Capacity Development for Strong Operational and Country Results (ADB-59225-001)

Regions
  • South Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Pakistan
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
U
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
Dec 3, 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
Government of Pakistan - Ministry of Economic Affairs, Economic Affairs Division
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)
$ 0.97 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)
$ 0.97 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.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Feb 8, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Dec 3, 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, the proposed technical assistance (TA) aims to enhance the Government of Pakistan's institutional capacity in achieving strong operational and country results, including in the areas that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is closely involved in. The entities that the TA aims to support include the Economic Affairs Division (EAD), executing agencies (EAs), implementing agencies (IAs), and other key stakeholders. The TA will support operational engagement by (i) enabling a robust, implementation-ready project pipeline; (ii) improving portfolio performance through diagnostic studies, facilitation in resolving project implementation issues, cross country and in country good practice exchanges, and capacity building interventions such as targeted training programs; and (iii) ensuring close alignment of ADB support with government's priorities and strategies such as National Economic Transformation Plan (2024-2029) and Uraan Pakistan, which aim to speed up socio-economic change through investments in climate resilience, digital governance, and innovation in delivering services.

The TA will also enhance ADB's strategic engagement and provide upstream support for programming and project preparation by incorporating cross-cutting priorities, such as climate change, gender equality, governance reforms, enhancing institutional capacity and strengthen implementation systems. The TA will assist Pakistan in better positioning itself to make more effective use of development finance by improving its readiness, responsiveness, reform orientation, and effective implementation throughout the project cycle.

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.

The TA financing amount is $975,000, which will be financed on a grant basis by ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF 8).

The government will provide counterpart support in the form of counterpart staff allocation, office and housing accommodation, office supplies, secretarial assistance, domestic transportation, documents and information relevant to TA implementation, and other in-kind contributions.


Contact Information
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Project Officer: Huma Ambreen
Designation: Project Officer - Asian Development Bank
Email: hambreen@adb.org

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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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