People’s Republic of China: Support for Development of a Coordination Mechanism for Community and Home-Based Elderly Care and Health Care Services in Xiangyang</h1> <article> <h1>People’s Republic of China: Support for Development of a Coordination Mechanism for Community and Home-Based Elderly Care and Health Care Services in Xiangyang</h1> <p>2026-04-01</p> <p>The technical assistance (TA) aimed to help develop a model for effective coordination between elderly care and health care services in Xiangyang Municipality, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China (PRC), with a focus on community and home levels. It planned to deliver three outputs: (i) examine the status of coordination among care services for elderly people; (ii) produce a model for coordination between elderly care and health care services; and (iii) strengthen knowledge and management capacity in coordinating elderly care and health care services.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Support to the Implementation of Strategy 2030 Operational Plans</h1> <p>2026-04-01</p> <p>The technical assistance (TA) aimed to support ADB in (i) integrating the seven operational plans under Strategy 2030 into project designs and country partnership strategies (CPSs), (ii) strengthening the institutional capacity of developing member countries (DMCs) and fostering innovative knowledge solutions, and (iii) improving the monitoring and reporting of operational plan implementation.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is successful.</p><p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Capacity Building Support to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Financial Integration: Phase II</h1> <p>2026-03-25</p> <p>The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) central banks in developing and implementing effective strategies and projects to achieve ASEAN financial integration. The ASEAN central banks strongly believed that capacity building was essential to reducing these gaps and enabling all members to fully participate in the financial integration efforts.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is less than successful.</p><p> </p><p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>India: Strategic Interventions for Economic Transformation—Strengthening Knowledge for Enhancing Development Outcomes</h1> <p>2026-03-24</p> <p>The technical assistance (TA) was designed to support India’s economic transformation by providing strategic knowledge services, policy support, and investment planning tools aimed at fostering inclusive growth, enhancing competitiveness, and strengthening private sector engagement. It was expected to help the government identify and prioritize strategic investments, support economic policy design, and build a pipeline of potential projects for external financing.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is successful.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Philippines: Strengthening Public–Private Partnerships in the Philippines</h1> <p>2026-03-13</p> <p>The intended impact of the technical assistance (TA) was increased private sector investment in infrastructure within the Philippines. Its envisaged outcome was improved government capacity to promote, develop, and implement environmentally sound public–private partnerships (PPP) projects in the Philippines.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is successful </p> </article> <article> <h1>Mongolia: Promotion of the Northeast Asia Power System Interconnection</h1> <p>2026-03-11</p> <p>The objective of the technical Assistance (TA) was to refine the initial Northeast Asia Power System Integration (NAPSI) concept and build on the earlier TA that developed NAPSI’s overall strategy.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Supporting the Implementation of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Initiatives</h1> <p>2026-03-11</p> <p>The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to address the needs of the member states and Secretariat of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) to advance regional cooperation and integration (RCI) among member states in select thematic areas. It aimed to produce innovative and operationally relevant knowledge solutions to critical development issues, as well as to build capacity to strengthen cooperation in addressing the region’s challenges collectively.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Performance Evaluation Report for Georgia: Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program</h1> <p>2026-03-09</p> <p> In 2010, Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, and other major cities were experiencing escalating urban transport challenges, characterized by congestion, deteriorating air quality, and unsafe traffic conditions. Anticipating further deterioration due to rapid urbanization, the government aimed to tackle these problems through infrastructure improvements, better transport management, and institutional reforms. </p> </article> <article> <h1>Viet Nam: Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam: Mainstreaming Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises</h1> <p>2026-03-06</p> <p>The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to support the implementation and leverage the impacts of the loan provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (JSC BIDV/BIDV), which was approved in 2018. The TA was designed to strengthen BIDV’s capacity to better serve small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including women-owned SMEs (WSMEs).</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is less than successful.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Philippines: Strengthening Tax and Fiscal Policy Capacity for Inclusive Growth</h1> <p>2026-03-05</p> <p>The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to support the establishment of the Strategy, Economics, and Results Group (SERG) under the Department of Finance (DOF) of the Philippines to provide policy-oriented analysis support for developing sound tax and fiscal policy reforms and effectively communicating fiscal and economic policy priorities with relevant stakeholders.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is highly successful.</p> </article> <article> <h1>South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Regional Energy Cooperation</h1> <p>2026-03-04</p> <p>The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to prepare development master plans and enhance capacity development for the energy sector’s regional cooperation and integration (RCI) under the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program. It covered seven ADB developing member countries (DMCs)–Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The TA’s expected outcome was prioritizing cross-border projects and/or programs for investment support.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Thematic Evaluation on ADB Support for Nature, 2015-2025</h1> <p>2026-03-02</p> <p><strong>ONGOING EVALUATION.</strong> In Asia and the Pacific, about 75% of the region’s gross domestic product is generated by sectors that are moderately or highly dependent on nature. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has steadily integrated nature and environmental goals into its strategies. Recent actions include the approval of the Environment Action Plan 2024–2030 and establishment of innovative financing mechanisms, such as the Nature Solutions Finance Hub, Natural Capital Fund, and Ocean Resilience and Coastal Adaptation Trust Fund.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Corporate Evaluation of ADB’s Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (2014–2024)</h1> <p>2026-02-25</p> <p>The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP), comprising the Trade Finance Program (TFP) and the Supply Chain Finance Program (SCFP), plays a vital role in bridging gaps in trade-related finance for developing member countries.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Enhancing Communications Skills and Capacity of Developing Member Countries in Asia and the Pacific</h1> <p>2026-02-23</p> <p>The technical assistance (TA) identified the need to strengthen communications planning and implementation among ADB developing member countries (DMCs) to support their delivery of national development plans and contribution to global commitments. To address this need, the TA aimed to enhance the skills and capacities of planning and finance ministries, along with other relevant agencies in DMCs, in designing and implementing effective communications strategies.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is successful.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Kyrgyz Republic: Promoting Financial Sector Resilience</h1> <p>2026-02-20</p> <p>The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to support the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR) in facilitating the introduction of a fully functional Basel III regulatory and supervisory framework for the oversight of commercial banks and to strengthen the resilience of the banking system. The TA aimed to help NBKR mitigate operational and credit risks, particularly resulting from expansion in rural digital banking to build a stronger, more inclusive financial system and improve investor confidence.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Strengthening Knowledge Partnership to Support Project Development</h1> <p>2026-02-19</p> <p>The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to effect knowledge transfer on innovative technology and crosscutting solutions to South Asian developing member countries (DMCs). The knowledge transfer was to strengthen project preparation toward addressing persistent development challenges related to infrastructure deficits, rapid urbanization, and climate change.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is less than successful.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Evaluation Guru – Season 2, Episode 2: After the Crisis, What Comes Next</h1> <p>2026-02-19</p> <p>Evaluation Guru is a short video series by ADB’s Independent Evaluation Department sharing insights through the evaluator’s perspective. In this episode, Nassreena Baddiri explains IED's topical paper ADB Support for the Transition from Crisis Response to Long-Term Development.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Strengthening Economic Statistics for Measuring Progress Toward Sustainable Development Goals</h1> <p>2026-02-16</p> <p>The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to strengthen the capacity of the national statistical systems (NSSs) in selected developing member countries (DMC) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The TA project was to help DMCs produce high-quality, relevant, accurate, and timely economic statistical indicators. These indicators would support decision-making to achieve and to track the countries’ progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is successful.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Sustainable Financing of Small-Scale Agriculture in South Asia and Southeast Asia</h1> <p>2026-02-12</p> <p>The technical assistance (TA) was originally designed to pilot test two projects on scalable models for commercial credit to small farmers via contract farming and product aggregation, which can be replicated across South Asia and Southeast Asia. The TA was later extended and its objective substantially revised to support the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) electronic identification program.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is unsuccessful.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Preparing the Pacific Regional Financing Facility</h1> <p>2026-02-11</p> <p>The technical assistance (TA) aimed to prepare the Pacific Regional Financing Facility (the Facility) that would provide grants on clean energy projects to participating developing member countries (DMCs) from the Pacific region. The Facility would enable funds to be on-lent to state-owned financial intermediaries for making loans available to poor, low-income, and women borrowers for renewable energy or energy-efficient products.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is less than successful.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Enhancing Asia and the Pacific's Contribution at the G20</h1> <p>2026-02-11</p> <p>The technical assistance (TA) was aimed to enhance Asia and the Pacific's contribution to the Group of Twenty (G20) by strengthening the engagement of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the G20 process, supporting knowledge generation, and facilitating regional perspectives on global economic and financial issues. The TA was designed to enhance the participation of ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs) in global economic governance, particularly within the G20 presidencies of Indonesia (2022) and India (2023).</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p> </article> <article> <h1>People’s Republic of China: Enhancing the Capacity of Executing and Implementing Agencies for Better Project Implementation</h1> <p>2026-02-05</p> <p>This technical assistance (TA) was designed to assist the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in enhancing the capacity of its executing and implementing agencies to manage projects financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It aimed to deliver targeted, practical, and systematic training courses and knowledge-sharing activities that are tailored for the PRC’s operating environment.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is successful.</p><p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Topical Paper: ADB Support for Domestic Resource Mobilization</h1> <p>2026-01-30</p> <p>This topical paper provides a focused, formative assessment of ADB’s approach to domestic resource mobilization (DRM), rather than a full evaluation of its strategies and operations. Using a multi-step screening process, it reviews ongoing efforts and emerging directions by identifying loans, grants, and technical assistance approved between 2011 and 2022 that contain strong DRM components. Although ADB has increased its support for DRM in recent years, systematic tracking of DRM-related operations prior to 2023 has been limited.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Azerbaijan: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program</h1> <p>2026-01-23</p> <p>The COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support (CARES) program was designed to provide fiscal space for countercyclical measures and help reduce fiscal risks related to the depletion of State Oil Fund assets. Its intended outcome was to effectively manage the COVID-19 outbreak and reduce its adverse social and economic impacts. The program was aligned with the government's objective of mitigating the adverse impacts of the pandemic on the population's health, incomes, and economic opportunities.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the program.</p> </article> <article> <h1>India: Advancing Gender Budgeting in Select States</h1> <p>2026-01-23</p> <p>The objective of the knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) was to ensure greater gender benefits through government schemes and programs by enhancing institutional capacities in gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming of state departments in the select states, and executing and implementing agencies of ADB-assisted projects.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is successful.</p><p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre, 2016–2022</h1> <p>2026-01-23</p> <p>The technical assistance (TA) was expected to improve the capacity of Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) to design and implement prudent macroeconomic, pubic financial management (PFM), and financial sector policies and systems through five outputs: (i) PFM systems strengthened, (ii) broader-based and more efficient revenue systems established, (iii) macroeconomic analysis and policy improved, (iv) management and resolution of risks in financial institutions improved, and (v) more timely and reliable economic statistics produced.</p> </article> <article> <h1>People's Republic of China: Integrated Framework for Cost-Effective Disaster Risk Management</h1> <p>2026-01-22</p> <p>The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to support disaster risk management (DRM) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by offering policy advice and technical guidance based on an understanding of natural hazards, the level of exposure to these hazards, and the physical and socioeconomic vulnerabilities of affected areas. The TA aimed to achieve two key impacts: (i) disaster risk prevention and mitigation improved, and (ii) international cooperation and global partnership for disaster risk reduction strengthened.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Supporting Microfinance and Lending Partner Financial Institutions in their COVID-19 and Post-Pandemic Response</h1> <p>2026-01-22</p> <p>The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to support the Microfinance Risk Participation and Guarantee Program (MFP) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in strengthening the institutional and operational capabilities of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Specifically, it aimed to assist MFIs in building their resilience during the post-pandemic phase and in sustaining the continued financing for the most vulnerable low-income population in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs).</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Kazakhstan: Joint Government of Kazakhstan and the Asian Development Bank Knowledge and Experience Exchange Program, Phase 4</h1> <p>2026-01-21</p> <p>The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to strengthen governance and institutional capacity within Kazakhstan's public sector through systematic knowledge exchange and targeted capacity building initiatives. This objective specifically focused on enhancing the capability of government institutions to design and implement evidence-based policies and programs.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is highly successful.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Mongolia: Transportation Information Systems Development</h1> <p>2026-01-21</p> <p>The primary objective of this technical assistance (TA) was to strengthen the organizational capacity of Mongolia’s Ministry of Road and Transport (MRT), formerly Ministry of Road and Transport Development, to effectively coordinate the collection of transport information across government agencies. The expected impact was effective management of public transport in Mongolia achieved.</p><p>This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.</p><p>IED's overall assessment is successful.</p> </article> </main></body></html>