Learning Lessons: Strategy 2020 at Mid-term: Raising the Asian Development Bank's Impact amid Heightened Development Challenges

This ebook focuses on the recommendations of an Independent Evaluation study of the Asian Development Bank's Strategy 2020 at Mid-Term. The study offers seven core focus areas for ADB and developing countries in Asia and the Pacific. The recommendations hinge on operational reforms to generate better outcomes. These are:

1. Inclusion and poverty
2. Climate change, environmrent, and resilience
3. Regional cooperation and integration
4. Governance and private sector development
5. Operational focus and synergy
6. Achieving outcomes
7. Teamwork

The recommendations seek to address a triple bottom line of fostering simultaneously economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability.