This handbook provides information on core labor standards (CLS) and illustrates examples of application of CLS in operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This handbook also gives practical knowledge on how ADB staff and their government counterparts can appropriately consider CLS in project level interventions, and planning and design of country strategies and programs.
Established in 1966, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development finance institution owned by 67 members. Its main instruments for assisting its developing member countries (DMCs) are policy dialogue, loans, equity investments, guarantees, grants, and technical assistance.
Interactions with workers organizations are increasing in the work of the ADB. For example, ADB projects involved more consultations with workers organization in 2007 and 2008 than in past years
Throughout its operations, the Asian Development Bank has been cooperating extensively with a broad range of civil society organizations to improve the effectiveness, quality, and sustainability of its operations and to increase stake holder ownership of program/project activities.
The ADB finances numerous projects with participatory components that involve beneficiaried and intermediary bodies, such as nongovernment organizations (NGOs).
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