Departments, Offices, and Missions of Asian Development Bank

Departments, Offices, and Missions of Asian Development Bank

            ADB’s field offices include resident and regional missions, a country office, a liaison office, and representative offices.

            Each support ADB’s objective of reducing poverty by strengthening representation in its regional and non-regional members, and by providing broader and more direct access to its constituencies.

1          Resident Missions

            The resident missions provide the primary operational interface between ADB and the host DMC. The missions help implement ADB’s goal of reducing poverty and related strategic objectives in the DMCs and enhance policy dialogue with the DMCs. They are the recognized intellectual resource and knowledge base on development issues in the DMCs. The resident missions also

1.                  Create strong partnerships with DMC development stakeholders, including governments, the private sector, and civil society

2.                  Enhance ADB’s responsiveness to local needs and issues

3.                  Take the lead in aid coordination where possible

4.         Promote Sub-regional Corporation.

Work of Resident Mission

            The work of the resident missions is grouped into two broad categories: standard and

Specific functions

Standard functions: Standard functions are those that the resident missions perform as ADB’s principal representatives in the field:

1.                  Promoting relationships with government, civil society, and the private sector

2.                  Engaging in policy dialogue and support

3.                  Reporting on country activities

4.                  Coordinating aid