Asian Development Bank: 821 books
Development Asia—Racing to Reach the Millennium Development Goals
October–December 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
The adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly was a major breakthrough in the fight against poverty. Not only did it draw out firm commitments from nations but it also promoted greater transparency and urgency by putting the spotlight on...
by Asian Development Bank, The World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Asia and the Pacific has a significant rise in migration: about one in three migrants comes from Asia according to the United Nations. Currently, over 80 million people from Asia and the Pacific live and work outside of their countries of origin. Migration and remittances have both positive and negative...
Development Asia—Who Will Pay for Asia's Double Burden?
July–December 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The 11th edition of Development Asia looks into the double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases in Asia and the Pacific. Asian and Pacific countries are facing unprecedented challenges related to health care. While wealthier countries tend to suffer from noncommunicable ailments, such...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
This Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Urban Development Strategic Framework, 2015-2022 sets out a broad framework to encourage and facilitate a coordinated approach to the development of urban areas throughout the GMS. The framework includes three pillars: (i) planning and development of key urban areas,...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
The urban metabolism framework maps the activities of cities from their consumption of materials, the different activities associated with those processes, and the wastes produced. Information generated provides a diagnostic tool for identifying high waste generating or inefficient activities and...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
This reports the result of an investigation into the social, economic, political, and institutional factors that encourage or impede inclusive economic development in Kiribati and hamper the capacity development needed to overcome obstacles to that development. Much of the information on which this...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The Greater Mekong Subregion Human Resource Development Strategic Framework and Action Plan (2013–2017) reflects changing circumstances, including the development of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) economic corridors as an important GMS priority. The goal of the human resource development strategy...
Future Carbon Fund
Delivering Co-Benefits for Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Asia and the Pacific is home to more than 60% of the world's population and 62% of the global economic output. But the region still faces enormous development challenges and with economic growth, it has become a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This has exposed Asia and the Pacific...
Development Asia—Urban Planning Laboratory
January–March 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The rise of Asia's megacities is the upshot of robust economic growth in the region. In turn, the expansion of these centers of industry and commerce is fueling further growth, opening more opportunities for business and employment. With six out of 10 of the world's largest cities in Asia—and eight...
Harmonizing Electricity Laws in South Asia
Recommendations to Implement the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Framework Agreement on Energy Trade (Electricity)
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Electricity shortages in South Asia are adversely impacting the region's socioeconomic development. Energy trade is seen as a solution to this challenge. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation (Electricity) is a key step in realizing...
Development Asia—Making the Grade?
April–June 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Education attacks poverty at its roots, laying the groundwork for achieving all development goals. Teaching children to read and write, for example, not only improves their employment prospects, but also better attunes them to their country's development goals—all of which depend on disseminating...
Papua New Guinea: Critical Development Constraints
Critical Development Constraints
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Papua New Guinea's economic growth has outpaced the majority of economies in Southeast Asia and the Pacific since 2007. Its development challenges, however, remain daunting, and it lags behind other countries in the region in terms of per capita income and achievement of the Millennium Development...
Enabling Inclusive Cities
Tool Kit for Inclusive Urban Development
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
This tool kit presents an integrated approach to inclusive urban development and was prepared for ADB staff and their partners to engage in inclusive urban development programming and implementation as an integral component of ADB’s lending programs. It presents methods to gather required information...
Financial Soundness Indicators for Financial Sector Stability
A Tale of Three Asian Countries
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The development and analysis of financial soundness indicators help policy makers identify the strengths and vulnerabilities in their countries' financial systems and take preventive action to avert a crisis or at least minimize its effects. This publication presents the country-case studies for Bangladesh,...