Board of Governors

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The Board of Governors is the Asian Development Bank’s highest decision-making body, comprising representatives from each member country who oversee its strategic direction and key institutional policies.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf decision-making body
governing body
associatedWith multilateral development bank governance
comprises governors from all ADB member countries
delegatesPowersTo Board of Directors (Asian Development Bank)
eachMemberRepresents an ADB member country
elects President of the Asian Development Bank
governs operations of the Asian Development Bank
hasAlternateMemberType alternate governor
hasAuthorityOver admission of new members to the Asian Development Bank
amendments to the Agreement Establishing the Asian Development Bank
changes in the capital stock of the Asian Development Bank
overall policy of the Asian Development Bank
hasDecisionScope institutional policies
strategic direction
hasMember representative of each ADB member country
hasMemberType governor
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasParentOrganization Asian Development Bank
hasResponsibility approving major institutional changes of the Asian Development Bank
safeguarding the mandate of the Asian Development Bank
hasVotingMembers all ADB member countries
isAboveInHierarchy Board of Directors (Asian Development Bank)
legalBasis Agreement Establishing the Asian Development Bank
makesDecisionsBy voting
meetingType Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors
meets annually
oversees key institutional policies of the Asian Development Bank
strategic direction of the Asian Development Bank
partOf Asian Development Bank
primaryFunction making key institutional decisions for the Asian Development Bank
providing strategic guidance to the Asian Development Bank
setting overall policies of the Asian Development Bank
regionServed Asia and the Pacific
role highest decision-making body of the Asian Development Bank
sector development finance

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank
governanceStructure

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