Marvin Taylor-Dormond Appointed Director-General of Independent Evaluation at ADB

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Marvin Taylor-Dormond, formerly with the World Bank Group (WBG), as its new director-general of Independent Evaluation. Mr. Taylor-Dormond has a long association with evaluation in a 26-year career in multilateral development banking, focusing over the past several years on private sector operations and sustainable development. 

ADB's Engagement with Middle-Income Countries

Middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific face several evolving development challenges, including poverty, inequality, unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation and climate change, low productivity and lack of competitiveness, macroeconomic instability, and insufficient economic diversification. At the same time, these countries have displayed dynamism that has created new opportunities.

ADB Support for Sri Lanka Scores on Infrastructure But Not Fiscal Reforms

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (21 November 2016) —The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released an independent evaluation report that assesses its $5.5 billion program for Sri Lanka in the 10 years to the end of 2015. The program made a substantial contribution to expanding infrastructure services in the country especially in lagging regions and former conflict-affected areas.