NAME :- Sakshi Shashikant Sonawane

STD :- TY. BBI

ROLL NO :- 212115

SUBJECT :- INTERNATION BUSINESS

TOPIC : - ASIAN DEVLOPMENT BANK

 INTRODUCTION
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development
bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the
Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila,
Philippines. The company also maintains 31 field offices around the world
to promote social and economic development in Asia. ADB assists its
members, and partners, by providing loans, technical assistance, grants,
and equity investments to promote social and economic development.
ADB maximizes the development impact of its assistance by facilitating
policy dialogues, providing advisory services, and mobilizing financial
resources through co financing operations that tap official, commercial,
and export credit sources.
 DEFINITION

Development bank, national or regional financial institution designed to

provide medium- and long-term capital for productive investment, often
accompanied by technical assistance, in poor countries. Asian
Development Bank.
 OBJECTIVE
The specific purpose is to foster the economic growth of the Asian and the
Pacific regions. Its basic objective is to encourage economic and financial
co-operation among the member countries. It helps them to start new
projects without any fear of lack of finance.

The very existence of the Asian Development Bank revolves around the
fulfilment of a specif purpose. The specific purpose is to foster the
economic growth of the Asian and the Pacific regions. Its basic objective
is to encourage economic and financial co-operation among the member
countries.
FUNCTIONS OF ASIAN DEVLOPMENT BANK

1. To make loans and equity investments for economic and social
development of its developing members countries.

2. To provide for technical assistance for the preparation and

implementation of development projects and advisory services.

3. To respond to the request for assistance in coordinating developmental

policies and plans in developing member countries.

4. This bank constituted Asian Development Fund in 1974, which

provides loans to Asian countries on concessional interest rates.
 STRUCTURE OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
The Agreement Establishing the Asian Development Bank, known as the
ADB Charter, vests all the powers of the institution in the Board of
Governors, which in turn delegates some of these powers to the Board of
Directors. The Board of Governors meets formally once a year during ADB's
Annual Meeting.4 The ADB's highest policy-making body is its Board of
Governors, which comprises one representative from each member.
The two largest shareholders of the Asian Development Bank are the United
States and Japan. Although the majority of the Bank's members are from the
Asia-Pacific region, the industrialized nations are also well-represented.
ADB operations reached an all-time high of $31.5 billion in 2016, a 17% increase
from $26.9 billion in 2015. ADB's approvals of loans and grants for sovereign and
non sovereign operations reached $17.5 billion - a 9% increase from $16.0 billion
in 2015. Technical assistance increased by around 20% to $170 million from
2015’s $141 million
 Cost- Benefit Analysis for Development
(ADB)
ADB has been continuously undertaking measures to enhance the effectiveness
of its operations. To improve projects both at the preparation and
implementation stages, ADB issued the Guidelines for Economic Analysis of
Projects in 1997 as a means to enhancing project quality at entry. The conduct
of proper economic analysis helps ensure the efficient use of development
funds and public resources and thereby increase aid effectiveness.
This practical guide is a supplement to the Guidelines for the Economic
Analysis of Projects. It provides an overview of recent methodological
developments in cost–benefit analysis as well as suggested improvements in
the economic analysis of projects in selected sectors through case studies.