Asian Development Bank: 821 books
Sustainable Transport Solutions
Low-Carbon Buses in the People's Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
This publication discusses the real-world performance data of low-carbon buses in the People's Republic of China. It also reviews the environmental and financial impacts, as well as the policies used to promote them. The People's Republic of China has taken the lead in the deployment of low-carbon...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
It is only by specifically considering the needs and concerns of women and girls that we design infrastructure and services that are truly inclusive. This three-country study analyzes the incidence and impacts of sexual harassment on public transport. It proposes simple design changes and policy considerations...
A Guide to Sanitation Safety Planning in the Philippines
Step-By-Step Risk Management for Safe Reuse and Disposal of Wastewater, Greywater, and Excreta
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Sanitation safety planning is a preventive risk management approach that identifies potential risks that may arise during the operation of a sanitation system, including waste collection, transportation and conveyance, treatment, disposal, and reuse. After the highest priority risks have been identified,...
The Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing in Sri Lanka
Country Diagnostics Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
This country diagnostic assessment seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Sri Lanka, focusing on insurance and other risk transfer instruments. It explores the current application of disaster risk financing solutions by the government, businesses, and individual households; related...
The Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing in Fiji
Country Diagnostics Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
This country diagnostic assessment seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Fiji, focusing on insurance and other risk transfer instruments. It explores the current application of disaster risk financing solutions by the government, businesses, and individual households; related...
Taking the Helm
A Policy Brief on a Response to the Global Economic Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
The global financial crisis quickly evolved into a full blown economic crisis that has hit the Pacific. The looming impacts look to be larger than expected 6 months ago, are unfolding rapidly, and are likely to be felt over 2009 and into 2010. Even if the global economy picks up in the second half...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The establishment of a Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism (TTFMM) is important because it allows a country to take stock, identify bottlenecks, and prioritize recommendations for the implementation of trade facilitation measures. A baseline study is the first step to establish TTFMM....
Implementing HIV Prevention in the Context of Road Construction
A Case Study from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
This case study documents HIV prevention work on the Longbai Expressway in Guangxi in the People's Republic of China. It describes how to build HIV prevention into existing processes in road construction projects. It also highlights opportunities and constraints for HIV prevention work in the transport...
Irrigation Management Transfer
Strategies and Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Over the years, various factors like increased competition for water, fiscal constraints faced by the government in continued subsidies for irrigation management, the demonstrated improvement in water use equity and efficiency when managed by the users, have led to the devolution of irrigation management...