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2008

BIC's Comments on the Draft SPS, 30 March 2008
E-Law's Comments on Draft SPS, 21 March 2008
Downing and Scudder Expert Opinion on ADB SPU, 20 March 2008
ADB's response to Forum's Call for Revision of SPS , 7 March 2008
Burmese Civil Society Groups' Letter to the ADB on SPU, 4 March 2008
Vietnam NGOs' letter on SPU consultation, 25 February 2008
IAITPTF's Letter to the ADB on the Draft Safeguard Policy Statement, 22 February 2008
IAP's Comments on the Draft Safeguard Policy Statement, 19 February 2008
German Economic Minister Letter on the ongoing SPU, 11 February 2008
Forum's letter to ADB President calling for the revision of the SPS draft , 7 February 2008
Forum's letter to SPU Team calling for the revision of the SPS draft , 7 February 2008

2007

Act Now! Demand for Greater Safeguards, 23 November 2007
ADB's Country Safeguards System, November 2007
ADB's response to Forum's letters on SPU process, 6 November 2007
Forum's letter to ADB regarding the SPU Process, 25 October 2007
Forum's letter to ADB regarding the SPU Process, 24 October 2007
Consultation Draft of the Safeguard Policy Statement, October 2007
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Forest People's Programme's comments on the OED Special Evaluation Study on the Indigenous Peoples Policy

In Search of Middle Ground: Indigenous Peoples, Collective Representation and the Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent, Annex to FPP's comment to the OED Special Evaluation Study on IP Policy
Marcus Colchester and Fergus MacKay, Forest Peoples Programme
August 2004

A Call to Safeguard Equitable and Sustainable Development in Asia
Collective statement by NGO Forum on ADB regarding the ADB Safeguard Policy Update, March 2007

Bankwatch March 2007
FORUM releases its ADB institutional analysis in this March issue of the Bankwatch. It presents how the Bank reacts to tremendous pressures from its developing member countries (DMCs) and emergence of other sources of financial resources, and the possibility of going out of business.

 

2006

Bankwatch November 2006
This issue focuses on the ongoing Safeguard Policy Update of the ADB. Specifically, it reacts to the Operations Evaluation Department's special evaluation study on the Environment and Involuntary Resettlement Policies. Possible implications of the proposed "country systems" approach by the Bank, which is patterned to World Bank's, is also discussed in this issue.

 

ADB Resettlement Policy Comparative Matrix, International Accountability Project, November 2006

Snapshots of ADB Disasters
This publication is a collection of photographs illustrating the negative social and environmental impacts of ADB projects.

Development Debacles
Hemantha Withanage, Ronald Masayda and Romil Hernandez
April 2006
A compilation of 10 briefing papers covering problematic ADB projects in Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, and Cambodia.

Civil Society Says, "No to Weakend Standards Yes to Accountability, 20 April 2006
Open Letter to the ADB president on the Safeguard Policy Update, 16 March 2006

2005

ADB Discussion Note- October 2005
ADB Response by Mr. Albab Akanda, Team Leader- 28 September 2005
Civil Society Organization's letter to ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda - 22 July 2005
Board Approval for the Consolidated Review of the ADB Safeguards Policies - July 2005
Window Dressing for Business? The Asian Development Bank Safeguard Policy Implementation Review by Grace Mang
ADB and the Environment (NGO FORUM ON ADB Publication)
Indigenous people and the ADB (NGO FORUM ON ADB Publication )