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The Asian Development Bank and Non-Governmental Organizations: Working Together

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The Bank's Experience

The Bank's first policy framework for cooperation with NGOs was defined in 1987. Since then, cooperation between NGOs and the Bank has expanded significantly. The Bank's project activities have shown a steadily increasing level of NGO involvement, with NGOs being engaged in a variety of ways, at all stages of the project processing cycle and at all stages of the project implementation process. The most effective avenues of cooperation have been identifying, designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating projects, especially those that focus on social and environmental concerns.

Sectors in which NGOs and the Bank are working together closely include agriculture and rural development, social infrastructure, urban development, water supply and sanitation, health and population, education and human resources development, small-scale industry and credit, and environmental protection. Activities in these areas must accurately assess people's needs and demands and involve local communities at all stages.

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