Publications and Reports - Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
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| Concerns
over ADB's new proposed safeguard policies Indigenous peoples’ representatives express their concern about the Asian Development Bank's working paper (W-Paper) on the new proposed safeguard policie, due to be considered by the Board on 24 February. Letter to the ADB 3 February 2009 |
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Submission to the Safeguard Update Team of the Asian Development Bank
Submission to provide advice to the ADB's ongoing update of their safeguard policies, including their policy on safeguarding the rights of indigenous peoples December 2008 |
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Suggested changes to Draft Safeguard Requirement
3: Indigenous Peoples |
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| Opposition
to the ADB's Consultation on Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) Press release: Regional consultation on the draft SPS results in refusal by civil society to engage with the draft as it currently stands. Protesting organisations include AMAN, the National Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago 12 February 2008 |
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cease talks with ADB on crucial environmental and social Issues Press release: The NGO Forum on the ADB, a global coalition of civil society organizations, collectively pulls out from the current consultations on a new safeguard system for the ADB, due to weaknesses in the draft. The Forum calls for the draft to be reissued for new public consultations. 8 February 2008 |
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| Call
for Revision of the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement Letters sent by the NGO Forum on ADB: 7 February 2008 |
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faces boycott as it subverts environment, resettlement and indigenous
safeguard policies Press Release by Peoples Forum Against ADB (PFAADB) 15 January 2008 |
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| Summary
of Concerns regarding the ADB's Draft Safeguard Policy Statement:
and Missing Documents A critical briefing compiled to highlight the grave concerns that civil society has regarding the current draft of the ADB's new proposed Safeguard Policy January 2008 |
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the Sundarbans: Local Peoples' Perspective on ADB-GEF-Netherlands Funded Sundarbans Biodiversity Conservation Project The US$77.3m Sundarbans Biodiversity Conservation Project was suspended three years early because of its failure to conserve biological diversity and reduce poverty in the Sundarbans. This report provides an analysis of the project's design flaws and consequent disintegration, and identifies means of making good the damage done. Jakir Hossain and Kushal Roy December 2007 |
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Press Release - by NGO Forum on ADB Civil Society Slams 2007 Global Accountability Report on the ADB 7 December 2007 |
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| Consolidated
comments and critique of the Asian Development Bank's draft Safeguard
Policy Statement: Lacking protections and provisions for securing
the rights of indigenous peoples Helen Leake 30 November 2007 |
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| Summary
of Indigenous Peoples' Consultation with the Asian Development Bank Independent record of consultations on the ADB's draft safeguard policy. Indigenous peoples’ representatives call for compliance with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and protection of the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent November 2007 |
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| Comments
on the Special Evaluation Study by the Operations Evaluation Department
(OED) of the ADB on Indigenous Peoples' Safeguards Submission by FPP July 2007 |
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Recommendations presented to the UN Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues regarding the Asian Development Bank's
(ADB) current 'updating' of its safeguard policies Collective statement by the Asia Indigenous Caucus and FPP May 2007 |
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peoples and the ADB [Asian Development Bank] Special issue of 'Bankwatch' magazine marks the ADB's 40th anniversary and evaluates its failings in Asia and the Pacific. This article examines the ADB's review of its safeguard policies, in particular its Indigenous Peoples Policy Raja Devasish Roy ( Taungya) and Helen Leake (FPP) April 2007 Link to full issue of 'Bankwatch' magazine |
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