ADB Through the Decades: ADB’s Fourth Decade (1997–2006)
Asian Development Bank | December 2016
Abstract
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.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2016. ADB Through the Decades: ADB’s Fourth Decade (1997–2006). © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/6872.PDF ISBN
978-92-9257-679-0
ISSN
978-92-9257-680-6
Keywords
Development assistance
ADB
Curriculum development
Development assistance
Development aid
Development indicators
Development potential
Development models
Project appraisal
Performance appraisal
Economic development
Economic indicators
Government programs
Economic growth
Economic policy
Industrial development
Industrial policy
Technology assessment
Economic evaluation
Economic forecast
Input output analysis
Rural planning
Aid coordination
Industrial projects
Infrastructure projects
Natural resources policy
Educational development
Development strategy
Development models
Economic development
Comprehensive Development Framework
Development Challenges
Development Planning
Millennium Development Goals
Policy Development
Program Evaluation
Performance Evaluation
Evaluation Criteria
Human Capital Development
Capital Market Development
Development Economics
Financial Sector Development
Technology Development
World Development Indicators
Evaluation Methods
Aid And Development
Asian Development Bank
Comprehensive Development Framework
Development Cooperation
Development Management
Development Planning
Development Strategies
Development In East Asia
Development Planning
Development Research
Communication in rural development
Communication in community development
Infrastructure
Central planning
Endowment of research
Partnership
Joint venture
Nation-building
Risk assessment
Economic development projects
Economic forecasting
Industrial research
Participatory monitoring and evaluation
Economic policy
Economic forecasting
Communication in rural development
Communication in community development
Economic development projects
Development banks
Economic forecasting
Environmental auditing
Cumulative effects assessment
Human rights and globalization
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