Kathmandu, Sept. 6
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an ambitious
new road map to guide its evolution and scale up its support on key challenges
facing Asia and the Pacific, including accelerated efforts to combat climate
change and expand private sector development.
ADB’s Strategy 2030 Midterm Review—an update of its
corporate strategy—outlines how the bank will transform in a rapidly changing
development landscape and respond to challenges that threaten its vision for a
prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable region, a statement issued by
the multilateral donor's headquarters in Manila on Friday informed.
“Cascading shocks have derailed years of development
progress in Asia and the Pacific. ADB is updating its vision, expanding its
financial capacity, and modernising its operational approach to help its
members respond to these unprecedented challenges, including the accelerating
climate crisis, public health crises, and economic and fiscal vulnerability,”
said ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa.
According to him, the new road map sets an unprecedented
level of ambition and focus for ADB’s work and will ensure we meet the moment
through bold action and transformative impact.
"In line with its mandate to fight poverty and improve
lives and livelihoods, ADB will deepen its focus on five of the region’s most
pressing development issues: climate action, private sector development,
regional cooperation and public goods, digital transformation, and resilience
and empowerment," read the statement.
To boost the region’s response to climate change, ADB will
target for climate finance to reach 50 per cent of its total annual committed
financing volume by 2030. ADB said that it is committed to reaching more than
US$100 billion in cumulative climate finance from 2019 to 2030.
To expand private sector development, ADB will target
reaching total private sector financing of $13 billion for the year 2030, a
tripling of current volumes. This will comprise both its account financing and
all direct mobilisation, including a minimum of $4.5 billion in direct private
capital mobilisation. In addition, ADB is targeting 40 per cent of sovereign
operations contributing meaningfully to private sector development by 2030.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 7 September 2024.
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