Safeguards
Updated: 27 November 2008
ADB's safeguard policies are central to achieving sustained development impact and poverty reduction. The objective of these policies is to avoid, minimize or mitigate adverse environmental impacts, social costs to third parties or marginalization of vulnerable groups that may result from development projects. Safeguard policies prescribe "do no harm" requirements that must be met for all ADB projects.
ADB has embarked on a safeguard policy update to enhance the effectiveness of its safeguard policies, and ensure their relevance to changing client needs and new lending modalities and instruments. ADB has three safeguard policies:
The Operations Evaluation Department has completed evaluations for ADB's safeguard policies:
Operations Manual Sections are available to guide implementation of these policies:
Further guidance on application of safeguards in ADB projects is provided in the:
View the types of safeguard documents in ADB:
ADB has initiated a regional technical assistance (TA) on Strengthening Country Safeguard Systems. The TA will define ADB's corporate approach on country safeguard systems and will require detailed assessments of safeguard systems in selected developing member countries (DMCs). These assessments will identify commonalities and gaps that will require capacity building, policy adaptation, and procedural clarity and definition. For more information, read the TA paper.
Read the overview on ADB's Safeguard Policies .
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