Ebook: Consulting Services Operations Manual

In April 2006, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) issued a revised edition of its Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrowers, (the Guidelines), incorporating significant changes resulting from the harmonization of policies and procedures with those of the World Bank.While the Guidelines set basic policies and procedures, further guidance on using consultants is provided to ADB staff through the project administration instructions (which are updated periodically). A third reference, which provides information on practices and procedures in even greater detail and to a wider audience, has been the Handbook for Users of Consulting Services (the Handbook). The last edition of the handbook was produced in 2002.Thus,when the new guidelines were issued, a substantial amount of updating was needed, both because of the changes to the Guidelines themselves and because of incremental changes in policies, practices, and procedures over the years.