LESSONS AND SUMMARY FOR MID TERM EVALUATION OF THE LIBERIA EMERGENCY CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT (LECBS) AND TOKTEN PROJECTS LESSONS  The personality of a country's leader can facilitate access to resources in difficult conditions. It is unlikely that a program like LECBS could have been funded as it is without President Sirleaf and the connections she has.  Qualified Africans in the Diaspora, when well utilized, can become an effective instrument for reducing the cost of conventional technical assistance and accelerate economic development in Africa.  Institutional and human capacity strengthening must go hand in hand with physical capacity improvements. Poor working conditions in host agencies and institutions tend to affect productivity.  Performance monitoring and evaluation is made more difficult when a project involves high level political leaders.  Technical skill transfer is more effective for socioeconomic transformations when it is accompanied with supportive attitudinal and behavioral changes or competencies.  While the recruitment in both projects reflects gender sensitivity to a certain extent, there is no evidence that gender parity or equity was a deliberate consideration in the project design and implementation. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS The evaluation documented significant progress made in strengthening institutional and human capacity through LECBS and TOKTEN projects. The Government of Liberia has been able to bring back home a significant number of high caliber professionals who has accelerated the preparation of key policy documents, including the PRS and the achievement of major reforms that have broadened the government base to promote economic efficiency, accountability and transparency. The regulatory frameworks have been significantly strengthened through the adoption of critical policies and strategies, laws and new management practices which have allowed the fostering of an enabling environment necessary