Tapping into the Operations Knowledge: Gaps, Opportunities, and Options for Enhancing Cross-Project Learning at ADB

Abstract

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has generated a wealth of practical knowledge in the course of its development projects. This operations knowledge—if optimally captured, shared, and reused—will help improve the design and implementation of future ADB projects. This exercise of capturing and sharing knowledge from one project for reuse in another project is called “cross-project learning.” Based on an analysis of ADB’s knowledge cycle and project cycle and interviews conducted with ADB sta‡ , this study identifi es gaps and opportunities and o‡ ers methodologies for systematic enhancement of cross-project learning at ADB. It also provides guidelines, tips, and a template for capturing and documenting operations knowledge.