Bankwatch
Bankwatch is the
official newsletter of the NGO Forum on ADB which is published
quarterly.
Queries and comments
may be sent to
"The Editor"
at 85-A Masikap Extension,
Central District, Diliman, Quezon City
Phlippines
2008 issues
April 2008 issue
Asia's poor: ADB goes for private sector, by Hemantha Withanage
Former ADB Official comments on the Safeguard Policy Draft, by Anita Kelles-Viitanen
Climate justice and MDGs, by Isagani Serrano
ADB’s future strategy:
Would it really matter to the poor?, by Hemantha Withanage and Ronald Masayda
Averting food crisis in Asia and the Pacific: ADB's mission impossible, by Avilash Roul
ADB Gender Policy in KUDCEM Project, by Gururaja Budhya
How much a liter of water cost in Kyrgyzstan?, by Anara Dautalieva
Phulbari: A 40-minute documentary film, by Philip Gain
Bangladesh: Phulbari coal mine -- "loses beyond compensation," by Chris Lang
Editorial
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2007 issues
December 2007
With Uncertainties and Variables, by Hemantha Withanage
Unacceptable Weakening of ADB Environmental and Social Standards, by Stephanie Fried
ADB, Safeguarding Its Interest: The Karnataka Experience, by Gururaja Budhya
Extraterritorial State Obligations and the ADB, by Ulrike Bey
Safeguarding Business, Not the Community, by Avilash Roul
Global Accountability Report 2007: A Green Wash for the ADB, by Hemantha Withanage
Greenwash and How to Encourage It: One World Trust studies what ADB says, not what it does, by Chris Lang
We Distrust "One World Trust's" Findings, NGO Forum on ADB
Comments on ADB’s Accountability, by Shalmali Guttal
Bali Declaration on International Financial Institutions
Editorial
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August 2007
ADB's Draft Energy Strategy: Recycled Prescription, by Hemantha Withanage
The ADB Business as Usual Energy Strategy, by Maitet Diokno-Pascual
ADB Support for Large Hydro Undermines Good Energy Rhetoric, by Carl Middleton and Shannon Lawrence
Energy [R]evolution: a pathway towards a sustainable, by Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros
ADB and India’s Power Sector Awaiting Honest Answers, by Himanshu Thakar
Electric Jeepneys Offer Cleaner, Sustainable Alternative to Diesel Vehicles, by Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros
Restructuring or Degradation of the Energy Sector, by Sona Taghiyeva
NGO Forum on ADB’s Comments on the Energy Strategy Consultation Paper and Consultation Process
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April 2007
This
special issue of Bankwatch focuses on the failure of the ADB in staying
true to its overarching goal -- poverty alleviation. In its 40 years of
operation in Asia and the Pacific, its funded projects have caused
environmental damage and has displaced around 1.7 million people.
more
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. more
2006 issues
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.
more
June 2006
April
2006
2005 Issues
December 2005
November 2005
August 2005
May 2005 Special
AGM Edition
March 2005
January 2005 Special Tsunami Edition
2004 Issues
December 2004
June 2004
2003 Issues
October
2003
July 2003