Project Data Sheet
Project 52216-002
Project Data Sheet
Project 52216-002
| Project Name | Asian Development Outlook 2019-2021 - Asian Development Outlook 2019 (Subproject 1) | ||||
| Project Number | 52216-002 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Regional |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Knowledge solutions Partnerships |
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| Sector / Subsector | Multisector / ADB's corporate management, policy and strategy development |
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| Gender | Some gender elements | ||||
| Description | The TA subproject will support the production of the ADO 2019, one of ADB's flagship publications. It will support the following activities: (i) preparing background analytical papers following the 2-year rolling research plan, (ii) further developing and refining analytical methods, (iii) drafting of ADO content, (iv) editing economic content and manuscripts, (v) preparing and laying out of materials for publication, and (vi) disseminating key results and policy messages. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The TA subproject will support activities to produce one of ADB's flagship publications, the ADO. The ADO''s comprehensive analysis of evolving macroeconomic advances and emerging development challenges in the region helps ADB strengthen its role as a knowledge institution, and supports the knowledge and operational work of ADB's regional departments. Country chapters monitor the latest economic developments and provide a near-term outlook, which are essential in developing appropriate policy recommendations to ensure macroeconomic stability. The chapters' policy challenge sections analyze key obstacles to inclusive economic growth, such as (i) factors preventing productive employment generation, (ii) human development constraints, (iii) gender and other socioeconomic and demographic barriers, (iv) spatial and geographical limitations, (v) institutional and policy weaknesses, and (vi) factors preventing expansion of social protection programs. The thematic chapters examine important development challenges for a transforming Asia and the Pacific. Recent themes include assessing the impact of technology on jobs, leveraging public private partnerships, transcending the middle-income challenge, and shifting economies to a low-carbon growth path. The ADO can help provide research and data support for participation by ADB Management in regional and global policy forums and contribute to informed debate in topical areas, such as climate change and disaster risk, rapid urbanization, innovation and technology, and the future of the service industry. The report's analysis of the region provides insights that help guide appropriate policy responses to the economic issues facing the region. The TA was submitted in October 2017 to the Strategy, Policy and Review Department as part of the priority TA program of the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD) and was endorsed as a corporate priority TA in December 2017. |
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| Impact | Environment within which policy formulation occurs in DMEs influenced by the ADO. Debates and policy research on important development challenges facing Asia and the Pacific spurred by the ADO. |
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| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Reference to the ADO by the media, economic researchers and DME officials maintained or increased |
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| Description of Project Outputs | Disseminated ADO 2019, ADO 2019 Update, and ADO supplements Published background papers |
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| Geographical Location | Regional |
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| Consulting Services | Individual consultants and resource persons will be recruited through individual consultant selection to provide international and national consulting. The subproject will require international consultancy from economists who will prepare background papers and analyses supporting the theme chapters or topics related to the outlook. International economic advisory and editing consultants will be required for the economic and technical editing of ADO manuscripts before final publication. National economics consultants and research assistants will be required to assist with data management and to conduct research on a particular topic. National consultants will be needed to perform the desktop publishing and graphic design of the publication. Resource persons will be engaged for a maximum of 15 working days to conduct training on macroeconomics and economic forecasting and also serve as discussants during workshops. |
| Procurement | To be determined. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Abiad, Abdul D. |
| Responsible ADB Department | Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | ERMR |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 05 Nov 2018 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 06 Nov 2018 |
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 05 Nov 2018 | - | 05 Nov 2018 | 31 Dec 2020 | - | 30 May 2021 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 956,672.00 |