Evaluation on ADB's Private Sector Development and Operations

This evaluation study reviews trends in foreign direct investment, noting the rapid growth in private capital flows in developing member countries, followed by a severe contraction following the Asian financial crisis.

Special Evaluation Study on Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards

This study evaluates the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 1995 policy on involuntary resettlement. Sixteen case studies of ongoing and completed projects with significant involuntary resettlement were done in the People’s Republic of China, India, and the Philippines.

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Pathways Out of Rural Poverty and the Effectiveness of Poverty Targeting

This special evaluation study (SES) arises from the increasing importance the Asian Development Bank (ADB) places on poverty reduction, which has become the overarching goal of its operations.

Technical Assistance Performance Audit Report on Selected Advisory Technical Assistance for Institutional Development and Capacity Building in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Socialist Republic of...

This technical assistance performance audit report (TPAR) examines some key issues relating to institutional development and capacity building that were also identified in a recent impact evaluation study on water supply and sanitation projects in selected developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The issues include cost recovery, sustainability of water supply utilities, effectiveness of project management and