ADB through the decades : ADB's second decade (1977-1986).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asian Development Bank

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Development Bank.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 45 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Updated edition.

Place of Publication:

Metro Manila, Philippines : Asian Development Bank, [2017]

Summary:

The Asia and Pacific region continued to grow despite a difficult external global environment. The developing member countries demonstrated considerable resilience, following the second oil shock and the international debt crisis that followed. This volume shows how the Asian Development Bank (ADB) responded to the growing diversity among its developing member countries as both membership and operations widened during decade. Considerations about ADB's priorities were ongoing and ranged across many topics. To support these discussions as well as to provide information for policy makers across the region, ADB sought to position itself as a "regional resource center" with a broader development role of providing not only financial assistance but becoming a center of new thinking on development issues in the region as well. ADB moved closer to the ground by opening its first Resident Office in Bangladesh in 1982. New products were introduced---program lending, sector lending, direct lending to private sector without government guarantees, and equity investment---to meet changing needs and expectations of countries. As the decade closed, two key historical landmarks occurred: ADB made its first loan to India, and the People's Republic of China became a member after long and detailed negotiations.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

TABLES, FIGURES, AND BOXES

ABBREVIATIONS

DATA NOTES

I. REGIONAL BACKGROUND

II. INSTITUTIONAL OVERVIEW

A. Membership

B. Leadership

C. Budget, Staffing, and Other Organizational Matters

III. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

A. Operational Priorities and Plans for the 1980s

B. Lending Overview

C. Geographic Distribution

D. Sectoral Developments

E. Emerging Priorities

F. Technical Assistance

IV. BUSINESS PROCESSES AND OPERATIONAL POLICIES

A. New Instruments

B. Project Administration

V. FINANCIAL POLICIES AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION EFFORTS

A. Financial Policies

B. Borrowings

C. Ordinary Capital Resources

D. Asian Development Fund

E. Cofinancing Operations

VI. KEY LESSONS FROM EVALUATION

VII. EPILOGUE

APPENDIXES.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789292579166

9292579169