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Cambodia
Country Poverty Analysis 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Cambodia's new national poverty lines show higher historical poverty rates and a dramatic decline in poverty during the 2007–2009 global financial crisis. With 18.9% of the population being poor in 2012, Cambodia now counts among the countries with the most rapid poverty reduction in the world....
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
This issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor updates the 2015 and 2016 GDP growth and inflation projections for ADB's Pacific developing member countries. The policy briefs included in this issue focus on disasters in the Pacific.
Kiribati Social and Economic Report 2008
Managing Development Risk
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
After two impressively peaceful decades, there are signs of a dangerous degree of complacency in Kiribati's view of its domestic and external affairs. Forms of cultural and political resistance to change have thus been encouraged, and these are handicapping the nation's response to development risks....
Strengthening the Ombudsman Institution in Asia
Improving Accountability in Public Service Delivery through the Ombudsman
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Accountability is essential for good governance, and in many Asian countries the ombudsman is the key accountability institution. Originating in the West, the concept of the ombudsman arrived relatively late in Asia. Yet more and more ombudsman offices are being established in Asia, and they play...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The publication tells the story of the use of stakeholder participation to support public sector reform in Nauru and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The report provides important lessons for donor agencies, for Nauru and the RMI, and for other Pacific island nations that mainly live off aid...
Transparency to the People
Using Stakeholder Participation to Support Public Sector Reform in Nauru and the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The publication tells the story of the use of stakeholder participation to support public sector reform in Nauru and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The report provides important lessons for donor agencies, for Nauru and the RMI, and for other Pacific island nations that mainly live off...
Together We Deliver
10 Stories from ADB-Supported Projects with Clear Development Impacts
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
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...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
This publication provides a step-by-step methodological approach to help project teams assess and incorporate climate change adaptation measures into energy investment projects. While the focus of the guidelines is at the project level, an improved understanding of climate change impacts should also...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
This publication reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options. It covers the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; and the Republic of Korea.
Innovation and Inclusion for a Prosperous Asia
Highlights of the 1st ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Innovation and Inclusion for a Prosperous Asia was the theme of the 1st ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum held on 30-31 October 2013 at the Tangla Hotel in Beijing. The forum was organized by ADB in partnership with the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center Beijing Office, a think tank...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide is a comprehensive explanation of the region's bond markets. It provides information such as the history, legal and regulatory framework, specific characteristics of the market, trading and transaction (including settlement systems), and other relevant information. The Bond...
Economic Corridor Development for Inclusive Asian Regional Integration
Modeling Approach to Economic Corridors
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
The question underlying the entirety of this publication is: "How can viable economic corridors be called into existence by dint of government and multilateral support?" The authors answer this question by examining the experience of economic corridor development of different regions from...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
This report contains a detailed assessment of the status and potential for the development of biofuels in Viet Nam and presents a country strategy for biofuels development consistent with the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Strategic Framework for Biofuel Development. The findings were endorsed...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
The Asia Bond Monitor (ABM) reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options. The ABM covers the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations member countries plus the People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; and the Republic of Korea.