Pakistan Resident Mission

Archive Newsletters

March 2004 (Volume 6, No. 1, 2004)

Overview of Contents:

• ADB’s Vice President visits Pakistan
• VP Jin’s Meeting with Excellencies President & Prime Minister of Pakistan and Honorable Finance Minister
• Rural Finance Sector Development Program, an appraisal
• ADB’s efforts to improve Rural Livelihood in Pakistan
• ADB’s efforts to promote female education in Rural Areas of Pakistan
• Enhanced development effectiveness : National Consultation Workshop with NGOs/ CSOs on Asian Development Fund (ADF IX)
• Quarterly Consultative Meeting of NGOs/ CSOs & ADB
• Ambassador Paul Speltz, Executive Director US visits PRM
• Provincial Portfolio Review Meetings
• Poverty & Macro Economic Specialist at PRM
• PRM staff member’s new assignment at TJRM
• New Publications

December 2003 (Volume 5, No. 4, 2003)

Overview of Contents:

• Visit of DDG-SARD to PRM
• Women Health Project
• Farm-to-Market Roads
• PRM-ADBI High Level Policy Forum
• ADB Helping to Improve Urban Water Supply & Sanitation
• Gap Bridged
• Beginning Life at ADB
• New Staff at PRM
• New Publications
• PRM & 2003 Cricket Match
• End of Year Get-to-Gether

September 2003 (Volume 5, No. 3, 2003)

Overview of Contents:

• Punjab Development Forum (PDF) A Platform For Dialogue
• Executive Director For The US Mr. Paul Speltz Visit To PRM
• ADB Private Sector Development Strategy For Pakistan Visit of DG-PSOD To Pakistan 24-27 September 2003
• Private Sector Environment Protection Initiatives: Pollution A Threat To Mangroves
• Kotri Barrage Rehabilitation Project Completion Report
• Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project Inauguration Ceremony
• Malakand Rural Development Project A Remarkable Recovery
• Award of Certificates To Project Directors
• Access To Justice Program NPRCC Meeting
• Decentralization Support Program NPSC Meeting
• PRM Activities July-September 2003
• New Publications
• New Staff at PRM

June 2003 (Volume 5, No. 2, 2003)

Overview of Contents:

• The Pakistan Development Forum
• Country Strategy Program Update (CSPU)
• Core Project Management Units
• Gender and Governance Issues in Local Government
• Industrial Environmental Management Project
• Punjab Resource Management Program
• Building Capacity For Debt Management at The Ministry of Finance
• Swabi Scarp Project Completion
• ADB's Perspective on Microfinance Sector in Pakistan
• Consultative Workshop For ADB-Government-NGO Cooperation
• PRM Activities
• PRM Staff Outing to Thandiani

March 2003 (Volume 5, No. 1, 2003)

Overview of Contents:

• Visit of Director General, South Asia Department Visit of Director General, South Asia
• Visit of US Alternate Executive Visit of US Alternate Executive Director
• Introducing ADB's Program to the New Introducing ADB's Program to the New Government
• Provincial Portfolio Review Meetings Provincial Portfolio Review
• Signing of Technical Assistance for Early Childhood Development Project Signing of Technical Assistance for Early Childhood Development
• ADB's Donor Coordination ADB's Donor Coordination Activities
• Decentralization Support Program ( Decentralization Support Program (DSP)
• Access to Justice Program - Annual Review Access to Justice Program - Annual Review Mission
• Snow in Islamabad - An Unforgettable Experience Snow in Islamabad - An Unforgettable

December 2002 (Volume 4, No. 3, 2002)

Overview of Contents:

• Record Lending in ADB 2002
• ADB Operations - Emphasis on Participatory Development
• New Projects
• Support for Governance Reform
• Building Partnership
• The Way Forward - 2003 Country Program Conformation Mission
• PRM Publishes First Working Paper and Pakistan Economic Update
• New Arrivals

October 2002 (Volume 4, No. 2, 2002)

Overview of Contents:

• ADB and Government of Pakistan Sign Poverty Reduction Partnership Agreement
• Vice President Shin’s Visit to Pakistan
• PRM Report on Poverty in Pakistan Issues, Causes and Institutional Responses
• Presentations
• Punjab Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project
• Quarterly Consultative Meeting with NGOs
• Operational Programs
• News and Events
• New Arrivals

July 2002 (Volume 4, No. 1, 2002)

Overview of Contents:

• ADB and Pakistan - A Dynamic Partnership
• Snapshots of Key Projects in Pakistan
  • Agriculture Sector Program Loan - II
  • Access to Justice
  • NWFP Urban Development Program
  • Reproductive Health Project
  • Road Sector Development Program
  • NWFP Barani Area Development Project
• Current and Future Activities
  • Governance
  • Social Sector
  • Energy
  • Finance, Trade and Industry
  • Private Sector Development
  • Agricultural and Rural Development
  • Subregional Cooperation
• Role of Pakistan Resident Mission
• News and Events
  • Board of Director's Visit
  • Portfolio Management

December 2001 (Volume 3, No. 2, 2001)

Overview of Contents:

• ADB President Visits Pakistan
• ADB and Pakistan
• News and Events
  • ADB's Libor-based Loan Product Now Available
  • Lending Rates for Pool-Based Loans Announced
  • Improving Corporate Governance in Pakistan's Capital Market
  • ADB Signs Political Risk Guarantee for Trade Finance in Pakistan
  • Emergency Assistance To Fight Drought In Pakistan
  • Orientation Program for DMC Officials (under RETA 5927)