ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
ORGANIZATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
ADB supports projects in developing member countries that create economic and development impact, delivered through both public and private sector operations, advisory services, and knowledge support.
Development Effectiveness and Results
ADB focuses on results management in its operations, improving the capacities of its developing member countries, and contributing to the global agenda on aid effectiveness.
In the Spotlight
2021 Development Effectiveness Review
This report outlines ADB's performance during 2021 in achieving the priorities of the bank’s Strategy 2030. The assessment is based on the 60 indicators of ADB’s corporate results framework, 2019–2024.
ADB Stays Aligned to its Strategy 2030 Vision Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
ADB responded effectively to its clients’ urgent needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic and should accelerate efforts to achieve the vision of its Strategy 2030 to support recovery and the Sustainable Development Goals, says a report.
Together We Deliver: Grants for a Brighter Future
This edition focuses on how Asian Development Fund (ADF) grants are uplifting the lives of millions of the most vulnerable people in Asia and the Pacific.
Guidelines for Preparing a Design and Monitoring Framework
These guidelines describe how a project-level design and monitoring framework should be developed and used throughout the project cycle for Asian Development Bank (ADB) sovereign operations and technical assistance projects.
Results Reality
Projects supported by ADB are making a positive impact on people's lives. Explore the results of our programs, gain insight into our partnerships, and learn more about how our projects are improving people's lives and well-being.
To help realize its vision of an Asia and the Pacific free of poverty, ADB is pursuing a deliberate, structured program of managing for development results.
The ADB Results Framework assesses overall development progress in Asia and the Pacific and ADB’s effectiveness in delivering development results. It has been periodically revised to ensure its continued relevance, efficiency, and effectiveness as a performance management tool.
This publication discusses the priorities and principles put forward by the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, and highlights how ADB has been implementing them.
Key Resources
Development Effectiveness Review
Annual reports by ADB Management assessing ADB's progress in implementing its long-term strategic framework, Strategy 2020.
Development Effectiveness Country Briefs
Presents how ADB's operations help improve people's lives in developing member countries and the challenges ADB and the countries face in pursuing agreed development goals.
ADB Corporate Results Framework, 2019–2024: Policy Paper
Proposals for the ADB corporate results framework (CRF) for 2019–2024 that is aligned with Strategy 2030.
Impact Evaluation of Development Interventions: A Practical Guide
Guidance on the principles, methods, and practice of impact evaluation, for those who may use or manage impact evaluations to applied researchers.
What's New
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| Reports
Working Together for Development Results: Lessons from ADB and Civil Society Organization Engagement in South Asia
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| Statutory Reports and Official Records
Private Sector Operations in 2021: Report on Development Effectiveness
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| News Release
ADB's Private Sector Operations Expanded Support for COVID-19 Response in 2021
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| Statutory Reports and Official Records
2021 Development Effectiveness Review
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| Policies, Strategies, and Plans
Results Framework Indicator Definitions
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| Policies, Strategies, and Plans
Tracking Indicator Definitions
Planning and Results Management: Contacts
We encourage you to share experiences from your country—whether at the national, provincial, or local level and from any sector—relevant to the development effectiveness agenda and the implementation of the Paris Declaration, Accra Agenda for Action, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Strategy, Policy, and Business Process Division
Coordinates ADB's partnerships with other multilateral development banks, international organizations, and bilateral agencies at the institutional level.
Results Management and Aid Effectiveness Division
Coordinates implementation of the managing for development results agenda, and serves as the focal point for ADB’s response to the SDGs and efforts to strengthen development effectiveness.
