Cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- MANAGEMENT RESPONSE -- CHAIR'S SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS COMMITTEE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- The Asian Development Fund -- Previous Evaluations of ADF Operations -- Purpose and Scope -- Methodology -- II. FINANCING ADF OPERATIONS (2001-2010) -- Introduction -- Overall Availability of ADF Resources -- Allocation of ADF Resources by Region and Country -- Allocation of ADF Resources by Sector and Theme -- Other ADF Resource Allocation Patterns -- III. PERFORMANCE OF ADF OPERATIONS -- Overall Success Rates for Country and Sector Strategies and Programs, and Projects -- Assessment of Strategic Positioning, Relevance, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Sustainability, and Development Impact of ADF Support -- IV. PROGRESS IN AREAS RELEVANT TO ADF OPERATIONS -- Poverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals -- Good Governance -- Gender Mainstreaming in ADB Operations -- Private Sector Development -- Regional Cooperation and Integration -- Environmental Sustainability -- Sector Selectivity and Concentration -- Partnerships, Aid Coordination, and Harmonization -- Performance-Based Allocation of ADF Resources -- Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations -- Technical Assistance Performance -- Progress in Implementing Recommendations of the 2007 SES on ADF VIII-IX Operations -- V. DMC STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION WORKSHOP -- Usefulness -- Relevance -- Overall Effectiveness of ADF Operations -- Other Suggested Areas for Improvement -- VI. KEY FINDINGS, ISSUES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Key Findings -- Issues -- Recommendations: Looking Forward -- APPENDIXES -- Tables -- 1 Regional Distribution of ADF Approvals, 2001-2010 -- 2 Top Recipients of ADF Resources, by ADF Cycle, 2001-2010.

3 Population and Per Capita ADF Approval, by developing member country -- 4 Amount of ADF Loan and Grant Approvals, by Sector -- 5 Thematic Distribution of ADF Operations -- 6 ADB Financing of Projects in Blend Countries, by Sector -- 7 Trend in Targeted Interventions in ADF Operations, by Country Group -- 8 Distribution of ADF Grants, by Country Classification -- 9 ADF Grant Approvals, by Sector and Replenishment -- 10 Financing Modality, by ADF Replenishment Period -- 11 Approved Technical Assistance from All Sources for ADF Operations -- 12 Country Assistance Program Evaluation Report Ratings for ADF Countries -- 13 ADF Project Success Ratings, by Country -- 14 Comparison of Assessments of Case Study Projects, by 2007 and 2011 Special Evaluation Studies -- 15 ADF Project Success Ratings, by Sector -- 16 CAPE Component Ratings, by Type of ADF Country -- 17 Project Component Ratings, by Type of ADF Country -- 18 Indicative and Actual Allocation of ADF Resources -- Figures -- 1 ADF Resource and Net Resource Flows (ADF IV-ADF X) -- 2 Success Rates of ADF Operations.