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Lesson
Project readiness not only for procurement but also for safeguards implementation is necessary to ensure timely startup and completion.

Project Number: 37139-053
Project Name: Uttarakhand Power Sector Investment Program - Tranche 4 and MFF
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Lesson
Assessment of project readiness should cover not only procurement but also environmental and social safeguards.

Project Number: 37139-023
Project Name: Uttaranchal Power Sector Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Lesson
This validation agrees with the lesson of building awareness for the work done under the TA project. However, it is unclear why awareness-building beyond ASEAN is required for this TA project. One can surmise that it could be for the goals of attracting capital. However, the role of partnership with foreign academic institutions is unclear beyond the publication of potential knowledge products. This lesson or recommendation should then be classified under partnership and cofinancing.

Project Number: 48143-001
Project Name: Enhancing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Capital Market Integration
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Lesson
This validation agrees with the recommendation and rephrases this as a lesson: Partnering with operational projects within ADB is an important step in ensuring that other DMCs outside ASEAN can develop their capital markets and improve governance standards of publicly listed companies.

Project Number: 48143-001
Project Name: Enhancing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Capital Market Integration
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Lesson
Agree. Lesson offered would contribute to the sustainability of the TA benefits to the larger number of agencies in Bangladesh.

Project Number: 48139-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
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Lesson
The lesson also does not talk about constraints encountered. To be a useful knowledge product, it is essential to comment on the constraints and the mitigation strategies deployed by the project so that others can learn from it.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
This validation is also suggesting this lesson statement: Increasing knowledge and awareness in a specific geographic area about key elements of the agriculture sector (e.g., markets, infrastructure, institutions, best practices, value chain) can be catalytic for increasing investment and development of new horticulture market opportunities.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
The TCR lesson is not phrased as a lesson. In finalizing this validation report, the NRM rephrased the lesson and provided additional information: Adequate consideration of Nepal’s political landscape in delivering or scaling up effective agricultural services and approaches in the future is critical. Nepal’s shift to federalism has devolved much of the agriculture sector work to subnational governments. The newly established provincial and local governments require extensive capacity building to deliver agriculture research and extension services.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
The TCR lesson lists the activities carried out by the project and concludes that the survey reveals new product opportunities in the value chain. The TCR does not talk about specific lessons learned out of the process. In finalizing this validation report, the NRM rephrased the lesson and provided additional information: Effective knowledge building brings many tangible benefits in the design of new projects.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
The TCR lesson is well developed. Implementing a potentially replicable small-scale TA with a limited number of DMCs can set the stage for cost_x005F_x0002_effective replication in other countries. This model developed under this TA is likely replicable to help build capacityin other DMCs.

Project Number: 49342-001
Project Name: Implementing ICT Tools to Improve Data Collection and Management of National Surveys in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals
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Lesson
The effectiveness of capacity development activities can be better assessed when the target population and the learning objectives are adequately defined.

Project Number: 49342-001
Project Name: Implementing ICT Tools to Improve Data Collection and Management of National Surveys in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals
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Lesson
MOOCs can be effective tools for reaching a large number of people for training and knowledge dissemination. However, follow-up analysis is needed to assess how participants apply the knowledge gained and assess the outcome impacts of such training.

Project Number: 49342-001
Project Name: Implementing ICT Tools to Improve Data Collection and Management of National Surveys in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals
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Lesson
Additional lesson: Effective TA implementation to improve project readiness and strengthen policy advisory and capacity building can trigger a follow-on TA and new donor funding (as in this project).

Project Number: 46380-001
Project Name: Sustainable Infrastructure Assistance Program
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Lesson
When designing capacity development activities, implementation, and sustainability risks (e.g., staff turnover) should be assessed and risk mitigation measures identified.

Project Number: 49342-001
Project Name: Implementing ICT Tools to Improve Data Collection and Management of National Surveys in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals
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Rephrasing: there may be opportunities for knowledge sharing beyond Bangladesh, given an expanding portfolio and successful portfolio results, and growing institutional experience within implementing government agencies.

Project Number: 45376-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Portfolio Management
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