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Auditor General Meets with US NGOs on Anticorruption Efforts

ADB Auditor General Peter E. Pedersen met with 12 representatives of US-based NGOs and consultancies to discuss ADB’s Anticorruption Policy. Participants included staff of the Bank Information Center, Forest Trends, and Government Accountability Project. The Office of the General Auditor works to ensure that ADB projects and staff adhere to the highest financial and ethical standards. For more information, contact Michael Stevens at amstevens@adb.org.

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ADB Supports Activities of NGOs in India

As part of an ongoing review of its Poverty Reduction Strategy, ADB consulted with stakeholders at its India Resident Mission in late July. Representatives of NGOs and international development agencies remarked that ADB operations have become more pro-poor since implementation of the Strategy began in 1999. An example of this trend is the technical assistance for Integrating Poverty Reduction in Programs and Projects, under which ADB has been financing small-scale grants to NGOs to provide, for example, AIDS counseling, introduce organic farming, and empower women. For more information, contact Sujatha Viswanathan at sviswanathan@adb.org.

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Punjab: Toward Millennium Development Goals

ADB approved a $300,000 technical assistance grant to assist the Government of Punjab in improving and expanding social services for the poor. The focus of the technical assistance will be on relatively low-cost services that are easy to administer and will benefit those in poverty. “Priorities will mirror the Millennium Development Goals,” said Marshuk Ali Shah, Country Director, ADB’s Pakistan Resident Mission. For more information, contact Vincent De Wit at vdewit@adb.org.

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