Timor-Leste: Expansion of Financial Services

The technical assistance (TA) was requested by the Government of Timor-Leste to support the commercial transformation of locally owned Banco Nacional de Comércio de Timor-Leste (BNCTL), specifically on upgrading its institutional capacity and governance arrangements.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. 
IED overall assessment is less than successful.

India: Sustaining the Government of India–ADB Initiative for Mainstreaming Public–Private Partnerships

The expected impact of the technical assistance (TA) was improved provision of infrastructure and delivery of service in additional Indian states (previously not covered by Asian Development Bank TA projects) at state, urban local body, line ministry, and sector department levels. The outcome was improved public sector capacity to develop, implement, and monitor infrastructure public–private partnership (PPP) projects.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
IED overall assessment is less than successful. 

Africa’s economic growth to outpace global forecast in 2023-2024 – African Development Bank biannual report

L-R: AfDB President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Niale Kaba, Minister of Planning and Development of Côte d'Ivoire, and Prof. Kevin Urama, Acting Chief Economist and Vice President at AfDB, at the Abidjan launch of the 2023 Africa's Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook