Mid-year: Not even half the target of ADB-funded projects could be met
Meeting to hasten implementation postponed Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:00 AM The Asian Development Bank has managed to award only 27 percent of its mid-year target for contracts and 47 percent of its half-year fund disbursement target as of June 30, in an indication of the magnitude of slowdown in project implementation caused by the pandemic. In the first six months of 2021, the ADB, which is one of the biggest lenders of Bangladesh, has set a target of awarding contracts worth $826 million and disburse $1,027 million, showed an internal document. Pandemic has affected most of the projects' implemen...