Asian Development Bank

This page provides information on key documents available from the ADB, as well as tips on how to obtain documents and information from the institution.

Getting Info:

1. Key Documents
2. Information Disclosure
3. ADB website
4. Country Offices/ Resident Missions
5. ADB NGO Center
6. Department of External Relations
7. Annual Meetings

Key Documents

The Asian Development Bank prepares a Country Strategy and Program (CSP) for each borrowing country to define a medium-term development strategy. The CSP lays out the ADB's country-specific poverty reduction strategies, thematic/sector priorities, and lending levels. CSPs are supposed to reflect the priorities set out in the ADB’s Long-Term Strategic Framework, Medium-Term Strategy, and the Poverty Reduction Strategy.

CSPs are usually prepared every five years. The ADB states that a CSP is to be prepared through consultation with the government, civil society, private sector, and other stakeholders.

The ADB also produces CSP Updates every year that provide an assessment of the implementation of the CSP and changes in the operational program. BIC has prepared a timeline with staff contacts for upcoming CSP processes in eight countries:

• World Bank and ADB Country Strategy Preparation: Timeline and Staff Contacts prepared by Bank Information Center, January 2005 (MS Word 107 KB)

Information Disclosure

New disclosure rules under the recently-approved ADB Public Communications Policy are now in force. As of September 1st, the following documents, among others, should be available on the ADB website or made available to in-country stakeholders within the stated timeframe:

1. Draft Country Strategy and Programs (CSP),
2. Pre-CSP assessments such as poverty and sector analyses,
3. Board minutes and tentative Board schedule,
4. Chairman’s summaries of Board discussion,
5. Draft Policy and Strategy papers,
6. Environmental and social monitoring reports, and
7. Draft Operations Evaluation Department reports.

Documents can also be requested at ADB’s InfoUnit, which is mandated to acknowledge information requests within 5 days and respond within 30 days. Citizens are encouraged to sign under the new ADB email notification system in order to receive an alert when documents of interest have been posted at the ADB website.