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Lesson
Policy-based operations can achieve better outcomes by using a limited number of more focused, carefully sequenced, high-impact reforms.

Project Number: 48134-001, 48134-006, 48134-007
Project Name: Stepping Up Investments for Growth Acceleration Program (Subprograms 1, 2, 3)
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Lesson
Any adjustment in scope, to be considered in ADB’s project performance evaluation, should secure appropriate approval from ADB and be reflected in the design and monitoring framework (DMF).

Project Number: 38272-013, 38272-033
Project Name: Uttarakhand Urban Sector Development Investment Program – Tranche 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility
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Lesson
Any adjustment in scope, to be considered in ADB’s project performance evaluation, should secure appropriate approval from ADB and be reflected in the DMF.

Project Number: 38272-023
Project Name: Uttarakhand Urban Sector Development Investment Program - Project 1
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Lesson
Better envisioning scope changes and other likely causes of project delays will enable swift actions to be taken to minimize or avoid possible delays.

Project Number: 44021-013
Project Name: Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning
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Lesson
Careful consideration of overarching and related development plans in the selection of subprojects helps to avoid scope changes.

Project Number: 38594-013
Project Name: Guiyang Integrated Water Resources Management (Sector) Project
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Lesson
Strong government ownership and commitment to the reform agenda and consistent stakeholder dialogue and coordination are pivotal to the success of policy-based lending (PBL) programs.

Project Number: 50212-001, 50212-002, 50212-003
Project Name: Disaster Resilience Program (Phases 1 and 2)
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Lesson
Standalone policy-based programs/projects provide governments with enough flexibility to quickly respond to urgent development needs.

Project Number: 52030-001
Project Name: Strengthening Macroeconomic Resilience Program
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Lesson
This validation offers the following lesson: although TA design may identify a particular model of consultancy, these needs may evolve during the program requiring adjustment. In this case, in developing a model that responded to the needs of ACMF’s working group on corporate governance, the TA project shifted its approach since the regulators felt that an audit firm (rather than consultants) would lend more credibility and recognition to the validation exercise.

Project Number: 48143-001
Project Name: Enhancing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Capital Market Integration
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Lesson
The TCR lesson is well developed and the TORs are also well written.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
Useful lesson. It may have been more convincing though had the TCR included a specific example of the application of this lesson to the TA

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
Another lesson might be: the gains made by this TA project are due to close ADB involvement, ensuring continuous support from the government.

Project Number: 45376-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Portfolio Management
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Lesson
This TCR lesson learned is not clear. A lesson might be: including a training of trainers (from the government) approach could potentially contribute to sustainability of TA project benefits.

Project Number: 45376-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Portfolio Management
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Lesson
A lesson could have been included here regarding the benefit of sourcing individual experts as opposed to a firm for wider experience and knowledge of PPPs in other countries.

Project Number: 48377-001
Project Name: Financing Public-Private Partnerships
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Lesson
As noted in the subsection above, a lesson could be that, for highly technical projects, recruiting consultants with the right skills and international expertise is an important consideration that should be built into project design at an early stage. In this case, the TA had to go back several times with memos seeking approval for recruiting consultants.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
The validation appreciates that regular consultation between ADB and concerned partners is important. However, this is standard good practice project management.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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