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Bhutan and ADB
ADB’s country partnership strategy for Bhutan, 2019–2023 supports efforts to diversify the economy, catalyze private sector growth, improve connectivity, build climate-resilient infrastructure, and strengthen human capital.
Latest Country Strategies and Business Plans
The country partnership strategy (CPS) is ADB's primary platform for designing operations to deliver development results at the country level. ADB works with each developing member country to map out a medium-term development strategy and a 3-year country operations business plan (COBP) to implement it.
Bhutan: Country Partnership Strategy (2019–2023)
This Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) defines ADB's strategic approach in Bhutan for 2019–2023.
Bhutan: Country Operations Business Plan (2021-2023)
ADB's country operations business plan (COBP), 2021–2023 for Bhutan aligns with the three pillars of the country partnership strategy, which aims to (i) promote dynamic economic reforms to foster a resilient and diversified economy, (ii) improve connectivity for better access to information and markets, and (iii) achieve greater inclusiveness through more equitable socioeconomic development.
South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Operational Plan 2016-2025 Update
This report reflects the changes in the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Program’s operational plan for the period 2016–2025, in particular on priority projects resulting from a rigorous vetting process.
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Bhutan: Country Operations Business Plan (2021-2023)
ADB's country operations business plan (COBP), 2021–2023 for Bhutan aligns with the three pillars of the country partnership strategy, which aims to (i) promote dynamic economic reforms to foster a resilient and diversified economy, (ii) improve connectivity for better access to information and markets, and (iii) achieve greater inclusiveness through more equitable socioeconomic development.
Bhutan: Country Operations Business Plan (2020-2022)
The country operations business plan (COBP), 2020–2022 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Bhutan is consistent with ADB’s draft country partnership strategy, 2019–2023 for Bhutan, the Government’s priority areas articulated in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan (2018–2023), and operational priorities of ADB’s Strategy 2030.
Bhutan: Country Partnership Strategy (2019–2023)
This Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) defines ADB's strategic approach in Bhutan for 2019–2023.
Bhutan: Country Operations Business Plan (2019-2021)
The proposed indicative rolling pipeline envisaged in the country operations business plan (COBP) 2019−2021 is consistent with ADB’s country partnership strategy 2014−2018 for Bhutan, and with the Government of Bhutan’s priority areas as articulated in the Eleventh Five Year Plan, 2013–2018. The draft 12th 5-year plan 2018–2023 has been prepared and will be adopted by the new government following the general elections in November 2018.
Bhutan: Country Operations Business Plan (2018-2020)
The proposed lending and nonlending operations are aligned with the country partnership strategy (CPS) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Bhutan for 2014–2018, and with the priority areas of the Government of Bhutan as articulated in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. Technical assistance (TA) grants will support capacity development and project preparation.
Bhutan: Amendments to Loan Agreements (Special Operations) and Financing Agreements (Special Operations)
To implement the designation of eligible Asian Development Fund (ADF) loans as concessional ordinary capital resources (OCR) loans following the approval of the ADF-OCR merger by ADB's Board of Governors, it is necessary to amend the respective Legal Agreements.
This letter agreement effective 1 January 2017 applies to the ADF loans made by ADB to Bhutan, as referred to in this document dated 3 October 2016.
Bhutan: Country Operations Business Plan (2017-2019)
The country operations business plan (COBP), 2017–2019 for Bhutan's indicative lending and nonlending operations for 2017–2019 are aligned with the country partnership strategy, 2014–2018 of ADB for Bhutan, and with the priority areas articulated in Bhutan’s Eleventh Five Year Plan, 2013–2018. It is also consistent with the priorities set out in ADB’s Midterm Review of Strategy 2020.
South Asia: Regional Cooperation Operations Business Plan (2016-2018)
The regional cooperation operations business plan (RCOBP), 2016–2018 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) updates the RCOBP, 2015–2017. The proposed regional operations for 2016-2018 are consistent with the priorities of the regional cooperation strategy (RCS), 2011-2015. Thus, while the new RCOBP falls outside the time frame of the RCS 2011-2015, it is the fifth RCOBP in support of the current RCS.
Bhutan: Country Operations Business Plan (2016-2018)
The country operations business plan (COBP), 2016–2018 for Bhutan identifies the lending and nonlending operations for 2016–2018 that pursue full alignment with the country partnership strategy, 2014–2018 of ADB for Bhutan, and with the priority areas articulated in Bhutan’s Eleventh Five Year Plan, 2013–2018. It is also consistent with the priorities set out in ADB’s Midterm Review of Strategy 2020. This COBP indicates lending for green energy, transport and connectivity, and urban infrastructure.
Bhutan: Country Operations Business Plan (2015-2017)
The country operations business plan identifies lending and nonlending programs for 2015–2017 and is fully in line with the direction and strategic priorities outlined in the Asian Development Bank’s country partnership strategy, 2014–2018 for Bhutan. The strategy, approved in July 2014, was prepared in line with the priority areas of the government’s Eleventh Five-Year Plan, 2013–2018.
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