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Unlocking innovation for development
Action Update: What worked and what didn’t for ADB’s rst innovation regional technical assistance project
The Knowledge and Support Technical Assistance 9017: Unlocking Innovation for Development’s aim is
to strengthen the capacity of ADB’s Developing Member Countries to solve development problems using innovative solutions. At the ve-year mark since the technical assistance was started, this report examines the evidence that has emerged so far to better understand in which ways the TA achieved its aims, and what
can be learned from the activities and pilots projects it funded.
About the Asian development Bank
ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Paci c,
while sustaining its e orts to eradicate extreme poverty. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members —49 from the region. Its main instruments for helping its developing member countries are policy dialogue, loans, equity investments, guarantees, grants, and technical assistance.
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