The Elgar Companion to the Asian Development Bank

Edited by M. G. Quibria, Professor of Economics, Morgan State University, US and former Senior Advisor, ADB Institute and Albab Akanda, independent scholar and former Principal Infrastructure Specialist, ADB

Contents

Preface xii
Acknowledgments xv
1 Asian Development Bank and the Belt and Road Initiative: challenges
and opportunities 1
Xianbai Ji and Pradumna B. Rana
2 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: a complement or a substitute
for the Asian Development Bank? 11
M. G. Quibria
3 Organizing the Asian Development Bank: challenges and opportunities
in an increasingly multipolar world 21
Stephen P. Groff
4 Improving professional expertise: key to enhancing the Asian
Development Bank’s development effectiveness 33
Cedric Saldanha
5 Economic research at Asian Development Bank: a retrospective 43
Ramesh B. Adhikari
6 Averting economic crisis in developing Asia through economic
surveillance: the role of the Asian Development Bank 56
Juzhong Zhuang
7 Climate disasters in Asia and the Pacific: the role of the Asian
Development Bank in mitigation and adaptation 66
Vinod Thomas
8 Post-pandemic developing Asia: an agenda for the Asian Development Bank 78
Shiladitya Chatterjee
9 Symbiosis of trade and regional cooperation in Asia and the Pacific: the
role of the Asian Development Bank 91
Douglas H. Brooks
10 The role of the Asian Development Bank in fostering regional
integration through cross-border transport connectivity 101
Jayant Menon
11 Assessing the role of mega infrastructure initiatives and the Asian
Development Bank in financing Asian infrastructure 116
Ganeshan Wignaraja and Marco Gatti
12 From governance to performance in Asia-Pacific 131
Clay G. Wescott
13 Poverty in developing Asia and the Asian Development Bank 144
Mohiuddin Alamgir
14 Agricultural transformation and food security in developing Asia: past
successes, present challenges, and future policy options 157
M. G. Quibria
15 Megacities in developing Asia: challenges and opportunities 167
Syed Abu Hasnath
16 Environmental and social impact assessment: revisiting the theme 177
Armando Balloffet and Albab Akanda
17 The Asian Development Bank’s accountability mechanism: shifts in the
accountability landscape 187
Suresh Nanwani
18 The Asian Development Bank’s environment program: challenges and
directions 199
Prodipto Ghosh
19 The evolution of the Asian Development Bank’s relations with civil society 213
Bart W. Édes
20 Improving the Asian Development Bank’s education sector service delivery 226
William Loxley
21 Advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in Asia beyond
the Covid-19 pandemic – challenges and opportunities for the Asian
Development Bank 236
Eugenia McGill
22 The Asian Development Bank’s energy sector operations in the
twenty-first century 249
Dan Millison
23 The private sector challenge for the Asian Development Bank: some reflections 263
K. A. S. Murshid
24 Promoting ICT in developing Asia: the road ahead 275
Raja M. Mitra
25 The Asian Development Bank and the Pacific Islands 288
Xianbin Yao