Asian Development Bank: 958 books
2014 Clean Energy Investments
Project Summaries
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
This report summarizes the investments in clean energy made by the operations departments of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2014, condensing information from project databases and formal reports in an easy-to-reference format. This report was prepared by ADB's Clean Energy Program which provides...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
These guidelines describe how to develop a design and monitoring framework (DMF) for an Asian Development Bank (ADB) project. The DMF communicates the planned performance of a project. As a link between project design, implementation, and evaluation, it provides the basis for the project performance...
Thinking about Water Differently
Managing the Water–Food–Energy Nexus
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The water–food–energy nexus is emerging as a critical issue in Asia and the Pacific. It is clear that solutions must be found to assure water security, thereby eliminating the immediate---and increasing---risk to food security, energy security, and economic growth and stability: water must be...
Environment Program
Greening Growth in Asia and the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
This publication presents a snapshot of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) environmental strategies, programs, initiatives, partnerships, and a range of activities that demonstrate ADB's commitment to support environmentally sustainable growth in Asia and the Pacific---a strategic agenda of ADB's...
Reviving Lakes and Wetlands in the People's Republic of China, Volume 2
Lessons Learned on Integrated Water Pollution Control from Chao Lake Basin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
This publication continues the Asian Development Bank's analysis of lake and wetland rehabilitation in the People's Republic of China. It examines how the current situation in the Chao Lake Basin compares with international thinking on the conditions necessary for sustainable management of lake basins....
Nepal Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project
Gender Results Case Study
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Women in Nepal have long experienced poverty, social exclusion, and marginalization because of their gender, especially among ethnic minorities and low-caste groups. Between 2002 and 2013, the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Nepal developed and implemented the Gender Equality and Empowerment...
Gender Tool Kit
Transport
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This tool kit assists staff and consultants of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and partner governments in conceptualizing and designing gender-responsive programs and projects in transport sector operations. It aims to help users identify gender equality issues and to develop practical design elements...
Technological Innovation for Agricultural Statistics
Special Supplement to Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
This special supplement to the Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2018 showcases the role that technology can play in improving the quality, timeliness, and frequency of agricultural statistics. The first part presents a summary of existing methods for collecting land area, production, and yield...
2013 Clean Energy Investments
Project Summaries
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
This report summarizes the investments in clean energy made by the operations departments of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2013, condensing information from project databases and formal reports in an easy-to-reference format. This report was prepared by ADB's Clean Energy Program which provides...
Mainstreaming Climate Change in ADB Operations
Climate Change Implementation Plan for the Pacific (2009-2015)
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
This study describes the areas of focus of operations for the Pacific Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), identifies key gaps between country and ADB actions, as well as opportunities for scaling up ADB's assistance related to mitigation, adaptation, and associated crosscutting needs....
Gender Statistics in the Southern Caucasus and Central and West Asia
A Situational Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This report provides a baseline of the capacity of Asian Development Bank developing member countries to generate, analyze, disseminate, and use sex-disaggregated data. It introduces a framework on gender statistics and guides in assessing statistical systems in the Southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan,...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
This publication shows the historical energy trends and the latest energy structures of 48 regional members, both the developed and developing members, of the Asian Development Bank. It contains energy demand and supply analysis, country energy profiles, and energy balance tables of each member country in the Asia and Pacific region.
Scaling Up Payments for Forest Environmental Services in Viet Nam
Lessons and Insights from Quang Nam
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) supported the provincial authorities of Quang Nam in Viet Nam to scale up the implementation of payments for forest environmental services (PFES) through a technical assistance financed by the Governments of Sweden and Norway. The project pilot-tested two innovations---the...
Reviving Lakes and Wetlands in People's Republic of China, Volume 3
Best Practices and Prospects for the Sanjiang Plain Wetlands
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
The Sanjiang Plain wetlands are among the most important wetlands in the People’s Republic of China with unique habitats, species, and ecology. There is a considerable body of literature devoted to various aspects of the Sanjiang Plain wetlands including their ecological values. Building on lessons...