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ADB Review [ August 2005 ]

Businesses Support Rural Development

ADB has approved a $150,000 technical assistance project to promote business partnerships with governments, NGOs, and poor villages for rural development efforts in Cambodia. The project is inspired by the Thailand Business Initiative in Rural Development (T-BIRD), launched in 1988 by the Population and Community Development Association, to match rural needs for better business skills and marketing opportunities with the resources and talents of the private sector. For more information, contact Sophea Mar, Social Sector/Poverty Officer, ADB Cambodia Resident Mission, at smar@adb.org.

ADB Institute Creates CD-ROM Portal

The ADB Institute (ADBI) has created an online collection of more than 250 development-related CD-ROMs produced by other institutions, NGOs, and the private sector. Each entry summarizes the contents and explains how to obtain a copy. Many items are free, or available at modest cost. Of particular interest to NGOs are the UK-based NGO, Fahamu, several of which are being reviewed by independent experts. These reviews are posted online. For more information about ADBI knowledge resources, contact Penelope Price, Senior Communications Specialist and Webmaster, ADBI, at pprice@adbi.org.

Promoting NGO Capacity to Work with ADB

ADB has created a tool kit to enhance NGO understanding of the institution’s mission, goals, organizational structure, operational policies, programs, and procedures. The tool kit, available on CD-ROM, was developed following a workshop organized in Cavite, Philippines, in March 2004 by ADB for representatives of 16 NGOs from 14 countries in Asia. Contact the NGO and Civil Society Center at ngocoordinator@adb.org for copies of the CD-ROM.

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