ADB Through the Decades.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TABLES, FIGURES, AND BOXES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- DATA NOTES -- I. REGIONAL BACKGROUND -- II. INSTITUTIONAL OVERVIEW -- A. Membership -- B. Leadership -- C. Budget, Staffing, and Other Organizational Matters -- III. THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ADB'S RESPONSE -- A. Origins of the Crisis -- B. ADB's Crisis Response -- C. Policy Research and Economic Surveillance -- D. Preliminary Lessons from the Crisis -- IV. DIRECTIONS AND OPERATIONAL AGENDA POSTCRISIS -- A. Global Development Agenda -- B. Changes in Development Thinking and Practice -- C. ADB's Poverty Reduction Strategy -- D. ADB's Long-Term Strategic Framework, 2001-2015 -- E. Medium-Term Strategies -- V. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW -- A. Lending Overview -- B. Geographical Distribution -- C. Sectoral Developments -- D. Cross-Cutting and Thematic Issues -- E. Technical Assistance -- VI. INTERNAL REFORMS -- A. Mainstreaming Managing for Development Results -- B. Improving Operational Policies, Strategies, and Approaches -- C. Reinforcing Knowledge Management -- D. Enhancing Accountability and Transparency -- VII. FINANCIAL POLICIES AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION EFFORTS -- A. Ordinary Capital Resources -- B. Special Funds -- C. Trust Funds Managed by ADB -- D. Toward New Financing Partnerships -- VIII. EPILOGUE -- APPENDIXES.