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Infrastructure sustainability and resilience are not only a concern for future generations, but can also have an immediate material impact on economic performance and risk profiles of single investments and projects.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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The TA was technically complex and relevant only to the energy sector policy maker (Ministry of Energy) and power system operator (KEGOC).

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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Stakeholders’ participation is crucial in TA implementation. The participation of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka during the in_x005F_x0002_country inception workshop enabled the Department of Census and Statistics to effectively plan and design the questionnaire for the country’s first Agricultural Household Survey. Wherever possible, links to other line ministries and agencies must be developed to facilitate transfer of knowledge and enhance stakeholder participation.

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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Policy dialogue with relevant government agencies was maintained throughout the implementation period, and TA-specific issues taken up with government counterparts during review missions. The IAs’ strong ownership was the key to the TA success. Technical milestones were monitored in reports prepared by the consultants and reviewed by the IAs and ADB.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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The TA relied heavily on stakeholders and partners to deliver its outputs and outcome. Despite some initial delays during the implementation, the strong support of the executing agency towards the end of the TA implementation eventually increased commitment and clearly contributed to the achievement of the outputs of the TA.

Project Number: 48040-001
Project Name: Export- and Innovation-Led Industrial Development
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Working closely with government ministries can help tailor the capacity building workshops to the learning needs of the participants, as there appears to be a strong interest in acquiring enhanced monitoring techniques.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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The TA had good stakeholder’s participation and interest which benefited the ADB funded projects at large. However, the TA could also have targeted interventions for the private sector for capacity development in procurement, safeguards, and contract management.

Project Number: 45376-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Portfolio Management
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Stakeholder participation was satisfactory. TA interacted with national and local NGOs, involved local communities, and conducted several workshops both at local and central level. However, engagement of social development expert during the TA implementation could have brought more success to the training and capacity- building activities.

Project Number: 48432-001
Project Name: Enabling Poor Women's Benefits from Enhanced Access to Energy in Hatiya Island
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The regional workshops conducted under the TA has proven to be an effective means of engaging with the DMCs to share knowledge generated through the TA, and to maintain policy dialogue to co-create investment project pipeline.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Road safety know-how in different countries are at different levels, and it isimportant to have regular meetings with government counterparts to ensure that the TA remains relevant to their needs, and to fine tune if their needs change. It is also important to build close relationships with other non-government stakeholders and determine if they have activities in the road safety sector to avoid duplication. The follow-up TA includes more regional, and national capacity development activities to support CAREC DMCs.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Kazpost’s finance division actively participated in the implementation of the TA with regular meetings to review the status and progress of TA implementation.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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During implementation, stakeholder’s workshops were held two times to facilitate involvement and ownership of all stakeholders. This approach was effective in conducting a comprehensive diagnosis of the current port operation and in elaborating the plan by incorporating different views from all stakeholders.

Project Number: 45078-001
Project Name: Strategic Masterplan for Chittagong Port
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Promoting close involvement of DMC stakeholders in discussions with climate finance providers allowed government decision makers and DMC stakeholders the opportunity to interact with climate financiers first-hand and was an important contribution to increasing buy-in by all parties.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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The EA for the TA could help to arrange meetings between the technical assistance team and relevant government agencies, review midterm and final reports, and organize workshops. However, the participation needs to be strengthened as the focal persons from the government side frequently changed.

Project Number: 51021-001
Project Name: Reforming the System of Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contributions
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Relevant stakeholders and decision_x005F_x0002_making level authorities (customs, transport, sanitary and phytosanitary, and border control personnel) actively participated in the TA.

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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