The Asian Development Bank needs to ensure greater collaboration across its organization to meet the thematic goals of its corporate strategy, Strategy 2030, says a report. 

This webinar will spotlight University of Chicago economist John List, who will discuss his forthcoming book, The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale.

The program was expected to help expand the country’s trade and increase export competitiveness through simplified, harmonized, and modernized trade processes. Its expected impact was expanded exports and increased export competitiveness—as aligned with Nepal’s 14th periodic plan for fiscal year (FY) 2017–FY2020 and with the Trade Integration Strategy, 2016. The envisaged outcome was increased access by the legitimate trade to simplified, harmonized, and modernized trade processes.

The grant was partly to finance the installation of variable frequency drive for three water pumps to efficiently maintain the water pressure. This would reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and better manage NRW as SAWACO's business rapidly expanded. The investment was expected to result in about 10,000 MWh or $500,000 per year of energy savings and about 7,500 tons of annual CO2 reduction. 
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Successful.

The project was aimed at addressing the infrastructure and other development needs by constructing wastewater management systems in Shenbei’s new district; improving district heating services in the Fuxin urban area, including the replacement of small boilers and heating stoves; rehabilitating and upgrading urban roads and alleys; constructing new urban roads and bridges; improving stormwater pipelines and sewer coverage; installing energy-conserving lighting and expanding public green areas; and capacity development and institutional strengthening of the Liaoning Project Management Office,

The MFF program was aimed at enhancing the capacity of the transmission network to balance power loads in northern, central, and southern Viet Nam, supporting the Government of Viet Nam in the development of the national power sector. This validation corresponds to tranche 1, which was to enhance the transmission networks in the eastern side of Ha Noi and the ring road transmission network in Ho Chi Minh City.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the program. IED overall assessment: Successful.

The multitranche financing facility (MFF) loan aimed to support Viet Nam’s plan to construct the HCMC Urban MRT Line 2. The investment program aimed to (i) construct 11.3 kilometers of dual track rail MRT from Ben Thanh to Tham Luong in HCMC, (ii) strengthen planning and prepare a policy framework for public transport, and (iii) provide project implementation support for urban transport agencies. The expected impact of the investment program was the establishment of an integrated, sustainable public transport system in six districts of HCMC.

This paper documents the Chair's Summary of the Development Effectiveness Committee (DEC) discussion held on 16 March 2022. The committee discussed the Independent Evaluation Department’s (IED’s) thematic evaluation on Additionality of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Nonsovereign Operations and the Management Response hereto.

This annual report covers the DEC discussions based on evaluation studies conducted by the Independent Evaluation Department (IED) pertaining to ADB policies, strategies, and completed operations. It covers discussions from the meetings held from 1 January to 31 December 2021.
This annual report summarizes key points raised and discussed by the DEC based on its review of IED reports, the 2021 Annual Evaluation Review (AER), the 2020 DevelopmentEffectiveness Review (DEfR), and the 2020 Annual Portfolio Performance Report (APPR).

The project intended to (i) improve irrigation and drainage infrastructure on about 117,000 hectares (ha) of land; (ii) provide agricultural support for the improved area; and (iii) upgrade project management within State Office for Comprehensive Agriculture Development and participating provinces and counties.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Successful.