What are the types of assistance that ADB offers?
ADB provides assistance to the Government of the Philippines in the form of loans, and technical assistance that are usually grants. Loans support development projects in sectors and areas agreed upon by both ADB and the Government. Besides project loans, we also provide program and sector loans, which support policy, sector, and institutional reforms. We extend technical assistance (TA), in three forms: • Project Preparatory TA (PPTA), which helps in project preparation and detailed engineering • Advisory TA (ADTA), which aids in institutional strengthening, sector and policy studies, and non-project-related human resource development • Regional TA (RETA), which assists development activities covering many countries in the region/sub-region. ADB also administers, on behalf of the Government of Japan, the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, which provides resources to innovative pilot projects designed to reduce poverty.
