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Economic Analysis Retrospective 2006:
Improving the Diagnostic Quality of Economic, Thematic, and Sector Work Underpinning Country Partnership Strategies

Reports Publication Date: November 2007 New

This Retro 2006 report is the fifth in an annual series of economic analysis retrospectives prepared by the Economics and Research Department to assess the quality of economic analysis applied throughout Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations. The retrospectives aim to promote the use of rigorous economic analysis by ADB staff in formulating country partnership strategies (CPSs) and in designing projects to ensure quality-at-entry and achieve greater aid effectiveness.

Retro 2006 assesses the quality of economic, thematic, and sector work (ETSW) that underpinned the five CPS papers approved by ADB in 2006. Robust country and sector diagnostics are essential to identify critical constraints to growth and poverty reduction in developing member countries. When ADB's lending and nonlending operations are designed to remove or relax such critical constraints, the effectiveness of its aid is strengthened.

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Contents

Contents, Abbreviations, Foreword [ PDF: 79kb | 5 pages ]

Chapter 1: Introduction [ PDF: 309kb | 4 pages ]

1.1 Background

1.2 Economic, Thematic, and Sector Work as a Diagnostic Tool

1.3 Scope and Methodology

Chapter 2: Diagnostic Quality of Economic, Thematic, and Sector Work [ PDF: 483kb | 13 pages ]

2.1 Scope of the Review

2.2 Growth Assessments

2.3 Poverty Assessments

2.4 Private Sector Assessments

2.5 Sector Road Maps

Chapter 3: Staff Perceptions of CPS Business Processes for ETSW [ PDF: 198kb | 2 pages ]

Chapter 4: Summary and Conclusions [ PDF: 203kb | 3 pages ]

4.1 Summary of Key Findings

4.2 Strengthening ETSW: Possible Responses

4.3 Future Directions of ERD’s Operations Support

Appendix: Economic, Thematic, and Sector Work Reviewed [ PDF: 74kb | 1 page ]

References [ PDF: 82kb | 2 pages ]