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Information Policy and Strategy
Statement of information policy
The Bank’s information policy is to support its strategic agenda and objectives. To implement the policy, an information strategy will be developed and updated from time to time. In undertaking its information activities, the Bank will be guided by the following.
The Bank will promote better awareness and understanding of its activities, strategies, and objectives among the public and policymakers in all its member countries; marshall support for its activities; and fulfill its legal and moral obligations for public accountability.
The Bank will operate as an open, accessible institution, and disclose information except when it might be perceived to affect adversely the interests of its member countries or the sponsors of its private sector projects.2
The Bank will disseminate the issues and challenges of sustainable economic development facing its DMCs and how it is addressing these through its strategic agenda and objectives; at appropriate fora, the Bank will present and support the region’s case for continued trade, investments, and assistance.
The Bank will help enhance public awareness of development issues and share its experiences over more than 30 years of development work in the Asian and Pacific region.
The Bank will be more proactive in disseminating information, and will utilize all forms and channels of communications available and deemed relevant.3
The Bank will participate in and support information programs through schools, community fora, and such other activities as may be deemed relevant, to enhance social changes consistent with its strategic agenda and objectives.
The Bank will promote its publications through media publicity, marketing, advertisements, exchange programs, and the Depository Library Program.
The Bank will monitor and analyze information that has a bearing on its operations and seek to improve the collection, storage, retrieval, and communication of such information within the Bank as an important internal resource.
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- A separate policy paper on Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information was circulated to the Board on 18 August 1994 (DOC. R134-94). That paper proposes, among other things, that the Bank should provide the greatest possible degree of transparency and disclosure in all areas of its operations, with few exceptions.
- The Bank will monitor and, where appropriate and cost-effective, adopt new developments in communication technology like satellite and cable television; multimedia technologies; and innovations like electronic magazines and teletext to expand the scope for information penetration.
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