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Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

Timor-Leste has committed to creating fair and inclusive opportunity. To assist the pursuit of this goal, the paper assesses the distribution of opportunity in the sucos (i.e. village) level. This publication identifies the least developed sucos that mostly need extra support.

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Bhutan Living Standards Survey 2012 Report

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB); … - 2013

The Bhutan Living Standards Survey (BLSS) 2012 Report summarizes the results of the household survey undertaken by the National Statistics Bureau with the Asian Development Bank capacity development technical assistance Third Bhutan Living Standards Survey. The report presents the analysis on...

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Empowerment and Public Service Delivery in Developing Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

Viewed as a key to strengthening accountability, citizen empowerment alone is not enough to guarantee quality public service. It must go hand in hand with better governance. This report highlights two factors that have improved governance and public service provision in developing Asia: (i)...

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Viet Nam: Environment and Climate Change Assessment

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

strategies (CPSs). This environment and climate change thematic paper highlights development issues, needs, and strategic …

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Financing Low Carbon Urban Development in South Asia: A Post-2012 Context

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

The cities of South Asia are growing at an unprecedented rate, and there is potential to steer this development onto a sustainable and green path. Carbon financing serves as a valuable revenue source to help cities earn additional income to support low-carbon development. With the end of the...

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Myanmar: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environment Initial Sector Assessment, Strategy and Roadmap

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

addressing priority needs for the agriculture, natural resources, and environment sector and identifies possible preliminary … on developing a conducive environment for the sector’s growth. …

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Third ASEAN Chief Justices’ Roundtable on Environment: ASEAN’s Environmental Challenges and Legal Responses. The Proceedings

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014

convened in Bangkok, Thailand for their third roundtable on environment with the theme “ASEAN’s Environmental Challenges and … implementation of “A Common Vision on Environment for ASEAN Judiciaries” (the “Jakarta Common Vision”), such as by establishing … National Working Groups on Environment and an ASEAN Judiciaries Working Group on Environment, and prioritizing the attendance …

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The Greater Mekong Subregion at 20: Progress and Prospects

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) includes Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China (specifically Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam. In 1992, with assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and...

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Green Growth, Resources and Resilience Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP …). It is the sixth in a series of reports prepared by ESCAP for successive Ministerial Conferences on Environment and … Development in Asia and the Pacific, and is the third in ADB’s Asian Environment Outlook series. It is also in line with the …

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Urban Operational Plan 2012-2020

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

Asian cities are central to economic development but are perceived to be wealthy yet chaotic places. Burdened by congestion, inequality, and fragmented interventions, these urban systems remain relatively weak. However, their rapid growth and wealth provide an opportunity to usher in inclusive...

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