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The Public Communications Policy of the Asian Development Bank: Disclosure and Exchange of Information

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Definitions

“affected people” means people who may be beneficially or adversely affected by a project or program assisted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

“appraisal” means (i) for public sector projects or programs, the appraisal mission, or if the appraisal mission is waived, the management review meeting where such a waiver is approved, and (ii) for private sector projects, the mission that follows the project’s review by the Private Sector Credit Committee.

“available to affected people” means available in an appropriate form, manner, and language and at an accessible location to be understandable to affected people.

“Board”, unless specified otherwise, refers to ADB’s Board of Directors.

“completion” of a document means preparation up to and including the stage at which it meets the requirements of the ADB department responsible for its preparation.

“confidential business information” means information covered by a confidentiality agreement or a non-disclosure agreement that ADB enters into with clients, advisors, consultants and other related parties.

“final report” means a report (i) formally submitted to ADB as a final report; (ii) that ADB has determined to be of sufficient quality to be used in preparing an ADB-assisted project or program; and (iii) that requires no further changes.

“historical information” means information concerning ADB-assisted projects, programs, policies, and general operations that is no longer "active."

“publicly available” means available on ADB’s website.¹

“resettlement plan” means any full or short resettlement plan prepared pursuant to ADB’s Policy on Involuntary Resettlement, as amended from time to time, and Operations Manual section F2/OP on involuntary resettlement.

“resettlement framework” means any resettlement framework prepared pursuant to Operations Manual section F2/OP on involuntary resettlement.

“strategy and program assessments” refer to poverty analyses; economic analyses; gender, governance, environment and private sector thematic analyses; and sector assessments undertaken in preparation of a strategy and program. It also includes updates to such assessments.

“strategy and program” or “strategies and programs” means any country strategy and program, country strategy and program update, regional cooperation strategy and program, or regional cooperation strategy and program update prepared for any developing member country or region.

“upon” approval, circulation, completion, endorsement, discussion, issuance or submission, means as soon as is reasonably practical, and no later than two weeks (14 calendar days) following the date of approval, circulation, completion, endorsement, discussion, issuance, or submission.

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