In particular, against the uncertainty in achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing non-income poverty in the region, ADF operations and assistance need to focus sharply on sustainable economic growth, inclusive social development, and good governance. This means there is a need to firmly focus on results and development effectiveness.
The establishment of the ADB’s new Results Management Unit (RMU) provides a monitoring device, which will focus closely on results, at the project, sector, country and regional levels. Paying close attention to results under this framework is expected to bring benefits including greater accountability, and more effective resource use. Results-based country strategies are also expected to align themselves to national priorities for poverty reduction.