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ADF VIII Donors' Report: Fighting Poverty in Asia

In November 2000, donors to the Asian Development Fund (ADF) recommended $5.645 billion as the level of ADF operations for the four-year period 2001–2004. Portugal and Singapore joined as donors to the ADF.

Key recommendations of the ADF VIII Donors’ Report

• Carry out ADF operations under the general ADB-wide framework of the Poverty Reduction Strategy

• Use ADB’s instruments for advice and financing to pursue private sector development outcomes

• Give greater attention to cross-cutting issues of gender, environmental sustainability, and core labor standards

• Use ADB’s special mandate and comparative advantage to pursue cooperation among the region’s developing member countries (DMCs)

• Deal with drug trafficking and money laundering

• Take the lead in coordinating operations with other development partners to build partnerships and achieve greater development impact

• Ensure that ADF funds go to the DMCs that can make the most efficient and productive use of them; a system based on the priorities of the Poverty Reduction Strategy shall be used to allocate such funds

• Good governance principles should be applied to and reflected in ADB’s internal governance

RELATED DOCUMENTS

Asian Development Fund VII: Progress Report (1999) ADF VIII Mid-Term Review: Chairperson’s Summary of Discussions

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Contents

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1. Introduction
2. The International Development Goals
3. Poverty in Developing Asia
4. ADB and ADF: Vision and Role
5. ADB's Framework for Poverty Reduction
6. Development Through Partnership
7. ADF Resources: Portfolio Management and Performance
8. The Strategy for Implementing ADF VIII
9. Planned Lending in ADF VIII
10. Financing Framework for ADF VIII
11. Issues for Policy Review
12. Midterm Review of ADF VIII

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