Early Warning System

Regions

East Asia and Pacific
Europe and Central Asia
South Asia

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

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

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

Aug 8, 2025

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

Regional - Asian Development Bank

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Law and Government
Technical Cooperation

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)

$ 1.50 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.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 1.50 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

Supporting the Implementation of the Disaster Risk Management Action Plan 2024-2030: Technical Assis

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Nov 9, 2025

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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’s website, this TA will support the implementation of selected priority activities under the recently approved Disaster Risk Management Action Plan (DRMAP) 2024-2030. The DRMAP refocuses ADB's efforts to enhance disaster resilience in Asia Pacific to more proactively reduce disaster risks through structural and nonstructural investments. This will be achieved by focusing TA engagement and support to pipeline lending through three interlinked strategic work streams, namely i) Improving disaster risk knowledge and risk informed planning tools; ii) Increased investments in disaster risk reduction (DRR); and iii) Increased investment in disaster preparedness and mainstreaming Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) into resilient development and recovery.

Over the period 2015-2024, extreme weather and geophysical events in Asia and the Pacific have resulted in 70,775 fatalities, affecting about 998 million people, and causing an estimated $651 billion in damages, underscores the need for effective and resilient recovery. Women and children, who are 14 times more likely to die during disasters than men, face greater vulnerabilities.

Investing in DRM is a cost-effective strategy that yields high economic and social returns. Studies indicate that every $1 spent on disaster resilience results in $4-$7 in avoided losses. This funding request aims to complement ongoing TAs and bridge the gap between existing DRM efforts and the urgent need for scaled up, coordinated action that integrates risk knowledge, risk reduction, and preparedness across sectors.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

According to the Technical Assistance Report, the Risk Categories are:

Environment: Not Applicable
Involuntary Resettlement: Not Applicable
Indigenous Peoples: Not Applicable

Investment Description

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

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

The TA financing amount is $1,500,000, which will be financed on a grant basis by ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund ($700,000 from TASF 8 and $800,000 from TASF-other sources).

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

No contacts available at the time of disclosure.