ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the theoretical framework that is utilized. It also provides a brief overview of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) by focuses on key players and the Bank's organizational culture in shaping the Bank's behavior. The chapter analyzes both external and internal factors that contributed to the ADB's decision to adopt the anticorruption policy. It explains the extent to which the ADB has been successful in mainstreaming the anticorruption norm. The chapter concernes with investigating the degree to which the ADB has mainstreamed the anticorruption norm in its core operations. It argues that the ADB's adoption of an anticorruption policy was largely driven by external forces in the form of both normative and material pressures. The chapter concludes by considering the relevance of this case for the study of International Organisations (IOs) in general and the Regional Development Banks (RDBs) in particular.
