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3 unusual facts about ADB


Country Development Unit

Projects have been implemented with the collaboration of donors such as UNHCR, UNICEF, UNOPS, ADB, CIDA, CARE, Hummer Forum, IRC, JEN LBG/USAID and ICR.

Macintosh Classic

Color CRTs were relatively expensive in the late 1980s; Apple's 14" 640x480 monitor had a list price of $999 and Apple's ADB keyboards, while high quality, were similarly expensive.

TBC Bank

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was the first financial institution to enter into an agreement to join the “Letter of Credit Support Project.” Since then, TBC has worked on trade finance transactions with various international financial institutions and commercial banks, and has raised TF facilities from BSTDB, ADB and IFC.


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Apple Desktop Bus

ADB was created by Steve Wozniak, who had been looking for a project to work on in the mid-1980s.

Asian Development Bank Institute

The first Dean of the ADB Institute was the leading Filipino economist Jesus Estanislao.

Cao Lãnh Bridge

The project is being developed with the financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Australia.

Dante Canlas

Dr. Canlas was also the Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Kazakhstan, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Pakistan, and the Philippines from 2003 to 2004.

Foreign relations of Liberia

Liberia is a founding member of the United Nations (see Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations) and its specialized agencies and is a member of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), African Development Bank (ADB), Mano River Union (MRU) and the Non-Aligned Movement.

GMS Environment Operations Center

EOC will also act as a secretariatto the Working Group on Environment (WGE), taking over the support functions, such as organizing and holding WGE meetings, coordinating WGE activities, reporting to the WGE, and other tasks which were previously carried out by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

International Public Sector Accounting Standards

Observers on the IPSASB meetings include ADB, EU, IASB, IMF, INTOSAI, OECD, UN, UNDP and the World Bank.

Jean Lambert

Lambert gained a BA in Modern Languages in 1971 from University College, Cardiff, before taking a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) from St Pauls' College (Francis Close Hall), Cheltenham (now the University of Gloucestershire) and gaining an ADB (Ed.) in 1975.

Letov Š-32

On 26 June 1934, one of these (registered OK-ADB) crashed during final approach to Karlovy Vary, killing all three on board, most notably the famous Austrian actor Max Pallenberg.

Macintosh IIsi

Ports included SCSI, two serial ports, an ADB port, a floppy drive port, and 3.5mm stereo headphone sound output and microphone sound input sockets.

Microbridge

Microbridge is a software stack that allows for communication between an Android mobile phone and an Arduino micro controller using the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) interface.

Sili, Samoa

The hydro project had received backing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which had been assisting the Samoan government and its Electric Power Corporation (EPC) to make high priority investment in renewable energy project.

Stijn Claessens

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Bank for International Settlements (BIS), World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (member Advisory Group Debt Relief Study)


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