Asian Development Bank: 958 books
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
On 28-30 September 2009, the Asian Development Bank,the governments of the People’s Republic of China and Viet Nam, and the ASEAN Secretariat jointly organized a high-level Asia-wide conference in Ha Noi on the social and environmental impact of the global economic crisis on Asia and the Pacific,...
ADB and Civil Society Partnership
Annual Report 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) values contribution from civil society organizations (CSOs) to country-level and global development efforts. This report provides highlights of ADB and CSOs working together to overcome the region's development challenges. A selected sample of projects from across...
Strengthening the Environmental Dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific
Stocktake of National Responses to Sustainable Development Goals 12, 14, and 15
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
This report presents the results of a stocktake of national responses to Sustainable Development Goals 12, 14, and 15, and selected environment-related targets that have a direct relationship with responsible consumption and production, and sustainable marine and terrestrial ecosystems management,...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Private sector investment is widely recognized as the engine of economic growth. The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) long-term strategic framework 2008-2020 (Strategy 2020) identifies private sector development and private sector operations as one of five drivers of change to pursue its vision and agenda....
Philippines: Urban Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map
Urban Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
This publication documents the current assessment and strategic investment priorities of the Government of the Philippines and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the country's urban sector. It highlights sector performance, priority development constraints, government plans and strategies, past ADB...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
The 2012 Development Effectiveness Review (DEfR) is the sixth annual corporate performance report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The review found that the development effectiveness review process introduced in 2008 has successfully propagated a results culture across ADB. This has led to improved...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
This publication examines the performance of the Asian Development Bank in achieving the goals of Strategy 2020, one of the institution's long-term planning documents. It tracks recent development progress in Asia and the Pacific, assesses ADB's development effectiveness, and identifies areas where...
Administrative Data Sources for Compiling Millennium Development Goals and Related Indicators
A Reference Handbook on Using Data from Education, Health, and Vital Registration Systems Featuring Practices and Experiences from Selected Countries
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
The handbook is one of the outputs of the Asian Development Bank regional technical assistance on Improving Administrative Data Sources for the Monitoring of the Millennium Development Goals Indicators. It serves as a reference tool for data producers on improving administrative data sources for compiling...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
The economies of the People’s Republic of China and India have seen dramatic growth in recent years. As their respective successes continue to reshape the world’s economic landscape, noted Chinese and Indian scholars have studied the two countries’ development paths, in particular their rich and...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
This publication highlights priorities and strategies in meeting current and emerging needs for skills development in South Asia. The report is in line with the Asian Development Bank's effort to support its developing member countries' priorities toward global competitiveness, increased productivity,...
Development Effectiveness Report 2011
Private Sector Operations
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The private sector contributes to economic development by generating jobs and incomes, as well as through investments, new technologies, knowledge transfer, and enhanced productivity. This is particularly true in Asia and the Pacific, where much of the recent success in reducing poverty has been due...
Asian Economic Integration Monitor
July 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
The Asian Economic Integration Monitor is a semiannual review of Asia's regional economic cooperation and integration. It covers 48 regional member countries of the Asian Development Bank. This issue includes a special section---Regional Integration: A Balanced View.
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been working closely with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People's Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the Republic of Korea---collectively known as ASEAN+3---to promote the development of local currency bond markets in the region through...
Development Effectiveness Report 2017
Private Sector Operations
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
In 2017, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) changed its reporting of new projects from approvals to the commitment of funds which are more closely aligned with the resources made available for development purposes. Commitments of ADB's Private Sector Operations Department reached a record level in 2017....