ADF VIII Donors' Report: Fighting Poverty in Asia

Abstract

All ADF operations revolve around the overriding goal of poverty reduction. The IDGs for the 21st Century provide a long-term context for monitoring ADF’s contributions to reducing regional and global poverty. Sustainable poverty reduction from ADF operations will be dependent on the support for a development process in poor countries in Asia that: involves systematic inclusion of the poor, women and other disadvantaged groups; gets demonstrable results that generate sustainable development impacts; allocates scarce resources on the basis of performance including performance on better governance; contributes to improving the environment; and contributes to a more equitable society by removing barriers to greater opportunities for the poor. ADF Donors agreed on a series of specific recommendations to improve ADF’s effectiveness. These are set out in the attached ADF VIII Donors’ Report.