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Lesson
Capacity training of individuals as a strategy for change needs to be carefully balanced against other modalities. In this TA’s case, capacity development activities would likely have short-term benefits for the individual participants, as well as for the projects in which those individuals work. However, the TA missed an opportunity to incorporate other project modalities, such as explicitly supporting policy change, when it was already understood that the regulatory framework was an ongoing constraint to improved ODA management.

Project Number: 48183-001
Project Name: Improving Portfolio Performance and Aid Management
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Continuous monitoring of external environment provides an opportunity for adjustment of TA design. At time of seeking approval for increased time and budget for this TA, consideration could also have been given to requesting design adjustments. Recalibration of the training programs and knowledge products may have resulted in greater impact within evolving policy constraints.

Project Number: 48183-001
Project Name: Improving Portfolio Performance and Aid Management
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It is important to focus on selective, priority areas of manageable scale in a TA.

Project Number: 51021-001
Project Name: Reforming the System of Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contributions
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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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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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Better assessment on the demand from operational departments was deemed needed as well. The change in scope kept the TA project relevant despite the fast-paced nature of the environment it was trying to address.3 A change in scope may be ideal for ICT-related TA projects as the technology advances can move quite quickly.

Project Number: 48240-001
Project Name: Information and Communication Technology for Development Initiative Facility in Asia and the Pacific
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This is essential for all kinds of projects. The TCR could have cited specific instances where coordination with the resident missions produced favorable results at design and planning stage.

Project Number: 50315-001
Project Name: Facilitating Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Foreign Direct Investment Flows: An ASEAN+6 Case Study
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Designing the TA project in such a way that the scale of activities and outputs are commensurate and tightly linked with the outcome being targeted is important. In the case of this TA project, the outcome appeared to have been under-targeted.

Project Number: 50060-001
Project Name: Strengthening Tax Policy and Administration Capacity to Mobilize Domestic Resources
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Extension of the TA for one year due to foreseeable events would not have been necessary had the TA been designed more appropriately.

Project Number: 50057-001
Project Name: Promoting Green Local Currency-Denominated Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN+3
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On the output indicator, understanding of the underlying environment, including quality of data, through pre-investigative works could have ensured better design of TA outputs.

Project Number: 50057-001
Project Name: Promoting Green Local Currency-Denominated Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN+3
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Lesson
The outcome indicator should have been formulated more clearly and the outputs/activities planned to better ensure that it could deliver the targeted outcome.

Project Number: 50057-001
Project Name: Promoting Green Local Currency-Denominated Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN+3
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Also, ensuring that approval is sought for changes in the indicators in the course of TA implementation is a good practice.

Project Number: 50057-001
Project Name: Promoting Green Local Currency-Denominated Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN+3
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Consultation with development partners is also important to increase synergy and reduce duplication. This was an aspect of the TA design that could have been improved as some activities proposed overlapped with those supported by other development partners (FKSSK action plan and branchless banking workshops).Resources for these activities were reallocated to other equally important activities that contributed to the outcome during the implementation stage.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Regulatory Framework of Financial Sector Development and Oversight
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The TA design should include extensive stakeholder engagement including those that may not be directly involved in the TA. This should consist of focus group discussions with stakeholders in a particular sector (banking, capital market) or thematic activities (financial inclusion, financial literacy, consumer protection). Such engagement will increase ownership of TA activities among national stakeholders on proposed activities which will subsequently reduce delays in implementation.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Regulatory Framework of Financial Sector Development and Oversight
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Before committing TA resources, the timeline and output targets should be aligned with the government’s ongoing priority and programs so that start-up delays could be minimized, and output targets remain achievable.

Project Number: 48139-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
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