Regional : Building Financial Resilience and Stability to Reinvigorate Growth

Sovereign Project | 53317-001

1.The proposed knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will strengthen the macroeconomic stability, financial resilience, and capacity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)+3 policy makers to craft strategic agenda, and identify policy priorities and directions that can help countries manage both the short-term risks and medium-term vulnerabilities emanating from increasing interconnectedness, rapid technology advances, recurring financial volatilities and crises, and uncertainties from disease outbreaks or epidemics, climate change and economic policy shocks such as trade tension, through research, database solutions, and knowledge events. It aims to support ADB's mandate and work on regional cooperation and integration (RCI) and improve macro- and micro-prudential regulation, and supervision of financial institutions.

Project Details

  • Project Officer
    Avendano Pabon, Rolando
    Economic Research and Development Impact Department
    Request for information
  • Country/Economy
    Regional
  • Sector
    • Finance
Project Name Building Financial Resilience and Stability to Reinvigorate Growth
Project Number 53317-001
Country / Economy Regional
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Viet Nam
Project Status Active
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Technical Assistance
Source of Funding / Amount
TA 6592-REG: Building Financial Resilience and Stability to Reinvigorate Growth
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 100,000.00
Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund US$ 150,000.00
Investment Climate Facilitation Fund under the Regional Cooperation and Integration Financing Partnership Facility US$ 900,000.00
People's Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund US$ 150,000.00
Operational Priorities OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality
OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity
OP7: Fostering regional cooperation and integration
Sector / Subsector

Finance / Banking systems and nonbank financial institutions - Infrastructure finance and investment funds

Gender Some gender elements
Description

1.The proposed knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will strengthen the macroeconomic stability, financial resilience, and capacity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)+3 policy makers to craft strategic agenda, and identify policy priorities and directions that can help countries manage both the short-term risks and medium-term vulnerabilities emanating from increasing interconnectedness, rapid technology advances, recurring financial volatilities and crises, and uncertainties from disease outbreaks or epidemics, climate change and economic policy shocks such as trade tension, through research, database solutions, and knowledge events. It aims to support ADB's mandate and work on regional cooperation and integration (RCI) and improve macro- and micro-prudential regulation, and supervision of financial institutions.

The TA proposes to undertake: (i) production of knowledge products that will identify regional and national knowledge solutions and disseminate strategic policy advice; (ii) establishment of an electronic library and information platforms and/or database solutions that will enhance access to data, information, and knowledge for 8 selected DMCs; and (iii) delivery of capacity building seminars and South-South policy dialogue to exchange experience, lessons, and policy recommendations to help these 8 selected DMCs respond to shocks. The targeted economies are Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Viet Nam. These economies are selected based on their income level, size, economic vulnerabilities they face, development stage of their financial sector, and the capacity of their governments to manage shocks to their financial sector.

Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy

The velocity of growth and development is increasing and we are bound to see larger fluctuations in economic growth due to big shocks emanating from financial crisis, technology disruptions, commodity crisis, climate change disasters, health-related issues like epidemics, cyber-attacks, financial and policy uncertainties, and threats from geopolitical dynamicswhich will inevitably trigger fallout affecting economic growth. These volatility and uncertainty will occur at an exponential rate, with impact spread with speed, intensity, and diversity affecting many countries. Therefore, building resilience and nurturing capacity to craft policies and build strategic agenda to cope with these challenges is imperative. While crises and resilience-related studies exist, research agenda remains large as best practices evolve to respond to these shocks.

New markets and economic geographies are also emerging, such as the evolution of platform economies, which are changing the way markets operate with important implications on fiscal policies, labor markets, social safety nets, and regulations. New regional alliances are also developing through the creation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the ASEAN's Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and the PRC's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Understanding the implications of these new markets and economic geographies is important so that the region and countries can adapt to and use these changes to their advantage.

The proposed TA will respond to the need for improving the wealth of knowledge and existing mechanisms toward building and ensuring financial resilience and stability to invigorate growth. The TA will also encourage participation and collaboration with and among regional institutions such as ASEAN and ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) in undertaking the proposed solutions to the aforementioned challenges.

Impact

The project is aligned with effects of shocks and their impact contained through greater macroeconomic stability and financial resilience.

Project Outcome
Description of Outcome

Greater macroeconomic stability and financial resilience achieved.

Progress Toward Outcome
Implementation Progress
Description of Project Outputs

Knowledge products with regional and country-level policy recommendations delivered.

Electronic library and information platforms established.

Knowledge sharing events for the 8 selected DMCs conducted.

Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues)
Geographical Location Bangladesh - Nation-wide; Cambodia - Nation-wide; Indonesia - Nation-wide; Lao People's Democratic Republic - Nation-wide; Malaysia - Nation-wide; Mongolia - Nation-wide; Myanmar - Nation-wide; Nepal - Nation-wide; Philippines - Nation-wide; Sri Lanka - Nation-wide; Thailand - Nation-wide; Viet Nam - Nation-wide
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
Environmental Aspects
Involuntary Resettlement
Indigenous Peoples
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation
During Project Design
During Project Implementation
Responsible ADB Officer Avendano Pabon, Rolando
Responsible ADB Department Economic Research and Development Impact Department
Responsible ADB Division Regional Cooperation and Integration Division (ERCI)
Executing Agencies
Asian Development Bank
Timetable
Concept Clearance 27 Mar 2020
Fact Finding 01 Jun 2020 to 31 Jul 2020
MRM -
Approval 21 Nov 2020
Last Review Mission -
Last PDS Update 21 Nov 2020

TA 6592-REG

Milestones
Approval Signing Date Effectivity Date Closing
Original Revised Actual
21 Nov 2020 - 21 Nov 2020 30 Sep 2023 30 Sep 2024 -
Financing Plan/TA Utilization Cumulative Disbursements
ADB Cofinancing Counterpart Total Date Amount
Gov Beneficiaries Project Sponsor Others
100,000.00 1,200,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,300,000.00 03 Nov 2023 389,480.94

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Tenders

Tender Title Type Status Posting Date Deadline
Machine Learning Programmer Individual - Consulting Closed
Economic Analyst Individual - Consulting Closed
Software Programmer Individual - Consulting Closed
Economist/Data Scientist Individual - Consulting Closed
Economist/Finance Sector Specialist (Eminent Book Reviewer - 1) Individual - Consulting Closed
Economist/Data Scientist Individual - Consulting Closed

Contracts Awarded

No contracts awarded for this project were found

Procurement Plan

Title Document Type Document Date
Building Financial Resilience and Stability to Reinvigorate Growth: Procurement Plan Procurement Plans Nov 2020