AsianDevelopmentBankSustainabilityReportAsianDevelopmentBankSustainabilityReport©2011AsianDevelopmentBankAllrightsreserved.Published2011.PrintedinthePhilippines.ISBN978-92-9092-291-9PublicationStockNumberRPS113043Cataloguing-In-PublicationDataAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)AsianDevelopmentBanksustainabilityreportMandaluyongCity:Philippines:AsianDevelopmentBank,2011.1.AsianDevelopmentBank.2.Environment.3.Socialdevelopment.4.Governance.I.AsianDevelopmentBank.AlldatainthisreportarefromADB’sdatabanksunlessotherwiseindicated.Everyefforthasbeenmadetoensuretheaccuracyofthedatainthisreport.VariationsindatainADBpublicationsoftenresultfromdifferentpublicationdates,althoughdifferencesmayalsocomefromsourcesandinterpretationofdata.ADBacceptsnoresponsibilityfromanyconsequenceoftheiruse.Bymakinganydesignationoforreferencetoaparticularterritoryorgeographicarea,orbyusingtheterm“country”inthisdocument,ADBdoesnotintendtomakeanyjudgmentastothelegalorotherstatusofanyterritorialentity.ADBencouragesuseoftheelectronicversionofthispublication,whichisavailableat@adb.orgPrintedonrecycledpaper.AsianDevelopmentBankSustainabilityReportThePresident’sMessageviiiForewordxAbouttheReportxiiPart1:ADB—StrategyandStructure1StrategicFrameworkandOrganization2ADBandtheAsianDevelopmentChallenge2OrganizationalStructure4CountryPartnershipStrategiesandtheProjectCycle6Strategy2020—ADB’sNewLong-TermFramework7ManagingforDevelopmentResults8ReviewingourDevelopmentEffectiveness8StreamingBusinessEffectiveness10HarmonizingDevelopmentAgencyPoliciesandPractices11GeneratingandSharingKnowledge11PrivateSectorInvestment—TheEngineofEconomicGrowth14TransparencyandAccountability17OurStakeholders17SeekingStakeholderEngagement17BeingAccountableandFightingCorruption18FinancingADB’sDevelopmentWork20FundingOutflows20FundingSources22Part2:TheEnvironment,SocialDevelopment,andGovernance23EnvironmentalSustainability24EnvironmentalChallengesFacingAsiaandthePacific24MeetingtheChallenges25ContentsRegionalEnvironmentalCooperation29PromotingLow-CarbonEconomicGrowth31FosteringResiliencetoClimateChange35ManagingRisksfromNaturalDisasters38SocialDevelopment41AdvancingOpportunitiesforEducation42ExpandingHumanCapacitiesandPromotingLaborStandards43EnhancingGenderEquity43ReducingHealthRisks45RespondingtotheCallforFoodSecurity47PromotingGoodGovernance50EnvironmentalandSocialSafeguards50GovernanceandAnticorruption52WorkingwithCivilSociety54Part3:ADB’sCorporateFootprint57OurStaffandOffices58WorkingTogether59OrganizationalTransformation59OurDiverseStaff61Recruitment,Salaries,andBenefits63StaffRepresentation64TheGrievanceProcess65ManagingOurEnvironmentalFootprint65OurCommunity72Endnotes79AbbreviationsandAcronyms93Appendix:MeasuringupwiththeGlobalReportingInitiativeIndicators80Acknowledgment95Boxes1.1Organizationchart1.22009DevelopmentEffectivenessReview1.3High-levelforumsonaideffectiveness1.4Harmonizingfinancialmanagementacrossorganizations1.5Communitiesofpracticeforwater1.6Developingcleanenergywithprivatesectorfinancing1.7Fillingpersistentmarketgapsandrespondingtocrisis1.8FlowchartoftheAccountabilityMechanism2.1Integratingtheprovisionandmanagementofwaterandsanitation2.2Powerfromwind2.3SupportingbiodiversityintheGreaterMekongSubregion2.4Reducingemissionsfromthermalgeneration2.5CleanenergyforBhutan2.6Supportingefficientandsustainableurbantransport2.7RealizingREDD+:Managinglanduseandforestsforcarbonsequestration2.8Partneringforwaterandclimatechange2.9AsiaPacificAdaptationNetwork:Sharingknowledgeaboutadaptation2.10Enhancingskillsthroughvocationaltraining2.11Gender-responsivepolicy-basedloansandgrants2.12ControllingcommunicablediseaseintheGreaterMekongSubregion2.13Deliveringfoodsupplies2.14Fillingthericebowl2.15PolicyprinciplesandrequirementsoftheSafeguardsPolicyStatement2.16SupportingIndonesia’seffortstoimprovegovernance2.17Collaboratingwithnongovernmentandcivilsocietyorganizations2.18PartneringwithinternationalnongovernmentorganizationsFigures1.1PercentofADBdevelopingmembersconsideredoff-trackinmeetingtheMillenniumDevelopmentGoals1.2Countrypartnershipstrategyandtheprojectcycle1.3Cofinancing—addingvalue,2005–20102.1Environmentallending,2001–20102.2Technicalassistancewithenvironmentalsustainabilityasatheme,2001–20102.3ADBprojectsaddressinggenderconcerns,2006–20103.1OurPeopleStrategyandactionplan3.2Paperconsumption3.3SolidwastegenerationTables1.1Financingbysectorandsource,2006–20101.2Financingraised2.1Environmentallendingbysubtheme2.2SubsectoraldistributionofADB’sinvestmentineducation,2007–2008and20