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Annual Report of the Bank

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has a vision of a poverty-free Asian and Pacific region. In 2000, ADB went from vision to action, pursuing its poverty reduction strategy in its developing member countries.

The Annual Report 2000 presents ADB's

• policies and strategies
• operations
• economic developments of its DMCs
• financial resources, including the successful replenishment of the Asian Development Fund and the establishment of the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction

The special theme chapter focuses on the importance of developing children in developing a nation.