e-Handbook on Project Implementation - ADB Policies and Procedures/Operations Manual

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Foreword

1. Introduction

2. ADB Policies and Procedures

2.1 Project Administration Instructions

2.2 Project Administration Memorandum

2.3 Guidelines for Preparing a Design and Monitoring Framework

2.4 Procurement Guidelines

2.5 Consulting Services Guidelines

2.6 Loan Disbursement Handbook

2.7 Loan Financial Information System

2.8 Financial Management

2.9 Operations Manual

2.10 Policy on Gender and Development

2.11 Environment Policy

2.12 Policy on Indigenous Peoples

2.13 Resettlement Handbook

2.14 Handbook on Social Analysis

2.15 Anticorruption Policy

2.16 Public Communication Policy

3. Project Stages

4. Project Scheduling and Resource Planning

5. Project Implementation

6. Project Manager

7. ADB and EA/IA Interaction

8. ADB Performance Review and Monitoring

9. Tutorials and Templates

10. Reference Material

Appendixes

FAQ

e-Handbook on Project Implementation : 2. ADB Policies and Procedures

2.10 Policy on Gender and Develoment

ADB’s Policy on Gender and Development will adopt mainstreaming as a key strategy in promoting gender equity. Gender considerations will be mainstreamed into all ADB activities, including macroeconomic and sector work, and lending and technical assistance (TA) operations. The key elements of ADB’s policy will include gender sensitivity, gender analysis, gender planning, mainstreaming, and agenda setting.

Policy on Gender and Develoment

Contents

Introduction
Gender and development issues in the Asia and Pacific region
Overview of ADB policy and operations on WID (1985–1996)
A. Gender considerations in ADB’s macroeconomic work
B. Gender considerations in project work
C. Gender considerations in recruitment and staffing
The need for a revised policy on gender and development
A. From WID to GAD
B. Experience of the World Bank and other agencies
C. Experience of DMC governments
D. International agenda for women
ADB’s revised policy on gender and development
A. Rationale
B. ADB policy
C. Operational approaches
D. Institutional mechanisms
E. Policy review and evaluation
F. Responsibility for GAD
G. ADB-wide resource implications of the policy on GA

Appendix

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2.9 Operations Manual

2.11 Environment Policy

Catalog

2.10 Policy on Gender and Develoment