The core mission of the Asian Development Bank is poverty eradication in Asia-Pacific through infrastructure-led growth.
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ADB. (1965). Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank. https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/institutional-document/32120/charter.pdf
ADB. (2006). Special evaluation study on involuntary resettlement safeguards. https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/evaluation-document/35442/files/sst-reg-2006-14.pdf
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McCawley, P. (2016). Banking on the future of Asia and the Pacific: 50 years of the Asian Development Bank. Manila: ADB.
Further Reading
BIC/Forum on ADB. (2006). Unpacking ADB. Washington, DC: Bank Information Center.
Chalkley, A. (1977). Asian development bank: A decade of progress. Manila: ADB.
Erquiaga, P. (2016). A history of financial management at the Asian Development Bank: Engineering financial innovation and impact on an emerging Asia. Manila: ADB.
For Civil Society perspectives on the ADB, visit NGO Forum on ADB, Manila. https://www.forum-adb.org
NGO Forum on ADB. (2012). Is ADB accountable? Evaluating accountability mechanism. Manila: Forum.
Wilson, D. (1987). A bank for half the world: The story of the Asian Development Bank, 1966–1986. Manila: ADB.
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Roul, A. (2019). Asian Development Bank (ADB). In: Romaniuk, S., Thapa, M., Marton, P. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_312-1
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