Asian Development Bank: 958 books
by Sonia Chand Sandhu, Ramola Naik Singru, John Bachmann
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
This publication is a result of a 2-year innovative, exploratory, and reflective study of cities as unique urban spaces that support life, work, and play. It responds to major issues that affect the quality of life of urban residents. This publication offers practical ways on how urban managers, urban...
Taking the Right Road to Inclusive Growth
Industrial Upgrading and Diversification in the Philippines
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
This report discusses key policy challenges that need to be addressed if the Philippines were to embark on sustainable and inclusive growth. We take the view that the main reason behind the Philippines' lagging growth and development outcomes in the regional context lies in a sluggish transformation...
Lose to Gain
Is Involuntary Resettlement a Development Opportunity?
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
A crucial issue that confronts development in South Asia is how to build a better life for people displaced by infrastructure development projects. This book comprises recent displacement and resettlement case studies conducted by eight anthropologists in South Asia. Each contributor wrote around...
Impact Evaluation of Development Interventions
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Impact evaluation is an empirical approach to estimating the causal effects of interventions, in terms of both magnitude and statistical significance. Expanded use of impact evaluation techniques is critical to rigorously derive knowledge from development operations and for development investments...
The Future Global Reserve System
An Asian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
This publication is a collection of studies that discuss critical issues related to the future of the international monetary system and the role of Asia in its evolution. It is envisaged to enhance the awareness of Asian policy makers and the public in order to participate actively and constructively in the emerging global dialogue on reforming the global reserve system.
Carbon Efficiency, Carbon Reduction Potential, and Economic Development in the People's Republic of China
A Total Factor Production Model
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
"Carbon intensity" is the traditional measure of an economy's carbon performance. However, it is incapable of capturing the multidimensional features of an economy's carbon performance, particularly when increased emissions have causes other than poor emitting technology, such as changes...
Reconstructing a Fragile State
Institutional Strengthening of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development in Solomon Islands
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Emerging from the ethnic tensions that tore the Solomon Islands apart from 1998 to 2003, the country's Ministry of Infrastructure Development faced a number of serious challenges. Given the vast needs in the Solomon Islands, the Ministry of Infrastructure Development was called upon to take a leading...
The Provincial Performance Improvement Initiative
Papua New Guinea: A Case Study on Subnational Capacity Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
The Provincial Performance Improvement Initiative (PPII) is an undertaking of the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) that seeks to improve public administration at the subnational level. The case study describes how PPII has benefited from "enthusiastic leadership" and a high level of...
by Ramani Gunatilaka, Guanghua Wan, Shiladitya Chatterjee
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
This report aims to summarize the current state of poverty in Sri Lanka by tracing its causes and recommending policies. Special attention is paid to human development issues in the conflict-affected areas. The ongoing conflict in the north and east remains both the principal cause for poverty and the most binding constraint to human development in Sri Lanka.
by Ronald Duncan, James McMaster
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
The University of the South Pacific (USP), a regional university, has changed its delivery systems for teaching and learning over the years to serve the growing needs for tertiary education of students living on the thousands of small and remote islands in the Pacific Ocean. This case study examines...
From Dependency to Sustainability
A Case Study on the Economic Capacity Development of the Ok Tedi Mine-area Community
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
The Star Mountain Investment Holding Limited (SMIHL) is a Papua New Guinean (PNG) landowner holding company operating in Western Province, in the shadows of the huge Ok Tedi mine. The initiative drew on a Future Generation Fund and was, for the community, a response to years of frustration with wasted...
Knowledge Solutions
Tools, Methods, and Approaches to Drive Development Forward and Enhance its Effects
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
A competency approach befits knowledge management and learning. Knowledge Solutions are handy, quick reference guides to tools, methods, and approaches that propel development forward and enhance its effects. They fit in five comprehensive areas: (i) strategy development, (ii) management techniques,...
Unleashing Economic Growth
Region-Based Urban Development Strategy for Nepal
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
The book provides an overview of the economic, political, and social environment in Nepal and the challenges confronting the country in eliciting its economic growth potential. The book provides an insightful framework of an inclusive development strategy in the context of symbiotic relationships...
by Henry Vira
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
The Vanuatu Legal Sector Strengthening Program (VLSSP) was launched in 2002 at a time when "the public was calling for a revamp of the whole judiciary." This case study describes how VLSSP, which was funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), contributed to Vanuatu's...