Asian Development Bank imprint: 965 books
by David A. Raitzer, Francesco Bosello, Massimo Tavoni
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Climate change is a global concern of special relevance to Southeast Asia, a region that is both vulnerable to the effects of climate change and a rapidly increasing emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs). This study focuses on five countries of Southeast Asia that collectively account for 90% of regional...
Drying Up
What to Do About Droughts in the People's Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Climate change is one of a few major factors that ensure the country will continue to struggle to supply its cities and industries and fields with enough water, particularly in the North, as well as face more frequent and longer droughts. The country has shown a stunningly agile disaster response...
by Qamar Uz Zaman Chaudhry
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Catastrophic floods, droughts, and cyclones have plagued Pakistan in recent years. The 2010 flood killed 1,600 people and caused around $10 billion in damage. The 2015 Karachi heat wave led to the death of more than 1,200 people. Climate change-related natural hazards may increase in frequency and...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
This book analyzes the performance and impact of the India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement over the past decade and suggests the way forward. India became an important source of imports for Sri Lanka immediately after the implementation of the free trade agreement. Bilateral trade between the countries...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
This regional study includes the People's Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Mongolia and examines how strategies for adapting to climate change up to 2050 can be combined with measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in East Asia. Besides discussing climate model results for...
by Shinji Kawai, Taiji Inui
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
This report, consisting of three parts, is the result of Phase 2 studies of the ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum Sub-Forum 2 and enhances the findings of Phase 1. Part 1 provides an overview of ASEAN+3 bond markets and their infrastructure. Part 2 reports on the bond market-related issues of economies in...
Flood Risk Management in the People's Republic of China
Learning to Live with Flood Risk
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
This publication presents a shift in the People's Republic of China from flood control depending on structural measures to integrated flood management using both structural and non-structural measures. The core of the new concept of integrated flood management is flood risk management. Flood risk...
Innovations in Knowledge and Learning
Postsecondary Education Reform to Support Employment and Inclusive Growth
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
To meet modern-day challenges of improving quality and relevance, responding to new knowledge, and strengthening teaching and learning, the postsecondary education space must revise system structures, content designs, and delivery strategies, i.e., engage in disruptive thinking. Governments need to...
Armenia Water Supply and Sanitation
Challenges, Achievements, and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
This report shows how Armenia improved its water supply and sanitation (WSS) infrastructure and services. Government reforms in the early 2000s encouraged public-private partnerships in the sector, with WSS utilities using private operators to improve service quality and efficiency. International...
ASEAN, PRC, and India
The Great Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Asia’s remarkable economic performance and transformation since the 1960s has shifted the center of global economic activity toward Asia, in particular toward the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies, the People’s Republic of China, and India (collectively known as ACI).
While...
Managing the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
Perspectives, Policies, and Practices from Asia
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Asia must be at the center of the global fight against climate change. It is the world’s most populous region, with high economic growth, a rising share of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the most vulnerability to climate risks. Its current resource- and emission-intensive growth pattern is...
ASEAN 2030
Toward a Borderless Economic Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
This book investigates long-term development issues for members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It finds that with the proper policy mix-including domestic structural reforms and bold initiatives for regional integration-ASEAN has the potential to reach by 2030 the average quality...
by ADBI
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
This report analyzes how closer regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit both regions, with a focus on the role played by infrastructure and public policies in facilitating this process. It examines major developments in South AsianSoutheast...