Asian Development Bank
Regional development banks have recently come under growing criticism from grassroots organizations, environmental groups and others. Asia and the Pacific is an extremely diverse region, containing both very small and very large nation states - as well as extremes of rich and poor. This volume describes the important and delicate role of the Asian Development Bank in this region during a dramatic period of economic transformation
Published: 1995
Pages: 216
Paperback: 9781853392979
| List of Tables vii | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreword, Yasutami Shimomura ix | |||
| Preface, Roy Culpeper xi | |||
| Acknowledgments xiii | |||
| List of Acronyms xv | |||
| 1 Introduction 1 | |||
| Part 1 Historical Setting and Record of Performance | |||
| 2 A Brief History of the Bank 13 | |||
| Institutional Framework, 13 | |||
| Resources, 17 | |||
| Bank Operations, 25 | |||
| The Political Balance of Power, 33 | |||
| Highlights of Past Assessments, 40 | |||
| 3 Borrowing Country Experience 49 | |||
| Country Studies, 49 | |||
| Development Impact, 64 | |||
| Part 2 Development Agenda | |||
| 4 Loan Performance and Institutional Governance 89 | |||
| Loan Quality and Evaluation, 89 | |||
| Country Strategies and Programming, 96 | |||
| 5 Resource Mobilization 111 | |||
| Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund, HI | |||
| General Capital Increases, 113 | |||
| Issues Affecting Resource Needs, 116 | |||
| Changes in Financial Policies, 121 | |||
| 6 Looming Development Challenges for the Bank 127 | |||
| Overview of Needs, 227 | |||
| Role of the Bank in the Pacific DMCs, 129 | |||
| Assistance to the Private Sector, 133 | |||
| Protecting the Environment, 141 | |||
| Incorporating Social Dimensions in Bank Operations, 144 | |||
| Good Governance, Democratic Development, | |||
| and Human Rights, 148 | |||
| Regional Activities, 151 | |||
| 7 Achievements of the Bank 157 | |||
| Some Concluding Thoughts, 160 | |||
| Appendix: Statistical Tables of the Structure and | |||
| Operations of the Bank and DMC Indicators 167 | |||
| Bibliography 185 | |||
| Index 189 | |||
| About the Book and Author 199 |
Nihal Kappagoda
Nihal Kappagoda is currently an independent economic consultant. He was previously Director of External Resources in Sri Lanka. He has held senior positions in the Commonwealth Secretariat, the International Development Research Centre, and the Asian Development Bank.
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