The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance (TA) grant of $ 0.68 million to Pakistan for enhancing the capacity for resource management and poverty reduction in Punjab. The TA will provide input to the proposed Punjab Resource Management Programme, which is in ADB's loan pipeline for 2003. This grant includes co-financing of $ 230,000 by the Poverty Reduction Co-operation Fund and of $ 200,000 by the British Government.