Sharing Development Knowledge Solutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADB-50367-001)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Active
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
C
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Sep 26, 2017
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Region: Asia Pacific
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Education and Health
  • Energy
  • Law and Government
  • Transport
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 1.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Jul 20, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Oct 2, 2017

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the bank document, the knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will support the efficient and timely sharing of knowledge solutions for development challenges among member countries of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Knowledge solutions will be sourced from ADB’s technical knowledge, from ADB member countries’ own experiences, and from the application of high-level technologies. Knowledge solutions will be shared using a “digital first” approach that makes it easy to prepare, find, and use short-form knowledge content. Real-time communication across ADB and member countries will be supported by online expert communities. TA implementation will also focus on building the skills of developing member country (DMC) counterparts to capture and share their experiences and insights through Development Asia.

The proposed TA has three outputs: (i) enriching the Development Asia website by substantially expanding its content; (ii) encouraging more active and practical approaches to knowledge exchange among ADB (including Sector and Thematic Groups or STGs), DMCs, and development partners; and (iii) building the capacity of DMC officials to use a common platform to share their knowledge with ADB and their peers.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Cofinancing: Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund (Full ADB Administration): US$ 0.75 million


Contact Information
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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

The Accountability Mechanism is an independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by an Asian Development Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Accountability Mechanism, they may investigate to assess whether the Asian Development Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can learn more about the Accountability Mechanism and how to file a complaint at: http://www.adb.org/site/accountability-mechanism/main

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