Presentation on Asian Development Bank

(ADB)
Prepared BY
1) Bijoy Debnath (ID: EV193017033)
2) Mohammad Rashed Iqbal (ID: EV193071035)
ADB Asian Development Bank
Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific

INTRODUCTION
Motto Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific

Formation 19 December 1966

Purpose/ Focus Social and Economic Development
Legal Status Treaty
Headquarters Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Region served Asia Pacific
Membership 68 Countries
President Masatsugu Asakawa (17 January 2020)
Main Organ Board of Governors
Staff 3092
ADB Asian Development Bank
Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank.

 Primary Aim : The Asian Development Bank aims for an Asia and Pacific free from
poverty.
 Approximately 1.7 billion people in the region are poor and unable to access essential
goods, services, assets and opportunities to which every human is entitled.
 The bank admits the members of the United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific and non regional developed countries.
 From 31 members at its establishment, ADB now has 68 members of which 49 are from
within Asia and the Pacific and 19 outside.
ADB Asian Development Bank
Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific

Organizational Structure

The ADB has 68 members, 49 from within the Asia Pacific region of which 19 are
borrowing countries, referred to as developing member countries

Each member country is represented of governors

The less influential countries are grouped into constituencies and the constituencies is
represented by an Executive Director (ED) and an Alternate Executive Director (AED)

The board of governors elects a 12 person board of Executive directors, who are
nominated by there representative governments.
Within the constituency countries that make the largest contributions hold the ED &
AED positions.
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Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific

FUNCTIONS

1) Promote investment in the region of public & private capital for

development purposes.
2) Provide loans for the economic and social development of the member
countries of the region.
3) Help member countries in the coordinating their development policies and
plans.
4) Provide technical assistance for the preparation, financing and execution
of development projects and programs.
5) Undertakes such other activities and provide such other services as many
advance its objectives.
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Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific

6) Provide financial and technical assistance to member countries for

environment projection.
7) Act as financial intermediate by transferring resources from global capital
markets to developing countries.
8) Support public resources mobilization and management to member
countries.
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Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific

Area Of Works

Eighty Percent ADB’s lending is concentrated public sector lending in Six operational areas

Environment, Climate Infrastructure, Regional

Finance Sector Cooperation
EDUCATION Change, and Disaster including Public
Development and
Risk Management transport and Sector
communications, Integration Leading
energy, water
supply and
sanitation, and
urban
development