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Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific: The Poverty Reduction Strategy of the Asian Development Bank

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Poverty is an unacceptable human condition.

ADB has dedicated itself to a clear and single-minded vision: an Asia and Pacific region free of poverty. All of ADB's other goals and strategic objectives should contribute to poverty reduction. The Poverty Reduction Strategy sets out the ways in which ADB proposes to pursue this vision.

• Many were bypassed by the growth and transformation that happened in many of the region's economies
• Economic crises have pitched into poverty thousands who were previously making gains
• Nearly one in four Asians today is poor, surviving on less than $1 per day

The key elements of ADB's Poverty Reduction Strategy:

• robust, sustained, pro-poor economic growth
• social development, including human development and improvement in the status of women
• better governance

ADB has reviewed its Poverty Reduction Strategy after three years of implementation. Read the enhanced poverty reduction strategy.

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The following is the text of the policy paper approved by the Board of Directors on 9 November 1999. Comments or inquiries can be sent by e-mail to poverty@adb.org, or by fax to (632) 632-2640.

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Contents

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Abbreviations

1. The mission

1. Poverty reduction-the overarching objective
2. Building on success



2. The challenge of poverty reduction

1. The nature of poverty
2. A framework for poverty reduction
3. Key elements of the framework



3. The strategy

1. Poverty analysis
2. Country strategies
3. Project typology
4. Program and lending targets
5. Selection of projects
6. Crosscutting priorities
7. Sector priorities
8. Using new tools
9. Monitoring impact
10. Coordination among funding agencies



4. A program for action

1. Retooling for poverty reduction
2. New instruments
3. Program and lending targets
4. Working with partners
5. Monitoring progress in poverty reduction
6. Review of the strategy

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