Asian Development Bank and Luxembourg: Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank | April 2015
Abstract
Luxembourg has contributed to the Asian Development Fund (ADF), which is a window for concessional lending to Asian Development Bank (ADB) borrowing members; the Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF), which provides grants to borrowing members to help prepare projects and undertake technical or policy studies; the Asian
Tsunami Fund (ATF), which provides emergency grant financing to developing member countries affected by the 2004 tsunami; and to the Financial Sector Development Partnership Special Fund (FSDPSF), which provides funds to strengthen regional, subregional and national financial systems in Asia and the Pacific. Contributions to the ADF is at $54.26 million, contributions to the TASF is at $1.5 million, contributions to the ATF is at $1 million and contributions to the FSDPSF is at $6.29 million.
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Asian Development Bank. 2015. Asian Development Bank and Luxembourg: Fact Sheet. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/5211. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Development Economics
Regional Economic Development
Economic Impact
Development
Economies in transition
Economic agreements
Development indicators
Comparative economics
Regional economics
Labor economics
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