Bank Bank: 1056 books
Poor Places Thriving People: How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities
Poor Places Thriving People: How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2011
Geographical differences in living standards are a pressing concern for policymakers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Economies of agglomeration mean that production is most efficient when concentrated in leading areas. So how can the region reduce spatial disparities in well-being without...
ICT in Agriculture (Updated Edition)
Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Today, ICT represents a tremendous opportunity for rural populations to improve productivity, to enhance...
Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy
The Framework, Methodology, and Results of the International Comparison Program (ICP)
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy: The Framework, Methodology, and Results of the International Comparison Program-ICP is the most comprehensive accounting ever presented by the International Comparison Program (ICP) of the theory and methods underlying the estimation of purchasing power parities...
Capacity Development in ADB Operations
Review of the Medium-Term Framework and Action Plan for Capacity Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Bangladesh has transformed its economy over the last 2 decades, graduating to middle-income status as average annual growth remained strong at 5%–6%. The country’s goal to become an upper-middle-income country by 2021 will require even stronger annual growth of 7.5%–8%. This study finds that...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
The Asian Development Outlook 2010 Update provides recent economic forecasts for countries in the region. Since the release of the ADO2010 in April this year, developing Asia's performance has strengthened further. This Update raises the 2010 growth forecast to 8.2% on the back of strong results in the first half of the year.
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Over the last decade, Timor-Leste has made substantial progress in state building and strengthening the economy, governance, and infrastructure. Gender equality has been a fundamental principle in these efforts and remains key to achieving sustainable development into the future. This assessment examines...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
This book guides the implementation of trade facilitation measures and reforms in Asia and the Pacific. It attempts to bridge the gaps among policy makers, practitioners, and economists by outlining operational guidance on how to assess the status of trade facilitation, what measures and reforms are...
Bhutan
Gender Equality Diagnostic of Selected Sectors
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Bhutan has experienced extraordinary change since the 1960s when it opened itself to the world and started the process of planned development. It has transformed itself from a subsistence economy into a middle-income country with rising human development indicators. Yet progress comes with new challenges....
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
This publication outlines the five priority areas and three modalities of ADB's approach to climate change: expanding the use of clean energy, encouraging sustainable transport and urban development, managing land use and forests for carbon sequestration, promoting climate-resilient development, and strengthening related policies and institutions.
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
An analysis of 2015 budget outcomes and 2016 plans of ADB's Pacific member countries is the focus of this issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor, also including an analysis of opportunities and challenges from external factors.
Papua New Guinea: Critical Development Constraints
Critical Development Constraints
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Papua New Guinea's economic growth has outpaced the majority of economies in Southeast Asia and the Pacific since 2007. Its development challenges, however, remain daunting, and it lags behind other countries in the region in terms of per capita income and achievement of the Millennium Development...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
This report summarizes the experience and lessons learned in a community-driven development pilot project in the People's Republic of China from 2006 to 2009. The involvement of government and nongovernment organizations, innovative project implementation mechanisms, capacity building, and targeting...
Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy
People's Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
This report contains a detailed assessment of the status and potential for the development of biofuels in the People's Republic of China and presents a country strategy for biofuels development consistent with the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Strategic Framework for Biofuel Development. The findings...
Philippines
Management of Contingent Liabilities Arising from Public-Private Partnership Projects
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Given the rapid growth of the public-private partnership program (PPP), the Philippine government has initiated reforms to strengthen the framework for managing contingent liabilities arising from PPP projects. This study shows that major directions requiring further effort include (i) better pricing...