2016 Development Effectiveness Review: Is ADB Really Set Up to Deliver Results?

ADB’s Bernard Woods examines if ADB was really set up to deliver results by looking at its progress toward the interim targets of the institution's Strategy 2020, and its midterm performance review using the Development Effectiveness Review 2016 results.

This video covers the full session of Insight Thursday, ADB’s in-house knowledge sharing series.

2016 Development Effectiveness Review: Is ADB Really Set Up to Deliver Results?

ADB’s Bernard Woods discussed the Development Effectiveness Review 2016 and how ADB reviews its performance against its own indicators and targets, takes stock of its achievements, and identifies areas to strengthen its approach. The Development Effectiveness Review 2016 is the culminating report that reflects on the last four years of achievements under ADB's current results framework, and progress towards the interim targets of Strategy 2020 and its Midterm Review.

This event is part of ADB's in-house Insight Thursday lecture series.​

Henry Roxas

Henry Roxas is Associate Director at R3 based in Singapore. In this role he is in charge of R3’s trade finance strategy and building partnerships with key industry players to promote the adoption of Corda, R3’s open-sourced distributed ledger platform specially designed for the financial services industry.

Henry has a background in transaction banking technology, with seven years’ experience in payments, trade and liquidity management. 

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