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Second Annual Asia–Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy and Regulation
Energy Effificiency Workshop
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Under the auspices of the Second Annual Asia–Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation, the Energy Efficiency Workshop was held on 20–21 June 2011 at the Asian Development Bank. The workshop—whose proceedings are documented in this publication prepared under the Law...
ADB and Social Protection
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Social protection is central to the goal of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) of achieving the inclusive growth agenda in Asia and the Pacific. The report takes stock of ADB's support for social protection and the progress with implementing ADB's Social Protection Strategy. It presents the institution's social protection interventions from 1996 up to 2013.
Bangladesh Quarterly Economic Update
March–June 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
The Bangladesh Quarterly Economic Update (QEU) has been produced by the Bangladesh Resident Mission of the Asian Development Bank since March 2001. The QEU provides information and analysis on Bangladesh's macroeconomic and sector developments, key development challenges, and policy and institutional...
Re-invigorating Private Sector Investment
Private Sector Assessment in Fiji
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This private sector assessment reviews Fiji's private sector environment in 2006-2012, against recommendations made in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) publication "2005 Promise Unfulfilled: Private Sector Assessment for Fiji". While Fiji has made considerable reform progress in a number...
Credit Guarantees
Challenging Their Role in Improving Access to Finance in the Pacific Region
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
The Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative---a regional technical assistance facility cofinanced by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Government of Australia, and the Government of New Zealand---has undertaken landmark secured transaction reforms in eight Pacific Island countries. These...
Development Effectiveness Report 2013
Private Sector Operations
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The private sector contributes to economic development by generating jobs and incomes, as well as through investments, new technologies, knowledge transfer, and enhanced productivity. This is particularly true in Asia and the Pacific, where much of the recent success in reducing poverty has been due...
Regional Cooperation and Integration in Asia and the Pacific
Implementation of the Operational Plan for Regional Cooperation and Integration---Corporate Progress Report
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Regional cooperation and integration (RCI) has become a valuable means for attaining national development goals. This publication covers the progress of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in implementing its Operational Plan for Regional Cooperation and Integration, 2016-2020, focusing on 2016, by reviewing...
Development Effectiveness Report 2009
Private Sector Operations
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Private sector investment is widely recognized as the engine of economic growth. The long-term strategic framework 2008-2020 (Strategy 2020) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) identifies private sector development and private sector operations as one of five drivers of change to pursue its vision...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
The cross-cutting impact of finance on different sectors and economic activities amplifies opportunities for expanding financial inclusion and poverty reduction, which is why the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) 2011 Financial Sector Operational Plan (FSOP) was designed to address challenges ahead....
Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
Annual Report 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
The Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) helps ensure that development funds entrusted to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are not misused through fraud or corruption. This publication highlights OAI's 2014 activities such as providing integrity due diligence support, investigating allegations...
Second Asia–Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation
Special Roundtable to Develop a Regional Action Plan for Asia–Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Under the auspices of the Second Annual Asia–Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation, the Special Roundtable to Develop a Regional Plan of Action for Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation was held on 24 June 2011 at the Asian Development Bank. This publication...
Development Effectiveness Report 2010
Private Sector Operations
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The private sector is regarded as a major contributor to economic growth through investments, new technologies, knowledge transfer, and enhanced productivity, as well as through the creation of jobs and income. This is particularly true in Asia and the Pacific, where much of the recent success in...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
This publication summarizes the papers and presentations in Workshops on Economics of Infrastructure in a Globalized World, funded by the Asian Development Bank through a regional technical assistance project. The discussions at the conferences focused on three themes: (i) the role of infrastructure...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2008
Global Development Finance the World Bank's annual report on the external financing of developing countries provides monitoring and analysis of development finance, identifying key emerging trends and policy challenges in international financial flows that are likely to affect the growth prospects...