Asian Development Bank: 821 books
Bhutan Transport 2040 Integrated Strategic Vision
Integrated Strategic Vision
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Bhutan, in 2040, will be very different from what it is today. The transport system then needs to respond to the changing needs and demands. The Transport Integrated Strategic Vision 2040 incorporates all existing transport related plans, policies, initiatives, and actions to create a long-term comprehensive...
The Cook Islands
Stronger Investment Climate for Sustainable Growth
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The Cook Islands is among the best performing Pacific island economies, with many structures in place that support private sector investment, including an internationally competitive tax regime, an open trade regime, and good standards of education and health care. Future prospects are positive due...
Mongolia
Road Sector Development to 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Mongolia's growth is set to accelerate in the next decade, as its vast mining resources start to be put into large-scale production. This has greatly improved its prospects for prosperity and poverty reduction. However, to realize its full potential, Mongolia will need to transform its society, economy,...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Improving the efficiency of water utilities and reducing water losses are becoming top priorities in Asia, with its often-limited water resources and rapidly increasing urban population. This publication provides an up-to-date introduction to the subject matter, highlights the complexity of managing...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The threat from dengue has grown dramatically. The World Health organization estimates that there may be up to 100 million thousands die because of dengue each year. Controlling mosquitoes is the only available dengue prevention strategy, but dengue control activities tend to be limited to reponses to...
Sharing Growth and Prosperity
Strategy and Action Plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion Southern Economic Corridor
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
The Southern Economic Corridor (SEC), one of the priority economic corridors under the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program, was designated as a GMS flagship initiative in 2002. Efforts have been taken since then, but these were pursued mainly on a project-by-project basis....
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
The Government of Bangladesh has made it a priority to expand access to maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) services. However, healthcare services in Bangladesh are predominantly financed through household out-of-pocket expenditures. This study used a number of different data sources and innovative...
Climate Change Adaptation in Himachal Pradesh
Sustainable Strategies for Water Resources
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
This publication lays out a strategy which identifies and presents a broad framework for integrated water resources planning and management, to increase the level of resilience to climate change in Himachal Pradesh. It is based on an assessment of the status of water resources in the state, including...
Making Grasslands Sustainable in Mongolia
Assessment of Key Elements of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions for Grassland and Livestock Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Climate change is a threat to Mongolia's economic growth, sustainable development, and fragile environment. Well-designed actions to mitigate climate change can provide multiple benefits, including socioeconomic development and resilience to climate variability and change. Nationally appropriate mitigation...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program will begin its third decade in 2012. Since its inception, the program has achieved noteworthy successes in fostering cooperation in a region that, at the commencement of the program, was emerging from a period of prolonged conflict. The...
Integrating Biofuel and Rural Renewable Energy Production in Agriculture for Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion
An Overview and Strategic Framework for Biofuel Development
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
This report contains the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Strategic Framework for Biofuel Development. It also presents the executive summaries of this report, the individual biofuel study reports for the six member countries, and the biofuel modeling study. The findings were endorsed at the Fifth...
District Cooling in the People's Republic of China
Status and Development Potential
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
This report defines the concept of district cooling and summarizes its benefits and challenges then presents technologies used in the process---including stand-alone as well as integrated or cogeneration (or even trigeneration) solutions. It also discusses business models followed in the district...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This publication analyzes the performance of two states in India---Karnataka and Tamil Nadu---in their efforts toward installing solar and wind energy. It attempts to distill the reasons for their success, albeit in two very different renewable energy programs, and covers the major initiatives taken...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
The Ha Noi Action Plan 2018–2022 addresses the unfinished and expanded agenda of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program for the remaining 5 years of the GMS Strategic Framework 2012–2022. The Ha Noi Action Plan provides directions and operational focus to the GMS program...