Asian Development Bank Another Window of Career Development

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Asian Development BankAnother Window of Career
Development

• Yue-Lang Feng, Ph. D.
• Director
• Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
  Division
• East Asia Department

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Outline

1. An Overview
2. ADBs Operations
3. EAERs Operations
4. Employment Opportunities

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An Overview
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Basic Facts

• A multilateral development bank, founded in 1966
• A working partnership of 67 members
• 34 borrowing members

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Vision

• A region free of poverty
• Approximately 1.7 billion people in the region
  are poor and unable to access essential goods,
  services, assets and opportunities to which every
  human is entitled.

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Shareholders

• 48 regional members
• 19 non-regional members
• Japan and the United States, coequally the
  largest shareholders (15.8 each)

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Distinguishing Features

• Asian character
• Concern for small economies
• Particular emphasis on regional and subregional
  cooperation
• An evolving institution

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Organization

• Governors and Alternate Governors
• Directors and Alternate Directors
• President
• 6 Vice-Presidents
• Managing Director General
• Operational and Support Departments
• Over 3,000 employees, 59 nationalities

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Headquarters and Offices
HQ in Manila, 31 field offices
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ADB Corporate Structure

• Regional Departments (East Asia, Southeast Asia,
  South Asia, Central and West Asia, Pacific)
• Private Sector Department
• Service and Support Departments or Offices

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Structure of Regional Department

• Energy Division
• Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
  Division
• Public Management, Financial and Regional
  Cooperation Division
• Transport Division
• Urban and Social Sectors Division

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Partners

• Governments
• Bio-lateral and multi-lateral international
  organizations
• Civil society, including NGOs, philanthropy
  foundations
• Private sector

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The Poverty Challenge

• Two thirds of the worlds poor live in the region
• About 1.7 billion people survive on less than
  US2 per day
• Accessibility and fund availability

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Strategic Agenda

• ADB supports the Millennium Development Goals
• Strategy 2020Infrastructure, Environment,
  Private Sector, Regional CooperationKnowledge
  Services
• Poverty Reduction Strategypro-poor, sustainable
  economic growth social development good
  governance

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ADBs Operations, 2012

• 21.57 billion, of which ADB financed 13.30
  billion, and co-financing partners 8.27 billion.
• Investment priorities in 2012 included transport,
  energy, finance, water and agriculture, and
  industry and trade.
• Top borrowersIND, PRC, INO

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Technical Assistance

• Grant funds used for
• preparing and implementing projects
• providing advice
• supporting regional activities
• Loan-financed technical assistance

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EAERs Operational Areas

• Land and Ecosystem Management and Environmental
  Protection
• Water Resource Management
• Agriculture and Rural Green Development
• Rural Social and Financial Services

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EAERs Lending Projects

1. Anhui Huinan Urban Water Systems Integrated Rehab
2. Guangdong Chaonan Water Resources Development
3. Jiangxi Zhelin Lake Water Resources Integrated
   Utilization
4. Henan Value Chain and Products Safety
   Demonstration
5. Gansu Featured Agriculture and Financial Services
   System Development
6. Fujian Farmland Sustainable Utilization and
   Demonstration
7. Shandong Water Resources Allocation and
   Sustainable Utilization in Ground Water
   Depression Cone
8. Hubei Enshi Qingjiang River Upstream
   Environmental Rehabilitation and Ecological
   Conservation
9. Henan Hebi Qihe River Basin Environment
   Improvement and Ecological Conservation

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EAERs KPS, 2008-2012

• Eco-compensation for Watershed Services in the
  PRC (2011)
• An Eco-compensation Policy Framework for the PRC
  Challenges and Opportunities (2010)
• Country Environmental Assessment (2012)
• Reviving Lakes and Wetlands Lessons Learned from
  the PRC (2008)
• Flood Risk Management in the PRC (2012)
• Drying-up What to do about the droughts in the
  PRC (2012)
• Dryland Ecosystems Introducing an Integrated
  Management Approach in the PRC (2010)
• Shanxi Farmers Embrace Modern Irrigation Methods
  to Adapt to Climate Change (2013)
• Comprehensive Agricultural Development
  Opportunities from the Current Economic Crisis
  (2009)
• Rural Biomass Energy 2020 in the PRC (2010)

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Employment Opportunities

• Staff Composition
• Operational Departments and Supporting
  Departments
• Economists, financial specialists, sociologists,
  engineers, sector specialists, environmental
  specialists, gender experts, and lawyers.

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Employment Opportunities
Position Title Department
Climate Change various departments
Counsel (Operations) Office of the General Counsel
Economics various departments
Energy various departments
Environment and Natural Resources various departments
Private Sector Operations Private Sector Department
Public-Private Partnership various departments
Risk Management Office of Risk Management
Social Development various departments
Transport various departments
Urban Development various departments
Water Supply and Sanitation various departments
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Employment Opportunities

• CAREER AT ADB
• http//www.adb.org/site/careers/current-opportunit
  ies
• OUTREACH MISSIONS AND CAREER FAIRS
• (http//www.adb.org/site/careers/recruitment-missi
  ons)
• Presentations and interview opportunities are
  usually offered in capital cities.

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For More Information VisitADB Web Site
http//www.adb.org
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