Moreover, there already is a proliferation of regional development banks, from the Inter American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank to the more modestly capitalized African Development Bank. These institutions cooperate with the World Bank.

E. International, regional and national development agencies, specialized agencies of the United Nations, the World Bank and regional development banks

Recommends that the international, regional and national development agencies, specialized agencies of the United Nations, the World Bank and regional development banks

These partners include the World Bank group and regional development banks (see paras.

The United Kingdom implemented a US 18 million Regional Trade Facilitation Programme in Southern Africa and provided funding to the multilateral and regional development organizations, including the African Development Bank, EU and the World Bank.

Partnerships with regional organizations, particularly the Arab League and its affiliated institutions and associations, regional development banks such as the African Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, and the Arab Gulf Programme were to be of central importance.

Seventeen regional technical assistance projects were also approved by the Asian Development Bank for US 7 million to promote long term development in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

ESCAP issued its first regional Millennium Development Goal report entitled Promoting the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific in May 2003 and will be issuing the second regional report, prepared in cooperation with UNDP and African Development Bank, in August 2005.

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

Caribbean Development Bank

Islamic Development Bank

Asian Development Bank

Islamic Development Bank

Similar forms of partnerships will be developed with regional financial institutions, starting with the Inter American Development Bank and other organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Rural Development (Laos) total village development managing and monitoring weaving materials bank and cattle bank.

Pursuant to collaboration among the African Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Partnership, ECA and the World Bank, a Reference Regional Strategic Framework for Statistical Capacity Building in Africa was launched in 2005.

7. Expresses its appreciation for the efforts of the Economic Cooperation Organization in developing a regional energy trade with the cooperation and active participation of subregional and international organizations such as the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank

UNICEF collaborates with the World Bank and regional development banks to provide technical support for results based planning and budgeting in specific country contexts.

Almost all the projects sponsored by international and regional agencies, such as UNICEF, UNDP and the African Development Bank, were targeted at rural areas.

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African Development Bank (AGP)

Inter American Development Bank

African Development Bank Group

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Because bank financing is generally unavailable for regional projects, it estimated that official development assistance to build regional infrastructure would need to rise from 2 billion in 2002 to 11 billion by 2015.

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The UNDG office was encouraged to extend its concrete partnerships to the regional development banks in addition to its ongoing cooperation with the World Bank.

4. Invites the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the regional development banks and other relevant institutions to further integrate development dimensions into their strategies and policies, consistent with their respective mandates

A regional website has also been developed by the Inter American Development Bank, through its Inter American Initiative on Social Capital, Ethics and Development, containing best practices and related news on volunteerism.

We recently released a regional MDG report that was jointly authored by the United Nations Development Programme, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the Asian Development Bank.

Donor countries and financial and development institutions, in particular the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank and the Inter American Development Bank, are invited to provide greater financial resources to transit transport infrastructure projects in landlocked and transit developing countries.

Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines

IDB Inter American Development Bank

The Organization should strengthen its cooperation with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international and regional agencies in order to support development.

Noting with appreciation the contribution to the development of some Territories by specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Development Programme, and regional institutions such as the Caribbean Development Bank,

Consultations on establishing the cooperation framework for country collaboration are at an advanced stage with the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

The African Development Bank Group promoted policies and strategies aimed at increasing the efficiency, productivity and capacity of African regional transport corridors that would boost international trade.

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World Bank, Global Development Finance, 2003.

The Asian Development Bank has funded two projects in Asia, while in sub Saharan Africa, the African Development Bank approved funding to promote NERICA development.

The world today is markedly different from the world at the time of the founding of the World Bank and many of the regional development banks. The BRICS proposed New Development Bank presents an important opportunity to reflect these changes, with modern financial instruments, strong governance, and a broad based mandate.

UN Habitat also signed agreements with the Asian Development Bank, the Inter American Development Bank, and the African Development Bank for joint projects and programmes for water, sanitation, housing and urban development, focusing on improving the living conditions of the urban poor.

The IDB, the world's largest regional development bank, works in Latin America and the Caribbean purportedly to contribute to the acceleration of economic and social development. Its actions in Haiti, however, have severely undermined those goals.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Islamic Development Bank (Council decision 2003 221)