprise Collaboration for Student Employment-Based Poverty Reduction in Gansu
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Lesson
This validation deems that the first sentence is not a lesson but a statement on TA’s relevance and contribution.

Project Number: 50311-001
Project Name: Education Sector Assessment
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Lesson
This is external to ADB. The collaboration with two NGOs provided a platform to engage with key domestic stakeholders.

Project Number: 50311-001
Project Name: Education Sector Assessment
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Lesson
PEDP III had 626 audit observations. Adequate training to the executing agencies on compliance with financial rules and regulation should have been provisioned under the TA, which could have improved the financial compliance and resulted in fewer audit observations.

Project Number: 45317-001
Project Name: Support for the Third Primary Education Development Project
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Lesson
The TA had been effective in drawing cofinancing. Activities from the cofinancing were clearly defined and complementary to ADB financed activities. Co-financing could have been envisaged at design stage instead of additional financing during implementation.

Project Number: 45317-001
Project Name: Support for the Third Primary Education Development Project
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Lesson
The TA was consistent with ADB’s desire to reengage with the education sector in Pakistan after a long absence and helped to influence the direction of the Country Partnership Strategy, 2020−2024, which is under preparation. The general nature of the TA provided flexibility and allowed ADB to be responsive in identifying the focus of the sector assessments prepared.

Project Number: 50311-001
Project Name: Education Sector Assessment
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Lesson
Partnership with nongovernment organizations (NGOs) was helpful to the success of the TA. The TA used two NGOs––the Karachi-based Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, and the Lahore-based Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives––to (i) organize and host workshops to solicit the views of sector stakeholders, and (ii) undertake peer review of the sector assessments produced under the TA.

Project Number: 50311-001
Project Name: Education Sector Assessment
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