Regional and Sustainable Development Department

The Regional and Sustainable Development Department (RSDD) was established in 2002 as a key feature of the ADB reorganization. RSDD is under the Vice President (Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development).

As the sector and thematic anchor department, RSDD serves three core functions:

1. To lead and coordinate strategic studies and the development of medium term business plans, to support corporate operational coherence in priority sector and thematic areas;
2. To introduce, demonstrate, and coordinate the deployment of new sector and thematic initiatives and business practices, to promote innovation and operational efficiency; and
3. To support internal knowledge sharing and external knowledge networking for relevant sector and thematic areas, to encourage learning and knowledge development.

• Bird Flu and Emerging Diseases
• Capacity Development
• Clean Energy
• Climate Change
• Consultation and Participation
• Disaster Risk Management
• Education
• Environment
• Financial Management and Analysis of Projects
• Food Security
• Gender and Development
• Governance
• Health Sector
• HIV/AIDS
• Human Trafficking
• Indigenous Peoples

• Involuntary Resettlement
• Knowledge Management
• Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
• Millennium Development Goals
• Nongovernment Organizations and Civil Society
• Nutrition
• Poverty Reduction
• Safeguards
• Social Development
• Social Protection
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - SARS
• Transport
• Tsunami Response
• Urban Development
• Water