The Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) is an Asian

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focused on identifying effective development strategies for Asia and the Pacific, and on providing support to ADB member countries in managing development challenges. It was established in Tokyo in 1996 as a subsidiary of

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field offic ...

, with initial and subsequent financing from the

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. ADBI is located on the 8th floor of the

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Origins

In May 1996, at the twenty-ninth annual meeting of the

(ADB), the

offered to cover the cost of operating and establishing the ADB Institute to address the needs for strengthening the capacity of public and other developmental institutions in developing member countries (DMCs). The proposal was approved on 24 September 1996 and the institute was officially inaugurated in

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on 10 December 1997. The first Dean of the ADB Institute was the leading Filipino economist

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Operations

ADBI is a subsidiary body of ADB. The ADB Board of Governors exercises the same oversight responsibilities over ADBI as for the rest of ADB, including approval for its work program and budget. In 2007 Government of Japan provided $14.2 million for ADBI under its Institute Special Fund scheme. ADBI's work covers applied research, policy seminars designed to disseminate thinking about best practices, and a range of capacity building and training (CBT) initiatives.

References

External links

ADBInstitute Home Page

Asia Pathways - ADBI Blog

ADBI E-Learning

ADBI Podcast

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