ADB's LPR Program is grounded on three core instruments
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 17 integrated global goals that cover the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development
ADB Strategy 2030 The ADB long-term corporate strategy 2030 that defines effective responses to the region's changing needs. Specifically, Strategy 2030 provides that "the rule of law is needed to sustain development momentum and to ensure that the benefits of growth are equitably and widely shared"
ADB Country Partnership Strategy ADB's primary platform for designing and delivering tailored investment and knowledge solutions to help achieve each country's development goals
How We Deliver
“When considering an investment, ADB’s private sector clients often stress the importance of having an effective, efficient, and predictable legal system in place. Without legal certainty, the private sector encounters greater risks, resulting in a diminished willingness to invest and mobilize or access capital. ADB's Law and Policy Reform Program plays a pivotal role in assisting authorities improve their legal and judicial system, helping to bridge the bankability gap to expand private sector growth in Asia and the Pacific region.”
Regional Head, Private Sector Development, Central and West Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Who We Work With
Fostering a Virtuous Cycle of Knowledge Transfer
"The fellowship, the support, the facilitation which Asian Development Bank is providing to judges is unique because very few organizations work with the courts. This is an exceptional program. The extraordinary part of this program is we are not only connecting among the judges of the world, but we are also able to connect with academicians."
Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla Supreme Court of Nepal
“[I] have not put my mind into climate change to be frank, the environmental harm that is happening by human conduct and behavior until I have attended the ADB organized inaugural conference in Fiji.[…] I have gone on to making couple of orders, published a number of judgements, all courtesy goes to the work ADB has done to bring the awareness that is needed.”
Deputy Chief Justice Ambeng Kandakasi Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea
“[T]his was a good platform in our Asian countries but more than that I think not only information or practicing guidelines […] but we were inspired. It is like a platform not only for information, but for inspiration, aspiration.”
Justice Suntariya Muanpawong Supreme Court of Thailand
"[M]oving from environment justice, we moved on to climate justice while ADB was all there at all times. ADB has been a pillar or support, in a decade or so, while we traveled from climate justice to environmental justice, we found ADB there."
Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah Supreme Court of Pakistan
