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The TA project benefitted from a broad network of partners from the PRC and independent accountability mechanism that contributed to mobilizing a large number of workshop participants and to getting rich inputs to improve the quality of the initial draft of the regional framework.

Project Number: 53140-001
Project Name: Developing Accountability and Mechanism Framework for Financial Intermediaries
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Strong stakeholder participation throughout made a huge difference.

Project Number: 49299-001
Project Name: Strengthening Capacity for Environmental-Economic Accounting
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A wide range of stakeholders, including various bureaus and commissions of prefecture and county governments (development and reform, finance, agriculture, human resources and social security, education, poverty alleviation, civil affairs, land resources, information and commerce); village leaders; rural migrants and their families; and local enterprises, were involved in TA implementation, which ensured the relevance and ownership of the TA activities and outputs.

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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Partnership with nongovernment organizations (NGOs) was helpful to the success of the TA. The TA used two NGOs––the Karachi-based Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, and the Lahore-based Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives––to (i) organize and host workshops to solicit the views of sector stakeholders, and (ii) undertake peer review of the sector assessments produced under the TA.

Project Number: 50311-001
Project Name: Education Sector Assessment
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Extensive consultation with the government and sector stakeholders was important. This was done through workshops and meetings held during the missions. These allowed for a comprehensive discussion of challenges, government strategies, government reform directions, and possible ADB operations in the education sector.

Project Number: 50311-001
Project Name: Education Sector Assessment
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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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Stakeholder participation was the key success factor of the TA project as the main objectives were capacity development of DMCs as well as the improved efficiency and effectiveness of ADB’s ICT projects. The TA project supported DMCs by contributing to existing and planned projects. Therefore, the engagement of operational departments in the TA project activities was critical to generate meaningful outputs and outcomes. For example, the TA project supported the CPS formulation by participating in the CPS missions.

Project Number: 48240-001
Project Name: Information and Communication Technology for Development Initiative Facility in Asia and the Pacific
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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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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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Strong stakeholder participation throughout made a huge difference. Collaborating with a wider network of stakeholders—local communities, subnational government staff, private sector, civil society organizations—is time consuming, but it certainly improved the quality of outputs.

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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