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The consultants facilitated knowledge transfer to the CPA regarding master planning, operation improvement, and port maintenance. Also, through national workshops, the master plan was presented to all relevant stakeholders and high government officials

Project Number: 45078-001
Project Name: Strategic Masterplan for Chittagong Port
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Development partners are willing to support national policy reforms when the country shows clarity and leadership. Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund additional financing allowed the TA to develop with the government innovative approaches, particularly to include IT-based solutions in the health services management.

Project Number: 50285-001
Project Name: Support to Strengthening Local Health Care Program
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Close exchange with the GCF Secretariat as well as with other multilateral development banks and development partners accredited to the GCF has been helpful for understanding the investment criteria of climate financiers. The TA benefited from cofinancing by the NDF which was mobilized during TA implementation.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Promoting knowledge exchange and sharing of lessons learned from successful climate financing applications is important in a context of very limited experience with innovative climate finance mechanisms.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Employ a “learning-by-doing” approach jointly with DMC stakeholders when developing climate-funding applications, including very close interaction between DMC stakeholders and proposal preparation consultants, is effective for knowledge building.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Knowledge products were delivered and disseminated through meetings, workshops, seminars, and internal channels to policy makers. However, because of the concern on the sensitivity of the topics, the EA suggested that the final reports should not be posted on the ADB website, limiting the broader dissemination of the TA findings.

Project Number: 51021-001
Project Name: Reforming the System of Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contributions
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The regional TA financing was by JFPR. Japanese visibility was ensured through sharing Japan’s rich experience in customs modernization. Japanese resource persons presented at the workshops/events where Japanese organizations were engaged. These largely contributed to the success of the TA in achieving its intended outcome and outputs. The TA had close coordination and partnership with technical experts from relevant units of the WCO.

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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The following are knowledge products disseminated under the TA: (i) CAREC Joint Customs Control: Case Study of Pilot Project between People’s Republic of China and Mongolia; (ii) Coordinated Border Management for Results in CAREC - Assessment of Customs and Border Crossing Points - Consolidated Report; (iii) Coordinated Border Management for Results in CAREC -Assessment of Customs and Border Crossing Points for Georgia; (iv) Coordinated Border Management for Results in CAREC - Promoting Cooperation in Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation –deli

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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Pursuing pilot innovations and knowledge solutions resulted in the integration of new agendas into design of lending operations such as gender_x005F_x0002_based violence, women’s employment in the renewable energy sector, women’s leadership in water utilities and narrowing gender gaps in skills nontraditional sectors among others. The TA demonstrated the essentiality of collection of solid gender data in preparing a good project design through evidence-based planning.

Project Number: 48206-001
Project Name: Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (Phase 2)
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The GEP methodology will still need to be continuously improved for existing pilot sites to see how GEP accounting could be improved. GEP might be instrumental in evaluating the performance of eco-compensation programs but more studies are needed to fine tune the indicator. The GEP methodology could be furthe expanded into the comprehensive eco_x005F_x0002_compensation demonstration areas (e.g., Chongqing).

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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When building a new partnership, it is important to carefully assess partners’ capacity, provide prior guidance on ADB’s required procedures and expectations, and select the right partnership modalities to avoid the unexpectedly high transaction costs to make the partnership work.

Project Number: 48206-001
Project Name: Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (Phase 2)
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International conferences on eco_x005F_x0002_compensation and PES served as an important knowledge sharing platform to advocate for collaboration between the public sector, private sector, and civil society in achieving conservation finance (i.e. through transboundary watershed management, public-private partnership in eco-compensation for poverty alleviation, and eco_x005F_x0002_compensation performance measurement).

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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Surveys of beneficiary perceptions of the quality of outputs (such as plans, reports, workshops, training, and other communications) should be included in the design of the TA project. It is difficult to say much about the quality of outputs and their potential contribution to targeted outcomes without such feedback. The development of easily accessible awareness-raising materials targeting decision makers in other river basins who are involved or interested in IWRM and RBO activities is a useful alternative to highly technical publications.

Project Number: 46257-001
Project Name: Strengthening Integrated Water Resources Management in Mountainous River Basins
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The TA enabled active collaboration among ADB, implementing agencies and the following institutions and international networks which added significant value to the TA’s outcome and outputs:(i) International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development - data collection for snow coverage in Afghanistan, and participation to give a lecture at regional workshop in Nepal.(ii) Water and Disaster Management Bureau, Ministry of Land,Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan - arrangement, lectures, and site visits for the study tour in Japan.(iii) NARBO and Japan Water Agency (JWA) - technic

Project Number: 46257-001
Project Name: Strengthening Integrated Water Resources Management in Mountainous River Basins
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The TA made full use of previous studies by IFC and JICA in developing the alternative options. The TA generated substantive discussions among ADB, IFC, and JICA, which assisted the Government of Timor-Leste in making an informed decision.

Project Number: 52320-001
Project Name: Preliminary Assessment for Dili Airport Runway Project Upgrading Project
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