Strategy 2020

About Strategy 2020

Strategy 2020, ADB's long-term strategy approved in April 2008, sets ADB's strategic course for its operations to the year 2020.

To fight poverty in a region of more than 600 million poor people, Strategy 2020 will refocus ADB operations on three development agendas — inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration.

Strategy 2020 identifies drivers of change that will be stressed in all its operations —developing the private sector, encouraging good governance, supporting gender equity, helping developing countries gain knowledge, and expanding partnerships with other development institutions, the private sector, and community-based organizations.

By 2012, 80% of ADB's lending will be in five core operational areas identified as ADB's comparative strengths

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Regional cooperation and integration
• Finance sector development
• Education

By 2020, about 50% of operations will be in private sector development and private sector operations, and 30% in regional cooperation and integration.

ADB will continue to operate on a more selective basis in health, agriculture, and disaster and emergency assistance.

The Strategy will serve as ADB's main strategic document from 2008 to 2020, replacing the long-term strategic framework for 2001-2015 released in 2000.