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Financing Partnerships

Building strong partnerships with diverse institutions.

Overview

ADB continued to provide agile and tailored support to its developing member countries in 2021, balancing the need to address short-term COVID-19 response with ensuring longer-term pandemic recovery. ADB’s robust and reliable long-term partnerships played a major role in mobilizing financial resources and specialist knowledge during the pandemic.

“Through partnerships, we build strong alliances, promote knowledge-based solutions, and expand funding for our developing member countries. While many countries in the region continued to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus is now increasingly turning to laying the foundation for a green, resilient, and inclusive recovery.” ~WooChong Um, ADB Managing Director General.

ADB’s financing partnerships can be “sovereign” in nature, i.e., driven by country needs determined by national governments of ADB member countries. They can also be “nonsovereign,” i.e., initiated by private entities, which may also be aligned with government priorities or respond to local concerns, such as microfinance, or regional concerns, such as digital health.

ADB and its financing partners pool financial resources, share in the risks involved, and combine knowledge and technical expertise in planning and implementing a development program or project. ADB offers full or partial administration of development assistance and programs cofinanced with partners.

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Financing Partnerships and ADB Strategy 2030

ADB’s Strategy 2030 aims to eradicate extreme poverty while working for a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific. Financing partnerships are working intensely—designing and implementing projects, testing ideas, and sharing knowledge—to achieve the targets of Strategy 2030’s seven operational priorities and working toward a green, inclusive, and resilient COVID-19 pandemic recovery.

Human figure with hands raised Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities

Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities

Partnerships are imperative to address the complexity and breadth of the challenges posed by COVID-19. ADB is committed to corralling ideas as well as delivering on the ambition of a recovery that sets a sustainable path for everyone, especially the poor and marginalized.

Gender symbols Accelerating progress in gender equality

Accelerating progress in gender equality

Financing partnerships addressed the immediate gender impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep the region from sliding behind on its gender equality commitments and, more broadly, to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Green leaf icon Tackling climate change

Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability

Climate action and mainstreaming the environment are complex and require serious thinking on how humans should interact with nature and the planet. ADB and its partners are heeding this call through ambitious climate action and nature-positive projects that offer concrete results and prioritize a green and sustainable future

Industrial buildings icon Making cities more livable

Making cities more livable

The COVID-19 pandemic gave a new dimension to resilience, especially in cities that have already been challenged by rapid migration for decades. ADB and its partners are working to make cities more sustainable, livable, and resilient.

Orange plant icon Promoting rural development and food security

Promoting rural development and food security

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted agricultural value chains and rural economies, exacerbated poverty and food insecurity, and undermined development gains. ADB and its partners are addressing sustainable agri-food systems, inclusive rural development, and innovative investments for rural revitalization and a greener and resilient recovery.

Blue municipal building icon Governance and Capacity Building

Governance and Capacity Building

ADB and its financing partners, governments, and the broader global development community have shifted their focus on how to recover lost ground and reignite momentum behind the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is a broad consensus that real SDG progress is linked to better governance and more effective governments.

Orange flower icon Fostering regional cooperation and integration

Fostering regional cooperation and integration

ADB’s financing partnerships has a solid track record of regional cooperation, not just on infrastructure connectivity, trade, and finance, but also in combating the spread of communicable and infectious diseases, such as SARS, avian flu, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis, malaria, and now, COVID-19.

Sharing Progress: Why Partner with ADB

Partnering with ADB allows donors to participate in the economic and social development of the world’s fastest growing region. With a presence in 49 countries in Asia and the Pacific, ADB’s breadth in operations adds value to programs financed with partners. Founded in 1966, ADB brings over 50 years of accumulated experience in implementing projects across multiple sectors and thematic issues of strategic importance, has a deep understanding of the region and its needs, and nurtures close relationships with its member countries.

Relevant Policies

Operations Manual: Financing Partnerships
ADB’s Financing Partnership Strategy

Resource pooling

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Partners can tap into ADB’s existing portfolio of large-scale investment projects in the pipeline or pool resources and develop a common project pipeline. ADB provides nonbinding collaboration opportunities to scale up and promote local, national, and regional development projects and programs.

Risk-sharing

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Partners can rely on ADB’s due diligence process for project processing, lower their transaction costs, and receive transparent reporting on the progress and development impact of projects and programs. Established policies address. environmental and social impacts and risks as well as ensure transparency and fairness.

Knowledge generation

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ADB promotes knowledge generation and sharing across the organization and the region and provides high-quality policy advice that helps strengthen the institutional capacity of its member countries.

Development coordination

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ADB uses its convening power to catalyze and coordinate action on development challenges while creating synergies among various public and private development initiatives.