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Based on the findings of the study under the TA, market participants and regulators in ASEAN+3 countries identified the absence of a linkage between national goals to improve the environment (as reflected in national commitments associated with the UN SDGs) and the development of green bond markets. There is low awareness of green bonds among issuers and investors in most ASEAN+3 countries. Many market participants are unfamiliar with green bonds and through the middle of 2017, those with some awareness often had only a cursory understanding.

Project Number: 50057-001
Project Name: Promoting Green Local Currency-Denominated Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN+4
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ADB recognizes the need to leverage strategic knowledge partnerships for learning, capacity building, and innovation. It is particularly so in the areas of emerging technologies. The knowledge partnerships have been leveraged to tap into the expertise, resources, and networks of these organizations. For example, ADB joined the Global Partnership Network on Identification and jointly endorsed the Declaration of Common Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development on 11 January 2017.

Project Number: 48240-001
Project Name: Information and Communication Technology for Development Initiative Facility in Asia and the Pacific
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There are some knowledge gaps on ICT among ADB operational departments, which resulted in nonoptimal quality in project design. To address this gap, first, the TA project compiled past, ongoing, and pipelined ICT projects and built an ICT project database. Second, the TA project started to send monthly e-newsletters updating ADB staff on ICT trends and activities collected from other development banks across the globe.

Project Number: 48240-001
Project Name: Information and Communication Technology for Development Initiative Facility in Asia and the Pacific
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Opportunities for collaboration with development partners, the private sector, academic and research organizations, including International Fund for Agricultural Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and World Bank in cofinancing, knowledge sharing, policy dialogues, and south–south cooperation should be further explored.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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The TA promoted several public–private–community partnerships and benefitted from a broad network of partners, which contributed to bringing a large number of workshop participants and to getting rich inputs to improve the quality of the regional strategy on agro-value chains.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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ADB should have better arrangements to account for foreign exchange losses in contributions from development partners, to avoid delays in payments for implementing the LOAs. Also, early application for cofinancing, perhaps by one year prior to start of the TA, may help in overcoming delays associated with long due diligence and approval process of cofinanciers.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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The TA included significant amount of capacity building targeted to a wide range of agencies across GMS countries. The TA has made a specific contribution to the development of regional, national or theme-specific guidelines for effective management of the agri-food sector. Effective use of these guidelines and other knowledge products will require further TA support.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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ADB should continue to assist GMS countries in promoting regional cooperation in agriculture by allocating more resources. The ADB contribution was limited—$0.44 million as against $11.88 million by SIDA, NDF, and WFPF. Several development partners stressed that ADB should allocate more resources for regional cooperation in agriculture.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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