The Contribution of ADB to the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint

Abstract

The ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint is the subregion’s road map to greater prosperity. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been assisting the ASEAN Secretariat implement certain aspects of the blueprint. However, much of ADB support for the implementation of the blueprint is provided at the national level in the member states as part of official development assistance. These activities are not recorded as support to the blueprint. This paper assesses the scope of actual support that ADB is providing for implementation of the blueprint through ongoing projects. The focus is on ADB’s Southeast Asia Department, whose operations cover most of the ASEAN member states.