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Lesson
The TCR missed the opportunity to extract lessons on implementation and/or delivery, especially on how the time extension could have been avoided.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
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Lesson
The importance of a focused EA and committed consultants is a valid, but well-known lesson. Another lesson could be: Delays in the completion of TA may not matter so long as there are no cost overruns, and the knowledge produced is of high quality and useful to ongoing and planned operations.

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
Reforms should be embedded in government institutions that can take ownership and ensure that these will last beyond the life of the TA project.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
As this validation mentions, there is a need for government counterpart(s) to make an in-kind contribution so they have a “stake” in the results.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
A well-defined Terms of Reference for consultants, including clear alignment with the activities and delivery of outputs as well as the ability to conduct capacity building development for Kazpost staff, helps facilitate project implementation. The TCR self-assessment lacks clarity as to what feedback from PSOD would have been helpful.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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Lesson
Analysis of social and cultural barriers to entry for female participation can help proactively target and increase female attendance in capacity building activities.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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Lesson
Essentially the same lesson as in item 1 above (The importance of updating DMF indicators as TA changes are processed). Note: the DMF indicators were indeed updated at the December 2015 revision.

Project Number: 44002-022
Project Name: Improving Operational Performance of the Water Supply Sector
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Lesson
During TA implementation, coordination was found to impact efficiency and effectiveness. In countries where coordination needs to be improved, the project team’s level of involvement is critical.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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Lesson
An analysis of priority stakeholders can yield a clearer idea of the cost-time effort required to reach these beneficiaries, given transport and communication constraints.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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Lesson
This validation adds that pioneering the GCF proposals with a strong SDCD team, like in Mongolia, will provide a sound template and be an effective way to demonstrate success for the subsequent proposals.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Lesson
Early engagement with ADB project teams to frame projects as climate relevant, as well as early engagement with external climate finance providers facilitated mobilization of timely resources—this lesson on early and proactive engagement is generalizable for implementation and delivery. Although it may be inferred, no clear evidence is provided for the value added of promoting knowledge exchange among DMCs.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Lesson
Timely adjustments in the implementation arrangements help ensure the continuity of a project.

Project Number: 48432-001
Project Name: Enabling Poor Women's Benefits from Enhanced Access to Energy in Hatiya Island
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Lesson
As part of the design of a TA project involving extensive interactions, coordination and cooperation among multiple government agencies at same or similar levels, the executing agency shall be purposively identified to ensure it is well-positioned to be able to engage the major agencies and stakeholders involved and mobilize resources key to the smooth and efficient implementation of the project. Ideally, the executing agency is at a higher administrative level with its jurisdiction extending to cover all agencies and stakeholders.

Project Number: 51028-001
Project Name: Comprehensive Hub-oriented Transportation Strategy for Urumqi Metropolitan Area
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Lesson
One of the delays of the TA was due to KEGOC’s changing major assumptions of the transmission planning system model, which required redesign and simulation analyses. This highlights the importance of the Consultant’s communicating the importance of determining the client’s model assumptions clearly, considering upcoming/planned changes to transmission assets and anticipated changes to power and capacity trading arrangements.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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Lesson
One of the delays of the TA was caused by DIgSILENT’s waiting for the Ministry of Energy to provide locations for potential renewable energy generation sources by region. The Ministry of Energy was preoccupied at the time with other pressing issues. The flagging of upcoming input requirements from partners well in advance will enable them to plan and allocate adequate resources to the task, as well as give them opportunity to identify issues with the Consultant’s expected delivery schedule and make necessary adjustments.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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