| Project Name | Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2017 | ||||
| Project Number | 49218-001 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Regional |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector |
Education / Education sector development Finance / Finance sector development Health / Health system development Industry and trade / Industry and trade sector development Information and communication technology / ICT infrastructure Public sector management / Economic affairs management Transport / Transport policies and institutional development |
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| Gender | Some gender elements | ||||
| Description | The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific, prepared by the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD), is one of the annual flagship publications of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The publication provides the latest comprehensive compendium and analysis of trends in economic, social, financial, and Millennium Development Goal (MDG)/Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators of ADB's regional members. It also contains a special chapter that provides in-depth, data-intensive policy analysis of an important policy issue. In general, Key Indicators (KI) provides a strong data and information support system for evidence-based policy making. The proposed regional research and development technical assistance (R-RDTA) will support the preparation of the 48th edition of the KI. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The impact of Key Indicators 2017 will be to influence the environment where economic monitoring and policy formulation, investment decisions, and new projects occur, especially in ADB's DMCs. The outcome will be that by the end of 2017, Key Indicators will be referred to by policymakers and/or economic researchers within and outside the ADB, as well as by the general public. The improved contents will provide: (i) information on economic trends and emerging policy issues that affect the development prospects of DMCs; (ii) high-quality data presented in the country, regional and SDG tables; and (iii) new indicators on the selected specific themes. Potential performance targets would be citations by major newspapers and publications, referential mentions by reputable media, and usage of the KI contents in corporate materials and Asian Development Fund DMCs. | ||||
| Impact | High quality statistics and economic analysis to meet increasing demand for knowledge for development in the DMCs supported. | ||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | The Key Indicators is referred to by policy makers and/or economic researchers within and outside ADB, as well as by the general public. |
| Progress Toward Outcome | The 2017 Key Indicators publication (Statistics Tables) was launched on 7 September 2017. The news release can be accessed here: https://www.adb.org/news/adb-releases-flagship-statistical-report-asia-and-pacific A report on How Technology Affects Jobs was published as theme chapter of the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2018. The report can be accessed here: https://www.adb.org/publications/asian-development-outlook-2018-how-technology-affects-jobs |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | Final background research papers for Key Indicators prepared Modernization of ADB Statistics Portal and SDBS implemented Publication and online links of Key Indicators 2017 including statistical tables and special chapters produced Workshops for knowledge sharing and dissemination conducted |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | Selected background research papers were part (box) of the ADO 2018 Theme Chapter, How Technology Affects Jobs. The modernization of SDBS (revamp) is in progress. The 2017 Key Indicators publication (Statistics Tables) was launched on 7 September 2017. (https://www.adb.org/publications/key-indicators-asia-and-pacific-2017) A report on How Technology Affects Jobs which was published as the theme chapter of the Asian Development Outlook 2018 was launched on 11 April 2018. A workshop on Jobs in Asia: How Technology is Shaping Asia's Quest for Good Jobs was held on 29 November 2017. The conference provided insights and useful inputs for the preparation of special chapter report on jobs and wages in developing Asia. |
| Geographical Location | Regional |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Environmental Aspects | |
| Involuntary Resettlement | |
| Indigenous Peoples | |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | During the TA processing stage, the TA was internally circulated within ADB for review and comments. |
| During Project Implementation | Coordinated with statistical partners from DMCs to update and validate selected economic indicators for KI country tables. |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | All consultants will be engaged by ADB in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time). The terms of reference for the consultants are in Appendix 3. |
| Procurement | ADB, whenever necessary, will procure equipment in accordance with its Procurement Guidelines (2015, as amended from time to time). Procurement will be coordinated with relevant departments whenever necessary. Upon TA completion, procured equipment will be disposed of and/or transferred to the implementing agencies in accordance with the project administration instruction on administering grant-financed technical assistance projects. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Jiang, Yi |
| Responsible ADB Department | Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Economic Analysis and Operations Support Division |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 30 Oct 2015 |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 11 Dec 2015 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 26 Sep 2018 |
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 11 Dec 2015 | - | 11 Dec 2015 | 31 Dec 2018 | - | 01 Jul 2019 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 935,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 935,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 872,268.78 |
| Project Page | https://www.adb.org//projects/49218-001/main |
| Request for Information | http://www.adb.org/forms/request-information-form?subject=49218-001 |
| Date Generated | 06 June 2023 |