The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development finance institution
founded in 1966 to promote social and economic progress in its developing member
countries in Asia and the Pacific (see ADB’s website: http://www.adb.org/about/main).
2.2 ADB’s principal functions are
- lending funds,
- providing grants,
- providing technical assistance and advisory services,
- promoting investments for development purposes, and
- assisting in coordinating the development policies and plans of developing
member countries.
Inquiries
2.3 Loan disbursement is handled by the Loan Administration Division of the Controller’s
Department.
2.4 For loan service payments and billing matters, inquiries are addressed to the
Accounting Division of the Controller’s Department.
Loan or Grant Regulations
3.4 The regulations4
further set out conditions for the use of loan or grant proceeds
financed by ADB, or proceeds administered by ADB.
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These documents are expressly
incorporated in the associated loan agreement, guarantee agreement, or grant
agreement. If any provision of a loan agreement, guarantee agreement, or grant
agreement is inconsistent with a provision of these regulations, the provision of the
loan agreement, guarantee agreement, or grant agreement governs.
Loan Documents
3.5 Loan documents
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include the following documents and agreements:
ȕ Thereport and recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors
(RRP) presents the project proposal for consideration by the ADB Board.
ȕ Theproject administration manual (PAM)
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includes all the information and
schedules describing project implementation and project readiness filters
covering major preproject implementation actions (e.g., government approvals,
procurement, and resettlement) to ensure a rapid start-up and enable early
disbursement. It is mandatory
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that the PAM be referenced in the RRP and in
the loan (or facility) agreements, is presented as a stand-alone linked document
to the RRP, and serves as the main document describing implementation details.
The PAM is prepared in the course of loan processing and initially agreed with
the government at the loan fact-finding stage. At loan negotiations, the borrower
and ADB shall review and confirm the PAM agreed during loan fact-finding to
ensure consistency with the loan agreement, and such confirmation shall be
reflected in the minutes of the loan negotiations. The detailed cost estimate by
financier (one schedule included in the PAM) is prepared based on Section J6 of
the ADB Operations Manual (Appendix 3A).
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Related illustrative tables are also
provided in this handbook (Appendix 3B).

expense items exceeding any applicable SOE ceiling


Item Required Supporting Documents
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Initial advance and 
additional advance
Estimate of expenditure (Appendix 10B) to support the amount of the initial 
advance and the additional advance (see also Sections 10.12 and 10.19).
Liquidation and 
replenishment, or 
liquidation only
1.  IARS (Appendix 10C).
2.  Bank statement.
3.  Either one of the following, as applicable: 
–  (With SOE approved): SOE.
– (With full supporting documents, i.e., SOE is not approved): Summary 
sheet (Appendix 7B) and proof of payment and supporting documents 
as required under direct payment (Sections 7.4–7.5).
– (For expense items exceeding any applicable SOE ceiling): Same as the 
above with full supporting documents.
4. In addition, if FAW procedure is approved and used, and the amounts 
requested to be withdrawn are paid from the imprest fund, the certificates 
for FAW (Appendix 9D) need to be attached to the WA. 
ADB = Asian Development Bank, FAW = force account works, IARS = imprest account reconciliation statement, SOE = statement 
of expenditures, WA = withdrawal application. 
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  If supporting documents are written in local language, there should be an English translation of important words and items in the 
documents (e.g., the title of the document, name of the supplier and/or contractor, description of goods and services, amounts, 
and dates).