Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
Aid Effectiveness Report 2011
Overall Achievements on Paris Declaration Commitments
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
This publication assesses the progress achieved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the 2010 targets of the Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action. It covers ADB's average performance from 2008 to 2010 in 25 developing member countries based on the findings of annual internal monitoring...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
ADB launched a review in February 2010 to assess the 2005 public communications policy’s (PCP) efficacy and recommend changes as necessary to improve and strengthen it. The review engaged interested individuals and organizations. Consultation drafts were released in June and November 2010. Extensive...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
This publication suggests solutions that can be built into the design of urban development projects undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to address the common problems and grievances of the urban poor, and to improve urban governance overall. It also identifies succesful or promising community-based...
by Brian Bell
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Tuvalu, the fourth smallest country in the world, with an estimated population of 10,440, is an isolated and resource-poor country that relies mainly on royalties received for access to its exclusive economic zone and remittances as its main sources of foreign exchange. This case study describes how...
Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development
Lessons from Ghana
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
The world development institutions commonly present 'urban governance' as an antidote to the so-called 'urbanisation of poverty' and 'parasitic urbanism' in Africa.
Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development is a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the meaning, nature, and effects of 'urban...
Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment
The Case of India
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Nuclear power is often characterized as a "green technology." Technologies are rarely, if ever, socially isolated artefacts. Instead, they materially represent an embodiment of values and priorities. Nuclear power is no different. It is a product of a particular political economy and the...
Foreign Aid for Development
Issues, Challenges, and the New Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Foreign aid is one of the few topics in the development discourse with such an uninterrupted, yet volatile history in terms of interest and attention from academics, policymakers, and practitioners alike. Does aid work in promoting growth and reducing poverty in the developing world? Will a new 'big...
Catalyzing Green Finance
A Concept for Leveraging Blended Finance for Green Development
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
A large financing need challenges climate-adjusted infrastructure in developing Asia, estimated at $26 trillion till 2030. This necessitates crowding-in private sources to meet financing, efficiency, and technology gaps. However, a lack of bankable projects is a major hurdle. This publication suggests...
Asian Development Outlook 2016 Update
Meeting the Low-Carbon Growth Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Steady growth endures in developing Asia despite external slack. Half-year results prompt this Update to affirm overall growth projections published in March in Asian Development Outlook 2016. External weakness is offset by resilient domestic demand in large regional economies led by the People's...
Asian Water Development Outlook 2016
Strengthening Water Security in Asia and the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
The Asian Water Development Outlook charts progress in water security in Asia and the Pacific over the past 5 years. This 2016 edition of the report uses the latest available data to assess water security in five key dimensions: household access to piped potable water and improved sanitation, economic...
ADB Perceptions Survey
Multinational Survey of Stakeholders 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
The 2009 ADB Perceptions Survey gauges stakeholders' perceptions of ADB's mission to help reduce poverty and contribute to development in Asia and the Pacific. The survey, the second of its kind since 2006, was carried out among 900 opinion leaders in 31 member countries, drawn from a broad cross...
Children and the Geography of Violence
Why Space and Place Matter
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Violence sabotages development, both children’s development and the development of the communities and neighbourhoods they rely on. There is abundant evidence of the deep and lasting harm that can be done. Violence breaks bodies and minds and exerts an insidious influence at every level. The effects...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
The role secondary cities play in the global space economy and national urban hierarchies is increasingly receiving attention from scholars and international agencies, most notably the Cities Alliance.
Secondary Cities and Development considers the role of secondary cities through the lens...
Development and Underdevelopment in Historical Perspective
Populism, Nationalism and Industrialisation
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
How do the intellectual origins and historical background of western and other theories of development affect their relevance to contemporary Third-World conditions? This is the central question behind Gavin Kitching’s examination of ‘development studies’, first published in 1982, from its origins...