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Regional Workshop on Performance-Based Allocation of ADF Resources (Pacific Region)

This workshop aims to explain Asian Development Fund (ADF) grant policy and recent revisions to the Performance-Based Allocation (PBA) policy.

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The workshop will be in collaboration with the International Development Association (IDA) and will be conducted by the ADB and World Bank staff. The presentations will cover the refinements to the PBA system. These are:

1. enhancing the allocations to the poorest countries,
2. improving the measure of portfolio performance,
3. meeting the special needs of Pacific island countries,
4. implementing the post conflict phase out, and
5. reinforcing the country ownership of subregional projects.

It will also cover the revisions to the grant framework which is substantially aligned with IDA

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1. ADB's concessional resources and Performance-Based Allocation (PBA) system
2. Policy and institutional assessment under Country Performance Assessment (CPA)
3. Case studies on performance assessment and rating
4. Weighting performance and needs, special considerations and resource and pipeline management under PBA
5. Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) and grant/loan mix allocation under PBA

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Completion report synthesizing workshop discussions to determine possible improvements/enhancements to the policy.

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Government Representatives from Pacific DMCs

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• Ms. Soonhwa Yi, Economist, The World Bank
• Eugene Zhukov, Regional Director, Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office
• Steve Pollard, Principal Economist, Pacific Department
• Jong Woo Kang, Senior Planning and Policy Economist, Strategy and Policy Department
• Soonhwa Yi, Economist, Resource Mobilization Department, IDA, World Bank
• Grace Ong, Consultant, Strategy and Policy Department