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p. 12 of 21 BACK | NEXT I. Country Performance Assessment II. Country Operational Strategy III. Sector Strategies A. Agriculture B. Infrastructure C. Social Infrastructure and Environment D. Governance Dimensions of ADB Operations E. Gender Dimensions of ADB Operations F. Private Sector Development G. Private Sector Operations IV. Regional Cooperation V. Donor Activities and Aid Coordination VI. Cofinancing and Catalyzing External Resources VII. ADB’s Operational Program VIII. Economic and Sector Work Program IX. Local Cost Financing

Country Assistance Plans - Papua New Guinea : III. Sector Strategies

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D. Governance Dimensions of Asian Development Bank Operations

43. Improving governance and development administration is the focus of ADB assistance efforts. A first priority has been to improve public sector financial management. At Government request, the ADB has taken the lead role in helping refine the Government's planning in this area and is taking primary responsibility for requirements at national level, under the 1999 Financial Management Improvement Project; the assistance is being closely coordinated with that of other donors, notably the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and UNDP.

44. The ADB also is assisting with program support scheduled for 2001 in the Government's efforts to improve performance, which focus initially on public service reforms and will concentrate on public sector management on performance, starting with key service delivery units in selected vital agencies, working in parallel with other interested external agencies, notably the World Bank, UNDP and AusAID. An important complement will be to assist in strengthening the capacities of the key good governance institutions (including the Auditor General's Office), working in parallel with other interested donors (notably AusAID and the World Bank). This will include support for improved law enforcement and legislative drafting. Another component will be assistance to build up selected capacities of the planning system, working in parallel with UNDP, World Bank and AusAID. Building on the groundwork provided under the Financial Management Improvement Program, the ADB also will assist, through a project programmed for 2002, in building up provincial and local level government management capacities, as required to implement the decision to decentralize Government operations.

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