Getting the best for aid projects
13 September 2012
The Asian Development Bank has 63 members and a $3 billion procurement budget. How do its buyers keep track? David Hayes finds out
The boxing day tsunami has brought into focus the issue of aid to Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been at the forefront of this assistance with a $600 million donation to the nations hit.
But this is just one of the major projects it funds to help developing countries in the region.
Between 1966 and 2003, the...