The Reform Agenda
Together, the following 19 initiatives will
enhance ADB's capability to manage its
resources and activities to ensure its
products and services contribute to
desired outcomes. Three were completed
in 2004, 12 will be achieved in 2005, and
4 will be implemented over the next
3 years. The Reform Coordination
Committee established on 23 July 2004
coordinates implementation, monitors
progress, and communicates with staff
and stakeholders.
- Review the implementation of the
private sector development strategy.
- Review the implementation of
governance and anticorruption
policies.
- Prepare a strategic approach for
regional cooperation.
- Strengthen the performance-based
allocation policy.
- Review the graduation policy.
- Review the medium-term strategy for
2001–2005.
- Review and recommend ways to
improve modalities and approaches to
meet the needs of countries borrowing
from ordinary capital resources.
- Review and recommend ways to
improve support for capacity
development.
- Establish a results management unit.
- Design and implement an action plan
for managing for development results.
- Implement the action plan for project
performance management systems.
- Get an independent assessment of the
2002 reorganization.
- Increase the efficiency and
innovativeness of products.
- Harmonize and align practices and
procedures with developing member
countries in agreed areas.
- Implement measures to alleviate
bunching at the end of the year.
- Implement the action plan for the
knowledge management framework.
- Prepare and implement a unified
public communications policy.
- Implement the latest information
systems and technology strategy.
- Formulate and implement a new
human resource strategy.