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News for NGOsADB Supports Members in Tackling SARSADB will work in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies to assist its developing member countries in curbing the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - SARS. Under a newly adopted action plan, ADB will provide grants and concessional loans. International and national nongovernment organizations will be engaged to help ADB, WHO, and other development partners implement activities such as public education campaigns, training, preventive health work, and socioeconomic impacts and assessments. For more information, email Clay Wescott at cwescott@adb.org or read the news release- ADB Prepares Action Plan to Address SARS.Manual Guides Staff on Information DisclosureADB has added a new section to its Operations Manual to guide staff on disclosing documents to the public. Section 52 states, in part, that “staff must act on the basis of a presumption in favor of disclosure, which means that documents must be made available on request unless there are legal, practical, or other constraints. Such presumption is for total disclosure in respect of unclassified and declassified documents.” For more information, email at Elsie Araneta at elaraneta@adb.org or read Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information Transformation of NGO Microfinance ProvidersBetween 1992 and March 2003, at least 39 NGOs transformed themselves into regulated financial institutions in 15 countries. In a recent presentation at ADB headquarters, Nimal A. Fernando, Lead Rural Finance Specialist, examined why NGOs transform themselves into regulated financial institutions. For more information, email Mr. Fernando at nfernando@adb.org or read the Microfinance References |
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