IFTI WATCH ARCHIVE - ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

17 JULY 2008
ADB Denials Frustrate Civil Society Groups;
Annual Report Suggests Gaps in Routine Disclosure
As its Public Communications Policy nears its third anniversary, the Asian Development Bank is coming up short of its own targets for routinely disclosing information and has frustrated civil society groups by denying several access requests. More >>

21 MAY 2007
ADB Assesses Positives and Negatives of New Disclosure Policy
In a detailed report on the first year of its revised disclosure policy, the Asian Development Bank says the rollout has gone pretty well, despite a few gaps concerning project-related information. More >>

12 SEPTEMBER 2005
Best Practices on Transparency Among IFIs
The Asian Development Bank has pulled markedly ahead of other international financial institutions in its standards for disclosure and civic participation, but like its sister international organizations the ADB continues make slow progress when measured against the increasingly refined transparency agenda of critics. More >>

18 JANUARY 2005
ADB Board Getting Briefed on Disclosure Policy Proposals
The executive directors of the Asian Development Bank on Jan. 21 will discuss a "working paper" outlining plans to revamp the ADB disclosure policy that critics say remains deficient. The closed session is not intended as a decision-making meeting, but after months of drafting, the briefing signals that the policy rewrite is nearing completion. More >>

21 DECEMBER 2004
Critics Fault ADB Draft Public Communications Policy
The Asian Development Bank's second draft of a new communications policy is meeting with some praise, and also with continuing criticism. More >>

5 NOVEMBER 2004
ADB Issues Second Draft of Revised Disclosure Policy
The Asian Development Bank on Oct. 25 issued a second version of its proposed "Public Communications Policy," making a variety of improvements from the first draft. More >>

21 JULY 2004
ADB Holds Consultation in Washington
The deadline for the Asian Development Bank to rewrite its disclosure has been pushed back for a second time, with completion now targeted for March 2004.This was one bit of news from ADB officials during a June 21 consultation with about 30 persons about the draft disclosure policy held in Washington, D.C. More >>

21 JULY 2004
ADB Announces Grants for Civil Society Participation in Government Processes
The Asian Development Bank July 2 announced a $400,000 technical assistance grant to "help make public service delivery more responsive to the poor by promoting greater civil society participation in resource allocation and budgeting." More >>

21 JULY 2004
ADB Critics in India, Bangladesh Protest ADB Policies, Disclosure Proposal
Critics of the Asian Development Bank's Proposed Disclosure Policy staged a walk-out of the ADB's consultation in Bangalore, India, July 16, and issued a sharply critical statement in Dhaka, Bangladesh. More >>

21 JULY 2004
Four MDB's Fail to Protect Whistleblowers, Group Finds
The protection of whistleblowers at four major multilateral development banks is deficient, according to a report by The Government Accounting Project. More >>

9 JUNE 2004
ADB at Midway Point in Consultations on Disclosure Policy
The Asian Development Bank is now about midway through its consultations concerning its proposals to change its disclosure policies. In a second report on the consultations, freedominfo.org covered the May 13 and 14 sessions in Hanoi. More >>

6 MAY 2004
ADB Holds First Consultation on Public Communications Policy
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) met with Indonesian organizations in Jakarta April 27 to discuss its draft Public Communication Policy. Nongovernmental organizations involved in the first of 12 planned ADB consultations came to the conclusion that they were pleased with the ADB's proposals to release some information that used to be secret, but still have reservations. More >>

18 MARCH 2004
ADB Sets Dates, Places for Transparency Policy Consultations
The consultation schedule for the disclosure policy review is now available on the ADB's website. More >>

10 MARCH 2004
ADB Offers Draft Transparency Policy, Requests More Comment
The Asian Development Bank has issued a proposal to revise its disclosure policies and called for further public comment by May 28. More >>

AUGUST 2003
Asian Development Bank Launches Transparency Policy Review
The Asian Development Bank Aug. 8 officially kicked off its disclosure policy review by asking for public comments on the current policies. More >>

JULY 2003
Asian Development Bank Begins Disclosure Policy Review
The Asian Development Bank has kicked off its review of the ADB information disclosure policy, appointing a steering committee to manage the effort. More >>

MAY 2003
NGOs Advise ADB on Procedures for Revamping Disclosure Policy
The Bank Information Center and 54 civil society organizations from different parts of the world have urged the Asian Development Bank "to ensure meaningful civil society participation" as it begins a reviews of its Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information Policy. More >>

21 JANUARY 2003
Asian Development Bank Plans Spring Announcement of New Disclosure Policy
Early in 2003, the Asian Development Bank will be announcing a new policy on information disclosure, an ADB official has told freedominfo.org. More >>

22 NOVEMBER 2002
Cutting Plans Criticized; Global Witness Seeks Halt to Logging
Three years ago, a major study commissioned by the Asian Development Bank found forests here so depleted, and cutting rates so rapid, that logging was only viable for a few more years on most concessions. More >>

OCTOBER 2002
Disclosure or Deception?
Multilateral Development Banks and Access to Information
Multilateral institutions such as the Asian Development Band (ADB) and the World Bank pride themselves on their information disclosure policies. Especially since the Asian economic crisis, they have held their policies up as evidence of their commitment to transparency, accountability and participation. More >>

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