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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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Operational Plan for Integrated Disaster Risk Management 2014–2020

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

The Operational Plan for Integrated Disaster Risk Management, 2014–2020 seeks to strengthen disaster resilience in the …, investing in disaster resilience, and engaging stakeholders. …

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Investing in Resilience: Ensuring a Disaster-Resistant Future

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

in disaster resilience happens and that it occurs as an integral, systematic part of development. At-risk communities in …Investing in Resilience: Ensuring a Disaster-Resistant Future focuses on the steps required to ensure that investment … strengthening resilience has been slow to date and natural hazards continue to cause significant loss of life, damage, and …

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Forum on Building Resilience to Fragility in Asia and the Pacific: Proceedings

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

representatives from development partners and civil society organizations during the Forum on Building Resilience to Fragility in Asia …

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Kazakhstan Country Gender Assessment

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2006

This report reviews Kazakhstan’s progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment, and focuses particularly on gender issues in the Asian Development Bank’s operations in transport, urban development, and support for entrepreneurship. Since the previous assessment in 2006,...

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Broadening the Investor Base for Local Currency Bonds in the ASEAN+2 Countries

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

improving the resilience of the region’s financial systems by helping reduce the double mismatches (maturity and currency) of …

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ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard: Country Reports and Assessments 2012-2013

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

Corporate governance principles provide guidance on how corporations should operate and can be useful to attract foreign investments. In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), countries use national methodologies to assess corporate governance performance of publicly listed...

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Gender Equality and the Labor Market: Cambodia, Kazakhstan and the Philippines

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

promote equality between men and women in Cambodia, Kazakhstan, and the Philippines, as well as an inventory of global good … development of decent work and gender equality good practices in Cambodia, Kazakhstan, and the Philippines. The report is part of …, Kazakhstan, and the Philippines •Gender Equality in the Labor Market in Cambodia •Gender Equality in the Labor Market in the …

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Second ASEAN Chief Justices’ Roundtable on Environment: The Proceedings

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

From 7–10 December 2012, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) chief justices and their designees convened in Melaka, Malaysia for their second roundtable on environment. The roundtable provided a forum for experts to discuss common ASEAN environmental challenges and for ASEAN judges...

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Inaugural ASEAN Chief Justices’ Roundtable on Environment: The Proceedings

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

From 5–7 December 2011, chief justices and senior members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) judiciaries, and representatives from various governmental agencies, nongovernment organizations and civil society groups convened in an inaugural roundtable, in Jakarta, Indonesia,...

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