Transcript Employment Opportunities

Asian Development Bank
Another Window of Career
Development
Yue-Lang Feng, Ph. D.
Director
Environment, Natural Resources and
Agriculture Division
East Asia Department
Outline
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An Overview
ADB’s Operations
EAER’s Operations
Employment Opportunities
An Overview
Basic Facts
• A multilateral development bank,
founded in 1966
• A working partnership of 67 members
• 34 borrowing members
Vision
A region free of poverty
Approximately 1.7 billion people in the
region are poor and unable to access
essential goods, services, assets and
opportunities to which every human is
entitled.
Shareholders
• 48 regional members
• 19 non-regional members
• Japan and the United States,
coequally the largest
shareholders (15.8% each)
Distinguishing Features
• Asian character
• Concern for small economies
• Particular emphasis on regional
and subregional cooperation
• An evolving institution
Organization
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Governors and Alternate Governors
Directors and Alternate Directors
President
6 Vice-Presidents
Managing Director General
Operational and Support Departments
Over 3,000 employees, 59 nationalities
Headquarters and Offices
HQ in Manila, 31 field offices
ADB Corporate Structure
• Regional Departments (East Asia,
Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central
and West Asia, Pacific)
• Private Sector Department
• Service and Support Departments
or Offices
Structure of Regional Department
• Energy Division
• Environment, Natural Resources
and Agriculture Division
• Public Management, Financial and
Regional Cooperation Division
• Transport Division
• Urban and Social Sectors Division
Partners
• Governments
• Bio-lateral and multilateral international
organizations
• Civil society,
including NGOs,
philanthropy
foundations
• Private sector
The Poverty Challenge
• Two thirds of the world’s
poor live in the region
• About 1.7 billion people
survive on less than
US$2 per day
• Accessibility and fund
availability
Strategic Agenda
• ADB supports the Millennium
Development Goals
• Strategy 2020—Infrastructure,
Environment, Private Sector, Regional
Cooperation—Knowledge Services
• Poverty Reduction Strategy—pro-poor,
sustainable economic growth; social
development; good governance
ADB’s Operations, 2012
• $21.57 billion, of which ADB
financed $13.30 billion, and cofinancing partners $8.27 billion.
• Investment priorities in 2012
included transport, energy, finance,
water and agriculture, and industry
and trade.
• Top borrowers—IND, PRC, INO
Technical Assistance
• Grant funds used for
–preparing and implementing
projects
–providing advice
–supporting regional activities
• Loan-financed technical assistance
EAER’s Operational Areas
1. Land and Ecosystem Management
and Environmental Protection
2. Water Resource Management
3. Agriculture and Rural Green
Development
4. Rural Social and Financial
Services
EAER’s Lending Projects
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Anhui Huinan Urban Water Systems Integrated Rehab
Guangdong Chaonan Water Resources Development
Jiangxi Zhelin Lake Water Resources Integrated
Utilization
Henan Value Chain and Products Safety Demonstration
Gansu Featured Agriculture and Financial Services
System Development
Fujian Farmland Sustainable Utilization and
Demonstration
Shandong Water Resources Allocation and Sustainable
Utilization in Ground Water Depression Cone
Hubei Enshi Qingjiang River Upstream Environmental
Rehabilitation and Ecological Conservation
Henan Hebi Qihe River Basin Environment Improvement
and Ecological Conservation
EAER’s KPS, 2008-2012
(i) Eco-compensation for Watershed Services in the PRC (2011)
(ii) An Eco-compensation Policy Framework for the PRC: Challenges and
Opportunities (2010)
(iii) Country Environmental Assessment (2012)
(iv) Reviving Lakes and Wetlands: Lessons Learned from the PRC (2008)
(v) Flood Risk Management in the PRC (2012)
(vi) Drying-up: What to do about the droughts in the PRC (2012)
(vii) Dryland Ecosystems: Introducing an Integrated Management
Approach in the PRC (2010)
(viii) Shanxi Farmers Embrace Modern Irrigation Methods to Adapt to
Climate Change (2013)
(ix) Comprehensive Agricultural Development: Opportunities from the
Current Economic Crisis (2009)
(x) Rural Biomass Energy 2020 in the PRC (2010)
Employment Opportunities
Staff Composition
•Operational Departments and
Supporting Departments
•Economists, financial specialists,
sociologists, engineers, sector
specialists, environmental
specialists, gender experts, and
lawyers.
Employment Opportunities
Position Title
Department
Climate Change
various departments
Counsel (Operations)
Office of the General Counsel
Economics
various departments
Energy
various departments
Environment and Natural Resources
various departments
Private Sector Operations
Private Sector Department
Public-Private Partnership
various departments
Risk Management
Office of Risk Management
Social Development
various departments
Transport
various departments
Urban Development
various departments
Water Supply and Sanitation
various departments
Employment Opportunities
• CAREER AT ADB
http://www.adb.org/site/careers/currentopportunities
• OUTREACH MISSIONS AND CAREER
FAIRS
(http://www.adb.org/site/careers/recruitmentmissions)
Presentations and interview opportunities are
usually offered in capital cities.
For More Information
Visit
ADB Web Site
http://www.adb.org