ADB through the decades : ADB's fourth decade (1997-2006).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asian Development Bank

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Development Bank.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 pages)

Edition:

Updated edition.

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

The 1997 Asian financial crisis hit the region and became a defining moment for Asia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). As ADB participated in coordinated crisis responses, Asian policy makers used this opportunity to reassess their economic policies in a fundamental way. This volume presents how ADB met the challenges during the fourth decade of designing strategies to respond to rapid changes in the region following the Asian financial crisis, and responding to the changes in international development thinking. Several important policies and strategies were approved, including ADB's Poverty Reduction Strategy as well as ADB's first Long-Term Strategic Framework to 2015. ADB embarked on two major reorganizations (in 2002 and 2006) and committed to an internal reform agenda to be a more responsive, relevant, and results-oriented organization. ADB also took a proactive role in postconflict reconstruction in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, and Timor-Leste. ADB also needed to respond to a series of external shocks such as the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic in 2003, the Asian tsunami in 2004, and the Pakistan earthquake in 2005.

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. THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ADB'S RESPONSE

A. Origins of the Crisis

B. ADB's Crisis Response

C. Policy Research and Economic Surveillance

D. Preliminary Lessons from the Crisis

IV. DIRECTIONS AND OPERATIONAL AGENDA POSTCRISIS

A. Global Development Agenda

B. Changes in Development Thinking and Practice

C. ADB's Poverty Reduction Strategy

D. ADB's Long-Term Strategic Framework, 2001-2015

E. Medium-Term Strategies

V. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

A. Lending Overview

B. Geographical Distribution

C. Sectoral Developments

D. Cross-Cutting and Thematic Issues

E. Technical Assistance

VI. INTERNAL REFORMS

A. Mainstreaming Managing for Development Results

B. Improving Operational Policies, Strategies, and Approaches

C. Reinforcing Knowledge Management

D. Enhancing Accountability and Transparency

VII. FINANCIAL POLICIES AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION EFFORTS

A. Ordinary Capital Resources

B. Special Funds

C. Trust Funds Managed by ADB

D. Toward New Financing Partnerships

VIII. EPILOGUE

APPENDIXES.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789292579241

929257924X