... predominantly on agriculture and rural development. By the end of 2002, ....................Concessional loans from the Bank's special fund resources have a 10-year grace period, a maturity period of 40 years, and carry interest only in the form of a 1 per cent service charge. 1.2 Technical Assistance as well as various regional activities In addition to its lending activities, the bank provides technical assistance grants and has carried out various regional activities. Technical assistance is intended mainly to help the borrowing countries in project preparation and implementation, and has concentrated on the least developed member countries. And the Bank's regional activities include the undertaking or commissioning of various regional surveys and studies, and the organizing of meeting, seminars and workshops. Technical assistance and regional activities provide the ADB with a means of influencing the formulation of development policies in its borrowing countries, and there has been a clear shift from the ...

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