Country Report No. 2023/005

The technical assistance (TA) project aimed to fast-track the adoption of new technologies through the development of a technology road map, pilot demonstration projects, and capacity building.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
IED overall assessment is less than successful.

The small-scale technical assistance (TA) aimed to (i) enhance capacities for gender mainstreaming across all sectors supported by ADB in East Asia, particularly Mongolia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC); (ii) improve quality of gender actions in operations, and increase the number of new projects effectively mainstreamed; (iii) strengthen monitoring and results tracking of gender interventions in ADB-financed operations among implementing agencies and ADB teams; and (iv) capture gender-related knowledge generated from East Asia operations.

The technical assistance (TA) project aimed to revitalize the economic growth of Pakistan. Its anticipated outcome was a government that is enabled to make informed and well-considered economic policy decisions and pursue progress in structural and economic reforms.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
IED overall assessment is successful.

The transaction technical assistance (TA) supported the preparation of a project loan that aimed to develop a well-trained, skilled workforce that would meet the needs of priority industries in Xinzhou, Shanxi Province of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The TA also intended to build the capacity of the Xinzhou Municipal Government (XMG) and the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions to implement the ensuing project.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
IED overall assessment is successful.

The program was approved to address the impacts of the pandemic and to continue the reforms under the Tonga Strategic Development Framework (TSDF), 2015–2025. The intended impact of the program was a more inclusive, sustainable, and dynamic knowledge-based economy promoted; a more responsive good governance achieved; and adverse social and economic impact by the COVID‑19 pandemic reduced. Its expected outcome was an enhanced macroeconomic resilience of Tonga.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the program. IED overall assessment: Less than successful. 

The outcome of this knowledge and support technical assistance (KSTA) is enhanced flood preparedness and emergency response in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
IED overall assessment is successful.

The technical assistance (TA) project aimed to support selected Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) to prepare their national risk assessments (NRAs) on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) as required under the International Standards on Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation, which was adopted in 2012 by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Asia Pacific Group on Anti-Money Laundering.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
 
 
IED overall assessment is less than successful.

The ultimate objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to improve the water supply and sanitation (WSS) facilities and hygiene practices of the urban population in nine secondary towns in the economic corridors of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), and Viet Nam through the preparation of the design of Mekong Water Supply and Sanitation Project for ADB financing.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
IED overall assessment is less than successful.