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Bankwatch March 2013 Special Issue

The Coral Triangle Initiative: A View of a People by the Sea

Accountability Counsel - Accountability Resource Guide (2012)

Initiative for Right View – Tempering Nature: The ADB Way (2011)

Bankwatch 2012

India: Borrowing False Solutions?

God’s own abode is in peril. Chatyr-kul freshwater lake in Kyrgyzstan under threat

Is ADB accountable? Evaluating the Accountability Mechanism

FORUM urges ADB to help “unfreeze” INSAF’s account

NGO Forum on ADB has prodded the Asian Development Bank to urge the Indian Government to stop its punitive actions against the Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF) and other civil society organizations that are critical of the Bank

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Stop Disempowering People, FORUM Tells New ADB President

2 May 2013, New Delhi, India - NGO Forum on ADB has challenged Asian Development Bank’s new president to institute systemic reforms in its operations to arrest the further disempowerment of Asia’s project-induced migrants and climate refugees.

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“Delhi Chalo” Kick starts by Bangladesh CSOs

15 July 2012, Khulna - Bangladesh has been supported by various developmental agencies since its birth. This developmental aid model has taken lead by World Bank and ADB. While the World Bank was being sued, the ADB has been critically evaluated its supported projects by common citizen and CSOs in Bangladesh.

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Issues arising from the implementation of the Safeguard policy at the Bung River 4 Hydropower Project Hue city

Hanoi, June 20, 2012 - The ADB’s $196 million-loan project for the development of the Bung River 4 Hydropower Project in Vietnam.

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A questionable program

20 June, Manila - How the Philippine government chooses to use development loans is well within its authority, but its lack of candor and unanswered questions about the ADB E-trikes program have cast doubt on the wisdom of its choices.

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Communities kept at bay in river water management

5 May, Manila - There is no public participation and holistic management approach in water management in Asian countries – this was a conclusion of six case studies prepared by NGO Forum members from Indonesia, India, Viet Nam, Bangladesh, Philippines and Kyrgyzstan.

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ADB funds needs to be accountable

3 May, Manila- If the ADB funded projects are implementing at least ADB policies accordingly or not? During a first CSO Panel discussion in ADB Annual Meeting here in Manila, Forum members critically evaluated the implementation of the ADB policies under one of the largest source of finance-Asian Development Fund (ADF).

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Asian Development Fund requires public oversight

BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN, 16 Feb 12 -- Active civil society groups, involved in close monitoring of ADB’s operations in the region, particularly, ADF projects came together and shared their views on the performance of such ADF projects in respective countries in the region.

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ADB has no business diverting money away from PHL's priorities. Photo by Romil Hernandez/Forum

Groups slam ADB for railroading $101-million E-trikes loan, manipulation of PHL energy agenda

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, 31 January -- Civil society groups today hit the ADB for diverting a $101-million loan for renewable energy towards a questionable e-trikes project. The groups demanded the Trust Fund Committee of the Clean Technology Fund to reject ADB's proposal.

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