Asian Development Bank Institute

<h2 id="origins">Origins</h2>
<p>In May 1996, at the twenty-ninth annual meeting of the <a href="/facts/Asian_Development_Bank/BqGTRkyB">Asian Development Bank</a> (ADB), the <a href="/facts/Government_of_Japan/HSvEeNXN">Government of Japan</a> offered to cover the cost of operating and establishing the ADB Institute to address the needs for strengthening the capacity of public and other developmental institutions in developing member countries (DMCs). The proposal was approved on 24 September 1996 and the institute was officially inaugurated in <a href="/facts/Tokyo/GTvuw4ct">Tokyo</a> on 10 December 1997.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
</p><p>The first Dean of the ADB Institute was the leading Filipino economist <a href="/facts/Jesus_Estanislao/5cDQzLQK">Jesus Estanislao</a>.
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<h2 id="operations">Operations</h2>
<p>ADBI is a subsidiary body of ADB. The ADB Board of Governors exercises the same oversight responsibilities over ADBI as for the rest of ADB, including approval for its work program and budget. In 2007 Government of Japan provided $14.2 million for ADBI under its Institute Special Fund scheme.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
</p><p>ADBI's work covers applied research, policy seminars designed to disseminate thinking about best practices, and a range of capacity building and training (CBT) initiatives.
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<h2 id="recent-publications">Recent publications</h2>
<p><i>Transitioning From Low-Income Growth To High-Income Growth: Is There A Middle-Income Trap?</i> David Busman, Maya Eden, Ha Nguyen, January 2017<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.adbi.org/">ADBInstitute Home Page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://asiapathways-adbi.org/">Asia Pathways – ADBI Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="https://elearning-adbi.org//">ADBI E-Learning</a></li>
<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/adbinstitute">ADBI Podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="https://think-asia.org/">Think-Asia – portal to serve over 100 think tanks institutions in free association</a></li>
<li><a href="https://t20japan.org/">Think20 (T20)</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Contact Us." Asian Development Bank Institute. Retrieved on 19 February 2012. "ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INSTITUTE Kasumigaseki Building 8F 3-2-5, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6008, Japan" <a href="http://www.adb.org/adbi/contact" target="_blank">http://www.adb.org/adbi/contact</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>ADBI – "Year in Review". ADBI. 2015. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>ADBI – "Year in Review". ADBI. 2015. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Bulman, David; Eden, Maya; Nguyen, Ha. "Transitioning From Low-Income Growth To High-Income Growth: Is There A Middle-Income Trap?" (PDF). Asian Development Bank Institute. Retrieved 7 December 2023. <a href="https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/224601/adbi-wp646.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/224601/adbi-wp646.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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