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**Navigating Your Way Through the Asian Development Bank Website**

*(A Primer for U.S. Companies)*

**Multilateral Development Bank Operations**

**USA Trade Center**

**Ronald Reagan Building**

**Mail Stop-MDBO**

**Washington, DC 20230**

**Telephone: 202-482-3399**

**Fax: 202-482-3914**

**E-Mail: [email protected]******

 

*May 1999*

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recentlyrevamped its website to make it more user-friendly to visitors.  This website will help U.S. companiesfind timely and accurate information so that they can successfully compete forABD-financed projects. The purpose of this brief primer is to assist U.S.companies in navigating the ADB website and finding quickly information thatthey are seeking.

 

While the ADB Internet site should be used as a toolfor U.S. firms, it should not replace the assistance and guidance that theoffice of Multilateral Development Bank Operations (MDBO) and its CommercialLiaison Office at the ADB can offer. Important contact information can be found at the conclusion of thisprimer.

 

It is also important to remember that postedinformation can rapidly become out of date or may be incomplete, its positionon a website can change, and what seems clear-cut and factual may not be.  This is more the reason to havequestions clarified with MDBO staff. 

 

 

***The Asian Development Bank Internet Site***

 

The ADB Internet site can be found at: **http://www.adb.org******

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Businesses visiting the Asian Development Bankwebsite will find it easily navigable, comprehensive, and regularlyupdated.  Much of the informationthat they may be seeking can be found at this site.****

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The colorful homepage of this site is broken downinto five principal categories:

 

�       Aboutthe ADB

�       OurWork in the Region

�       BusinessCenter

�       Newsand Events

�       Publications

 

A toggle bar is also included that contains directlinks to commonly visited pages. 

 

In addition to these, one will find a *What's New* frame, a site map, a photogallery, and a link to other international organizations, aid agencies, andinternational development sites. 

 

 

Each category contains information useful for U.S.companies interested in competing for ADB-financed projects.  A brief summary of each sectionhighlighting information of interest to the business community follows. 

 

The sitemap [http://www.adb.org/sitemap.asp] mapsout the ADB Internet site and its numerous pages.  It is an excellent source, noting on which pages specificinformation can be found.

 

 

**About the ADB**

In addition to offering *basic information* on, and a *briefhistory* of, the ADB, one will find within this section a list of *member countries*, an *organizational chart*, and a sectiondescribing the *objectives* of theBank.

 

One will also find within this section *statistical information*and the *ADB's annual report*.

 

 

**Our Work in theRegion**

Within this section one will find the followingsub-sections: *policies*, *country operations*, *project activities*, * social development*, *law and development*, *private sector operations*, and * Greater Mekong Subregion.*

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Policies: This category includes the ABD's policies in areassuch as anticorruption, fisheries, gender, and indigenous peoples.  One can also find the disclosurepolicies of the ADB and a review of the program lending policies.

 

Country Operations: Here U.S. companies will find specific countryinformation in the forms of *CountryAssistance Plans* and *Country EconomicReviews*.  Country AssistancePlans are the ADB's principal planning documents for the next three years.  Included here is the ADB pipeline foreach country for this period.  CountryEconomic Reviews are country-specific and present an overview of the country'seconomic situation and future prospects.

 

Project Activities: U.S. companies hoping to find out moreabout specific projects will find this section very helpful.  The ADB has placed *profiles* of its financed projects here and companies will find notonly valuable information on the project but also relevant contacts both at theADB and the executing agency.

 

The Bank also lists its *reports and recommendations of the president* and *technical assistance reports* here. 

 

 

Social Development: This section provides information on theADB's relationship with non-governmental organizations (NGOs).  It also highlights informationresources for NGOs.

 

Environment: While not online at the moment, one willeventually find *Summary EnvironmentalImpact Assessments* (SEIAs) and *Summaryof Initial Environmental Examinations* (SIEEs) on this page. 

 

The Bank does list the SEIAs and the SIEEs that ithas undertaken here and provides contact information on where to obtain these.

 

Law and Development: Here one will findinformation on ADB programs, activities, and resources with respect toinstitutional development and law.

 

Private Sector Operations: This page includesinformation on the ADB's Private Sector Group, its operations, products, andterms, eligibility requirements, and application information requirements.

 

Greater Mekong Subregion: In 1992, with assistancefrom the Asian Development Bank, the Greater Mekong Subregion EconomicCooperation Program began.  Thispage highlights the program, on-going activities, publications, and contacts.

 

 

**BusinessCenter**

The Business Center page is a must stop for U.S.companies wanting to participate in ADB-financed projects.  The page is subdivided into thefollowing categories: *BusinessOpportunities*, *CofinancingOpportunities*, *ConsultingOpportunities*, *Procurement Guidelines*,*Employment Opportunities*, and *ADB Japan Scholarship Program*.

 

Business Opportunities: This is the online versionof the ADB's monthly publication *BusinessOpportunities*.  The onlineversion is updated weekly and includes new and ongoing proposed projectinformation, approved technical assistance projects.  One will also find procurement notices, lists ofprequalified contractors and shortlisted firms for technical assistanceprojects.  The Bank also lists whohas been awarded contracts.

 

Cofinancing Opportunities: This section discussescofinancing activities that the ADB is undertaking with other financialinstitutions or export credit agencies. It also lists important contacts in the ADB's Office of CofinancingOperations.

 

Consulting Services: Here consultants will findvaluable information on how to participate in ADB-financed activities.  Consulting guidelines, importantdocuments such as frequently asked questions and standard forms, and the Dataon Consulting Firms (DACON) and Data on Individual Consultants (DICON)registration databases are located within this section.

 

Procurement Guidelines: The ADB procurementguidelines for the goods and works are located here.

 

 

**News andEvents**

Within this category one will find *news releases*, a schedule of *conferences and seminars*, *speeches* given by ADB officials, *Development Focus* highlighting aparticular topic, and the newsmagazine, *ADBreview*.

 

 

**Publications**

This category includes the *ADB publications catalog*, a page on *online publications*, information on the *multimedia unit* of the ADB, *realvideo clips*, a *photo gallery,*andinformation on the *ADB library* inManila and *depositories* around theworld.

 

 

**The Toggle Bar**

On the toggle bar, one can be directly connected tothe following commonly visited sites: *NewsReleases*, *Project Profiles*, *Business Opportunities*, *Country Assistance Plans*, *Environment*, *Consulting Services*, *Law& Development*, *OperationsEvaluation*, *Social Development*,and *Private Sector Operations*.

 

 

**UpcomingDevelopments**

The Asian Development Bank plans to greatly expandthe number of documents accessible on its website.  RRPs (Reports and Recommendations of the President) and TARs(Technical Assistance Reports) will soon be available online inPDF-format.  An ADB onlinepublication store is in the works complete with electronic commerce functions.

 

 

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***Contact Information***

For information on, and assistance with,AfDB-sponsored projects, U.S. companies are encouraged to contact the UnitedStates and Foreign Commercial Service Commercial Liaison Office to the AsianDevelopment Bank in Manila, Philippines, or the office of MultilateralDevelopment Bank Operations in Washington, DC.

 

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**U.S.Commercial Liaison Office to the ADB**

Mr. Denny Barnes, Senior Commercial Officer

E-mail: [email protected]

Commercial Liaison to the ADB

U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service 

2nd Floor, GSO Building, SeafrontCompound

Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City

Manila, Philippines

Tel: (63-2) 804-0460

Fax: (63-2) 804-0357

 

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**Multilateral DevelopmentBank Operations**

U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service

International Trade Administration

U.S. Department of Commerce

USA Trade Center

Mail Stop-MDBO

1401 Constitution Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20230

Tel: (202) 482‑3399

Fax: (202) 482‑3914

E-mail: [email protected]

Internet site: http://www.ita.doc.gov/mdbo

**AsianDevelopment Bank Site Map**

**(http://www.adb.org)**

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*This sitemaphighlights those pages of interest to U.S. companies*

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Aboutthe ADB

*       BasicInformation

*       History

*       Members

*       Organization

*       Objectives

*       Statistics

*       Y2KResolution

*       AnnualReport

*       OperationsManual

 

 

OurWork in the Region

*       Policies

*       CountryOperations

*       CountryAssistance Plans

*       CountryEconomic Reviews

*       ProjectActivities

*       ProjectProfiles

*       OngoingProjects

*       Reportsand Recommendations of the President

*       TechnicalAssistance Reports

*       ProjectAdministration

*       SocialDevelopment

*       Environment

*       SummaryEnvironmental Impact Assessments

*       Summaryof Initial Environmental Examinations

*       Lawand Development

*       PrivateSector Operations

*       GreaterMekong Subregion

 

 

BusinessCenter

*       BusinessOpportunities

*       CofinancingOpportunities

*       ConsultingServices

*       Procurement

*       EmploymentOpportunities

*       ADBScholarshop Program

 

 

 

 

Newsand Events

*       NewsReleases

*       Conferencesand Seminars

*       Speeches

*       DevelopmentFocus

*       ADBReview

 

 

Publications

*       ADBPublications Catalog

*       OnlinePublications

*       MultimediaUnit

*       RealVideo Clips

*       PhotoLibrary

*       ADBLibrary

*       ADBDepository Library Program

 

 

TheToggle Bar

*       AnnualMeeting

*       BusinessOpportunities

*       ConsultingServices

*       CountryAssistance Plans

*       Environment

*       Employment

*       Governance

*       GreaterMekong Subregion

*       Lawand Development

*       NewsReleases

*       OperationsEvaluation

*       PrivateSector Operations

*       ProjectProfiles

*       SocialDevelopment (NGOs)

*       AsiaRecovery Information Center