Economic Development category: 2617 books

Cover of Anticorruption and Integrity: Policies and Strategies
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010

This publication is comprised of the two Asian Development Bank (ADB) documents: Integrity Principles and Guidelines (May 2010) and the Anticorruption Policy (July 1998). ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity investigates allegations of fraud, corruption, coercive practice, collusive practice,...
Cover of Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure: Case Studies from the Republic of Korea Projects Volume 2
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011

The Republic of Korea has rich experience in implementing PPP projects for almost a decade. This experience provides valuable lessons for most DMCs and that merits wider dissemination. The two-volume report prepared by the Korea Development Institute (KDI) presents an in-depth assessment of the different...
Cover of Regional Workshop on Responding to Climate Change in the Pacific
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010

ADB’s Pacific Climate Change Program will address climate change–related technical and financing needs and support the planning and implementation of the climate responsive national development plans of Pacific developing member countries. Using innovative financing mechanisms, the program will build...
Cover of Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrowers
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013

Энэхүү журам нь Азийн Хөгжлийн Банк (АХБ)-наас олгосон аливаа зээл, буцалтгүй тусламж, эсхүл АХБ-наас захиран зарцуулдаг сангаас бүрэн ба хэсэгчлэн санхүүждэг зээлийн...
Cover of Asian Sanitation Data Book 2008
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009

Access to sanitation may have increased significantly in Asian cities between 1990 and 2006, but roughly 2 billion people in the region still do not have basci latrines, let alone more sophisticated sanitation and sewage treatment facilities. While sanitation is a complex issue that involves many factors...
Cover of Same Energy, More Power
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013

Energy efficiency is often defined as delivered energy service per unit of energy supplied into a system. Supply-side energy efficiency refers to decreasing energy losses in the supply chain, for improved performance in the production and delivery of electricity and heat. Demand- side energy efficiency...
Cover of Fast-Track Tax Reform

Fast-Track Tax Reform

Lessons from the Maldives

by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017

The economy of Maldives faced two very challenging episodes traced to the 2004 tsunami and the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. To develop alternative sources of funding and to improve services delivery, the government, with the help of partners like the Asian Development Bank and others, succeeded...
Cover of Doing Business 2014

Doing Business 2014

Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises

by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013

Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: • Starting a business • Dealing with construction permits • Getting electricity • Registering property • Getting...
Cover of The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy
by
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013

Cost-benefit analysis -- the formal estimating and weighing of the costs and benefits of policy alternatives -- is a standard tool for governments in advanced economies. Through decades of research and innovation, institutions have developed in the United States, European Union, and other developed...
Cover of Summary of The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Summary of The Rise and Fall of American Growth

by Robert J. Gordon | Includes Analysis

by Instaread Summaries
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016

Summary of The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Rise and Fall of American Growth is an analysis of American growth from 1870 to the present. It focuses especially on the unprecedented “special century” of 1870-1970....
Cover of Engineering Firms

Engineering Firms

A Survey of Factors Affecting their Growth and Performance

by Industrial Systems Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013

Engineering Firms: A Survey of Factors Affecting their Growth & Performance This is a detailed study of business-economic growth and performance in engineering. It covers a wide range of firm types – in all the main engineering fields – in Britain, the United States, Europe, and Japan. The...
Cover of The Smartest Places on Earth

The Smartest Places on Earth

Why Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation

by Antoine van Agtmael, Fred Bakker
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016

The remarkable story of how rustbelt cities such as Akron and Albany in the United States and Eindhoven in Europe are becoming the unlikely hotspots of global innovation, where sharing brainpower and making things smarter—not cheaper—is creating a new economy that is turning globalization on its...
Cover of Made in Africa

Made in Africa

Learning to Compete in Industry

by Carol Newman, John Page, John Rand
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016

Why is there so little industry in Africa? Over the past forty years, industry has moved from the developed to the developing world, yet Africa’s share of global manufacturing has fallen from about 3 percent in 1970 to less than 2 percent in 2014. Industry is important to low-income countries....
Cover of Public-Private Partnerships in ADB Education Lending, 2000-2009
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

Education is a concern for all, including students, parents, communities, employers,societies, and governments. All stakeholders have a role in providing education services. In this context, the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) operations in the education sector pursue new and innovative models of education...
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