Bank Bank: 1056 books

Rapid advances in information and communication technology (ICT) continue to create tremendous opportunities for economic and social gains in the world's poorest areas. A key infrastructure of knowledge-based economies. ICT is a driving force for rapidly growing new sectors. The Strategy 2020 of the...

The common use of solar energy and other cleaner energy technologies is key to combating climate change while sustaining global economic growth. Previously, the high cost of solar generation restricted its advancement to developed economies. Today, the new and emerging markets of Asia and the Pacific...

The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction's (JFPR) Annual Report 2013 is the 13th such report and covers the period 1 January-31 December 2013. It presents the JFPR's background and rationale, implementation progress, and achievements. The JFPR was established in May 2000 and provides direct grant assistance...

This pamphlet outlines the key areas of economic analysis. It emphasizes that analysis begins at the first stages of project identification, during country partnership strategy preparation, and continues iteratively throughout the project cycle. Economic analysis must be coordinated with institutional,...

This publication suggests solutions that can be built into the design of urban development projects undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to address the common problems and grievances of the urban poor, and to improve urban governance overall. It also identifies succesful or promising community-based...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), prepared this tool compendium to help address the issues, challenges, and barriers faced by developing countries from Asia and the Pacific in the successful implementation of the environmental...

This report summarizes the investments in clean energy made by the operations departments of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2012, condensing information from project databases and formal reports in an easy-to-reference format. This report was prepared by ADB's Clean Energy Program which provides...

This tool kit assists staff and consultants of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in conceptualizing and designing gender-responsive projects in the energy sector. It guides users in key questions to be asked and data to be collected during project preparation. It also offers a menu of entry points...

At the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in May 2010, the President announced a joint Board and Management review of the Accountability Mechanism. This paper gives the summary of the review in which the main objective was...

Staff of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) must, at all times, adhere to ADB’s rules and regulations, and actively ensure that ADB funds are used for intended purposes only. This guide answers frequently asked questions on anticorruption and integrity; it further advises staff and provides examples of appropriate and compliant behavior in and outside the workplace.

In the 1990s, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) turned its fisheries industry to a more open, lucrative and private sector driven, with the support of a series of strategic capacity development interventions sponsored by the Asian Development Bank. The turnaround in RMI's fisheries sector,...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) works with a number of developing member countries facing fragile and conflict-affected situations---circumstances that complicate economic development, and might include domestic or international conflict, ethnic tensions, vulnerability to natural disasters, or a...

This report documents tourism sector investment priorities of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the governments of Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Viet Nam. It highlights sector performance, priority development constraints, government plans and strategies, past ADB...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) developed the Social Protection Index (SPI) in 2005–2008 to address the growing recognition that economic growth is insufficient in addressing the needs of the poor and vulnerable. In 2010, it revised the SPI to highlight the impact of expenditures on all beneficiaries....