Asian Development Bank: 821 books
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
This report, jointly prepared by ADB and the Peterson Institute for International Economics, aims to provide strategic guidance for emerging Asia's participation in the G20 and related discussion about reform of global economic governance. The recent global financial crisis underscored the fact that...
Cambodia
Diversifying Beyond Garments and Tourism
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Cambodia has enjoyed over two decades of robust growth, with rising foreign investment and deepening integration into global and regional value chains. The country---once riven by civil war and conflict---is now politically stable and increasingly making its mark as the world's eighth-largest rice...
Designing and Implementing Grievance Redress Mechanisms
A Guide for Implementors of Transport Projects in Sri Lanka
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This guide clarifies the concept of grievance redress mechanisms and presents the rationale for their implementation. It shows how grievance redress should be built into projects' policy and institutional frameworks as well as planning models. It also describes the key elements of grievance redress...
Maldives
Overcoming the Challenges of a Small Island State
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
The Maldives has propelled itself to middle-income status despite its geographic constraints and the risks it faces as a small island economy. The economy has been growing in the last 5 years, but development challenges remain formidable. How can the Maldives sustain and improve the pace of its economic...
Fourth ASEAN Chief Justices' Roundtable on Environment
Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Protection—The Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
From 12 to 14 December 2014, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) chief justices and their designees convened in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, for their fourth roundtable on environment, with the theme "Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Protection." Eminent speakers and participants...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
This report illustrates the current state of inclusive business (IB) models in the Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies, particularly the market potentials, constraints, and necessary policy instruments for an enabling environment for IB. A profile of IB initiatives, the overview of...
Fiscal Decentralization Reform in Cambodia
Progress over the Past Decade and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
This report reviews Cambodia's progress in fiscal decentralization since passing the Law on Administrative Management of the Capital, Provinces, Municipalities, Districts and Khans (Organic Law, 2008) and commencing the National Program for Democratic Development, 2010–2019 (which was extended to...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
The Pacific Economic Monitor provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues.
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
To help overcome remoteness, Pacific economies are looking to improve economic integration not only through ICT and transport network investments, but also by promoting greater competition and private investment. Enhancing connectivity is crucial to the Pacific and its people, who constantly contend...
Lao PDR
Accelerating Structural Transformation for Inclusive Growth
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
The Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has shown remarkable progress by consistently building itself into a market-oriented economy, with economic growth in 1986-2016 averaging around 6.5% per annum. The rapid and sustained growth brought about changes in the structure of output, but did not...
Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific
Promoting Connectivity for Inclusive Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
The role of Aid for Trade (AfT) in promoting the growth and tradability of services is important, given that it is a major catalyst for inclusive economic and structural transformation. This report highlights emerging trends in AfT in the context of evolving trade performance in Asia and the Pacific....
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
The Singapore bond market has become one of the most developed open capital markets in Asia with over US$221 billion in total local currency bonds outstanding with an additional US$53 billion of bonds outstanding. The Singapore Bond Market Guide is an outcome of the support and contributions of ASEAN+3...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims that "everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family." The guarantee of good health for its people is therefore every government's aspiration. Public–private partnerships...
Access Without Equity?
Finding a Better Balance in Higher Education in Asia
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
In Asia, the demand for higher education (HE) is on a relentless course in the near and medium term as reflected in current levels of participation. Governments planning to respond to this growth should have policy options to balance costs, sustainability, and ensuring fair and equitable access to...