41ST MADRID AGM
The ADB will hold its 41st AGM in Madrid, Spain. read more
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Safeguard Policy Update
Energy Policy
Accountability Mechanism
Long-Term Strategic Framework
Phulbari Coal
Project
ADB’s Policy for the Health Sector
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ADB warned of Asia’s risks without strong Safeguards
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ADB’s 'climate change hypocrisy' denounced by civil society groups
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NGOs to ADB president: "No future for Asia's poor under ADB!"
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RECENT COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE ADB |
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◊ Burmese Civil Society Groups' Letter to the ADB on SPU , 4 March 2008 |
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◊ Forum's letter to ADB President calling for the revision of the SPS draft , 7 Feb 2008 |
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◊ Forum's letter to SPU Team calling for the revision of the SPS draft , 7 Feb 2008 |
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◊ ADB’s Future Strategy: Would It Really Matter to the Poor? |
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May 6, Madrid – Asia’s vulnerable communities and environment will continue to be at risk if the Asian Development Bank fails to improve its existing Safeguards that are currently being revised. Further, the ADB Safeguard policies on the environment, involuntary resettlement and indigenous peoples should protect the poor and not corporate interests.
05 May, Madrid -- Asian environmental and human rights groups branded today the Asian Development Bank as a "leading world emitter of climate change hypocrisy" for issuing calls for clean energy investments to fight global warming while extending massive funding support for dirty mega-coal projects in Asia.
3 May 2008, Madrid -- Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda opened the 41st Annual Meeting of the ADB today under a hail of questions from civil society groups critical of the ADB's pursuit of private sector development at the expense of poverty-alleviation efforts and community and environmental interests. 


