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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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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 improved knowledge and capacity building of local governments and stakeholders for poverty reduction in the Liupanshan area, which was highly regarded and appreciated by training participants. It is recommended that future poverty reduction programs should continue knowledge sharing and capacity building for poverty reduction at the local level.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
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Having the best fit consulting team leader and team members who have rich network and resources is a big advantage for knowledge building and dissemination.

Project Number: 50034-001
Project Name: Vocational Education-Enterprise Collaboration for Student Employment-Based Poverty Reduction in Gansu
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The two workshops organized during the implementation covered a huge spectrum of complicated challenges in the management of commonly owned private properties. The participants benefited from the presentations by the experts and question sessions.

Project Number: 42417-045
Project Name: Vertical Mobility and Safety Improvement
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Involving key stakeholders at all stages of the TA project design, implementation, and post-implementation helps build ownership and goes a long way toward ensuring impact and sustainability. This can be done in a low-cost manner through small workshops and building partnerships.

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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Development communication practitioners need to develop robust measurement and evaluation frameworks to generate in-depth analysis of online and social media campaigns beyond positive or negative comments.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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Communication messages disseminated through social media are more effective if there are parallel efforts to moderate online discussions and encourage audiences to share their experiences.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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Evidence-based and targeted communication is key to raising awareness of gender equality issues. Usage of television and social media channels are effective for awareness-raising, but these need to be reinforced by more tailored community-based communication and stakeholder workshops to ensure that local stakeholders not only sustain a dialogue but also undertake concrete action to recognize and address them at households, schools, and workplaces.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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Knowledge sharing on the AMF should be supported by a national government agency for it to be effective. The development of the national AMF in the PRC moved forward because a key policy regulatory agency led it with support from the TA project.

Project Number: 53140-001
Project Name: Developing Accountability and Mechanism Framework for Financial Intermediaries
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The TA project included a significant amount of well-targeted capacity building that was targeted to a wide range of agencies. That other agencies benefitted from this helped the EA build broader support for their work. The TA project has made a specific contribution to the development of new national or sector guidelines in developing the new methodologies and the data provided by the project will result in enhanced understanding of Mongolia’s environmental issues, enhancing how these can be managed in the future.

Project Number: 49299-001
Project Name: Strengthening Capacity for Environmental-Economic Accounting
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As the TA aimed to recommend policy actions that could be incorporated into policy documents of the Chuxiong Prefecture government, the four policy notes were produced for relevant bureaus and institutions of the Chuxiong Prefecture government involved in the preparation of the implementation plan for the rural vitalization strategy for Chuxiong Prefecture.

Project Number: 49279-001
Project Name: Creating Enabling Environment fopr Gradual Rural-Urban Migration and Urban Settlements Development in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture
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The knowledge products were circulated in print form, and posted online on the ADB website, and at LinkedIn. A brown bag was held in ADB on the Education Management Organizations report. Copies of the report were also sent to government officials, development partners, and sector stakeholders in Pakistan. The two knowledge products are (i) Education Management Organizations Program in Sindh, Pakistan: Public– Private Partnership Profile,3 and (ii) School Education in Pakistan: A Sector Assessment

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