The proposed TA has four main objectives: (i) to foster the capacity of officials from finance ministries and central banks of DMCs in economic and financial surveillance (ii) to provide relevant inputs for economic policy making activities through technical training programs and researches (iii) to pave the way for AMRO to play an expected role at earliest possible time by promoting surveillance expertise built on shared principles and techniques across the region (iv) to modernize the national surveillance units in ASEAN through an intensive case study methodology which will examine their unique economic circumstances and explore their decade long achievement and regional approach to economic surveillance.
| Project Name | Technical Training and Capacity Building for Selected Asian Countries on Regional Economic and Financial Monitoring | ||||
| Project Number | 41539-012 | ||||
| Country | Regional | ||||
| 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 | Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Public sector management - Economic affairs management |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | No gender elements | ||||
| Description | The proposed TA has four main objectives: (i) to foster the capacity of officials from finance ministries and central banks of DMCs in economic and financial surveillance (ii) to provide relevant inputs for economic policy making activities through technical training programs and researches (iii) to pave the way for AMRO to play an expected role at earliest possible time by promoting surveillance expertise built on shared principles and techniques across the region (iv) to modernize the national surveillance units in ASEAN through an intensive case study methodology which will examine their unique economic circumstances and explore their decade long achievement and regional approach to economic surveillance. | ||||
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| Impact | Strengthen the institutional and technical capacity of countries in economic and financial monitoring, and in formulating effective economic policies through enhanced regional cooperation including effective management of the CMIM. | ||||
Project Outcome
| Description of Outcome | Enhanced capacity of finance ministries and central bank staffs in regional economic and financial monitoring and macro economic policy formulation. |
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| Description of Project Outputs | About 120 150 mid level staffs from finance ministries and central banks of selected DMCs trained through 3 4 batches of semiannual education program 2. Case study research on economic and financial monitoring and macroeconomic policy formulation Case study research on economic and financial monitoring and macroeconomic policy formulation |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | Two batches of training was conducted in 2010. The first batch was held in Seoul, Republic of Korea last 17 May - 11 June 2010, benefiting 35 staff from finance ministries and central banks of selected DMCs. The second batch, which was attended by 31 staff, was held in ADB Headquarters last 6 September - 1 October 2010. On 2-20 May 2011, the first batch of training for 2011 was held in Seoul, Republic of Korea. An international consultant was engaged to conduct a case study on regional economic surveillance and macroeconomic policies formulated by selected countries. It tried to provide lessons and implications of establishing surveillance units in countries to prevent the occurrence of a financial crisis in the future. |
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Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
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Business Opportunities
| Consulting Services | Individual Consultants International 1. Macroeconomists Economists (15 PM total) National 1. Economic Analyst and Proj. Coordinator (12 PM) 2. Events Coordinator (16 PMs) Resource Persons (1.2 PMs) |
Responsible Staff
| Responsible ADB Officer | Jeong, Hoe Yun |
| Responsible ADB Department | Office of Regional Economic Integration |
| Responsible ADB Division | Office of Regional Economic Integration |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank Hoe Yun Jeong [email protected] 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines |
Timetable
| Concept Clearance | 15 Oct 2009 |
| Fact Finding | 11 Mar 2010 to 25 Mar 2010 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 12 Feb 2010 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 27 Oct 2010 |
| Last PDS Update | 25 May 2011 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 12 Feb 2010 | - | 12 Feb 2010 | 31 Jul 2011 | 31 Oct 2013 | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 1,200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,200,000.00 | 12 Feb 2010 | 1,173,057.77 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Technical Training and Capacity Building for Selected Asian Countries on Regional Economic and Financial Monitoring | TA Completion Reports | Mar 2014 |
| Technical Training and Capacity Building for Selected Asian Countries on Regional Economic and Financial Monitoring | Technical Assistance Reports | Feb 2010 |
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