Safeguards
In the Spotlight
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ADB Approves Use of India’s POWERGRID Safeguard System for ADB-Financed Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved the use of Power Grid Corporation of India’s (POWERGRID) safeguard system as the benchmark for planning and implementing safeguards in ADB-financed projects.
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Strengthening Capacity to Apply Country Safeguard Systems
ADB and other development partners have been working with developing countries in Asia and the Pacific to establish or improve their country safeguard systems (CSS) through project support, policy dialogue, and technical assistance.
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Strengthening Country Safeguard Systems for Effective Environmental Management
Countries and multilateral financial institutions recognize the need to establish and implement legal and administrative frameworks that assess potential risks and manage the impacts of development projects on the environment.
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Country Safeguard Systems - An Overview
ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement calls for the strengthening country safeguards systems as an objective in itself, to ensure that such systems achieve the benchmarks set by international good practices. Read more
ADB's environmental and social safeguards are a cornerstone of its support to inclusive economic growth and environmental sustainability in Asia and Pacific. In July 2009, ADB's Board of Directors approved the new Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) governing the environmental and social safeguards of ADB's operations. The objectives of the SPS are to avoid, or when avoidance is not possible, to minimize and mitigate adverse project impacts on the environment and affected people, and to help borrowers strengthen their safeguard systems and develop the capacity to manage environmental and social risks.
Project Documents
- Combined Resettlement Framework and Indigenous Peoples Planning Frameworks
- Combined Resettlement Plan and Indigenous Peoples Plans
- Environmental and Social Management System Arrangements
- Environmental and Social Monitoring Reports
- Environment and Social Compliance Audit Reports
- Environmental Assessment and Measures
- Indigenous People's Planning Documents
- Program Safeguard Systems Assessments
- Resettlement Planning Documents
- Safeguards Due Diligence Reports
Toolkits
Publications
- Enhancing Lives: A Case Study of an Income Restoration Program in Viet Nam
- Health Impact Assessment: A Good Practice Sourcebook
- A Guidebook on the Compliance Review Function of ADB’s Accountability Mechanism – For ADB Management and Staff
- Safeguarding Myanmar's Environment
- Power Grid Corporation of India Limited - Agency-Level Use of Country Safeguard Systems