Asian Development Bank: 958 books
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide is a comprehensive explanation of the region’s bond markets. It provides various information such as the history, legal and regulatory framework, specific characteristics of the market, trading and transaction including settlement systems, and other relevant information....
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide is a comprehensive explanation of the region’s bond markets. It provides various information such as the history, legal and regulatory framework, specific characteristics of the market, trading and transaction including settlement systems, and other relevant information....
Integrated Solid Waste Management for Local Governments
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Improving solid waste management is crucial for countering public health impacts of uncollected waste and environmental impacts of open dumping and burning. This practical reference guide introduces key concepts of integrated solid waste management and identifies crosscutting issues in the sector,...
Improving Transitions
From School to University to Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The increasing number of higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing Asia can lead to improved prospects for development. However, the rapid expansion can undermine external efficiency---the alignment of higher education with the external environment. This publication focuses on tackling three...
Asia Economic Monitor
December 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The Asia Economic Monitor is a semiannual review of emerging East Asia's growth and policy issues. It covers the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Republic of Korea; and Taipei,China. This issue includes a special section: Can East Asia Weather Another Global Economic Crisis?
Adapting to Climate Change
Strengthening the Climate Resilience of Water Sector Infrastructure in Khulna, Bangladesh
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Climate change and the resulting rise in sea level would affect water sector infrastructure, such as surface water supply and urban drainage systems. The climate resilience of such infrastructure should then be made more climate-resilient to optimize its expected benefits. This publication provides...
by Joel Mangahas
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Since its inception in 1966, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been involved in the development of Mindanao, which accounts for a large slice of ADB operations in the Philippines. As of May 2010, ADB had approved 192 public sector/sovereign loans to the Philippines totaling $11.3 billion. Out of...
Philippines
Country Procurement Assessment Report 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Proper public procurement practices directly reflect good governance. Transparent and effective procurement practices minimize expenditure and create opportunity. Procurement is an enormous component in the process by which governments build infrastructure, such as schools and hospitals. It involves...
Implementing Results-Based Budget Management Frameworks
An Assessment of Progress in Selected Countries
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The use of results-based budget management (RBBM) is well established around the world as a concept. RBBM is intended to hold managers to account for their role in organizing the supply of goods and services to the public, and to enforce a regular review of the effectiveness of government expenditure...
Improving Interchanges
Toward Better Multimodal Railway Hubs in the People's Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
The interchange hub is the gateway to the city, and is a critical element in developing a sustainable and efficient public transport system. This publication presents ideas for improving interchanges by enhancing the quality of the journey experience for passengers. It draws upon international best...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
This latest issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor highlights the gains of Pacific developing member countries (Pacific DMCs) and the challenges that the Pacific DMCs continue to face including the impacts of climate change. The Pacific is among those parts of the world most vulnerable to weather-related...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
This publication discusses how the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC) can enhance trade by addressing key challenges, including poor market access, limited economic diversification, and weak institutions for trade. CAREC's new trade strategy leverages on the successes of past...
Guidance Note
Electricity Sector Risk Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
The electricity sector is vulnerable to a broad range of risks that can threaten development effectiveness. Risks can spring from the magnitude of the sector's capital investments, opportunities for discretionary decision making and rent seeking by stakeholders, weak policy and regulatory frameworks,...
Challenges in Implementing Best Practices in Involuntary Resettlement
A Case Study in Sri Lanka
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Infrastructure projects sometimes physically displace households and disrupt income sources and livelihoods. The Asian Development Bank offers several good governance practices to its borrowers to minimize such adverse impacts, especially since the absorption of such best practices by countries is...