Asian Development Bank: 821 books
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
The East–West Economic Corridor (EWEC) was launched in 1998 as a flagship initiative of the Greater Mekong Subregion. EWEC has since achieved many of its infrastructure targets and must now be transformed from a transport corridor into an economic corridor. This report reviews and updates the Pre-Investment...
Together We Deliver 2014
From Knowledge and Partnerships to Results
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The book highlights successful projects that demonstrated development impacts, best practice, and innovation. They were implemented through the hard work of ADB's developing member countries with support from ADB project teams and other partners. The results of the projects have changed and will continue...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Asia shares a vision of making all its cities livable one day. The knowledge and financial resources needed to realize that vision exists. But if the challenges of climate change and pollution are to be met, we must reduce energy demand in cities and the undesirable environmental impact associated...
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Assessment of the Energy Sector
Enhancing Social Sustainability of Energy Development in Nepal
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
In Nepal, deeply embedded structural conditions determined by gender, caste or ethnicity, religion, language, and even geography have made access to and benefits from energy resources highly uneven. Women, the poor, and excluded groups experience energy poverty more severely. To address this imbalance,...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
This publication provides an update on developments in Pacific economies, explores topical policy issues in the region over the years, and presents global forecasts for 2019. It includes an outline of the economic setting, as well as country economic issues and specific policy briefs for 14 Pacific...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
This publication is an assessment of major trends, strengths, and issues in the technical and vocational education and training subsector, focusing on formal skills development programs operated by the General Department of Vocational Training of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
As an important step in developing a methodology for environmentally sustainable economic development, the study explores the concept of environmental livability for the urban centers of the People's Republic of China. The study produced the environmental livability index, a practical tool that can...
Impact Investors in Asia
Characteristics and Preferences for Investing in Social Enterprises in Asia and the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
This report provides insights to investors keen to invest in the region, financial intermediaries that advise social enterprises (SEs) on capital raising, and developers of platforms seeking to connect SEs in the region with impact investors. Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX), an SE based in Singapore,...
Developing South Asia
Lessons and Insights
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This publication showcases eight projects that delivered exemplary and significant results in their implementation. These projects represent various sectors such as energy, urban development, transport, information and communications technology, irrigation, and disaster risk reduction. This publication...
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring
A Forward-Looking Retrospective
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
This report describes how Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) corridor performance measurement and monitoring (CPMM) helps to achieve the objectives of the CAREC Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy and its Implementation Action Plan. It presents the CPMM methodology and discusses...
Gender Mainstreaming Case Study
India—Chhattisgarh Irrigation Development Project
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
In 2006, the State of Chhattisgarh adopted the new Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) Act, which set out important changes for irrigation management and had significant implications for women's participation in irrigation system. Chhattisgarh has abundant agricultural land and rainfall. However,...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
The road transport subsector tends to be vulnerable to risks. This is due to large budgets that often comprise a sizable percentage of a country's national budget (20%-30%), an unclear strategic vision, nontransparent policy decisions that lead to inappropriate priorities, procurement contracts for goods...
Public ICT Center for Rural Development
Inclusiveness, Sustainability, and Impact
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Cybercafés play a key role in providing internet access to developing countries. This paper examines the challenges of internet connectivity in rural and remote areas and how cybercafés now serve as a model behind government efforts to set up telecenters to extend internet connectivity to rural...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Armenia, a country of ancient traditions, is shaped by events of the recent past. As it left behind the Soviet legacy of an official gender equality policy, there came about a resurgence of patriarchal views and customs. At the same time though, Armenia saw the growth of diverse women's civil society...