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Food Security and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges and Policy Issues
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
Ensuring a secure supply of food is essential, given the world’s (and especially Asia’s) growing population, high and … insecurity in Asia and points to ways to mitigate it. The world’s population has now reached 7 billion, and is projected to … increase by more than 2 billion between now and 2050. Asia will account for majority of the increase. And Asia’s growing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010760354
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Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Driving Private Sector Participation in Global Value Chains
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
The formation of a Regional Technical Group (RTG) on Aid for Trade for Asia and the Pacific was a key recommendation to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010890160
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Purchasing Power Parities and Real Expenditures: A Summary Report
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
Program in Asia and the Pacific and background information on the concepts that underpin the results. The PPPs are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942332
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Enviornment Operational Directions 2013-2020: Promoting Transitions to Green Growth in Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
In the context of ADB Strategy 2020 and in the follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), ADB prepared this report, Environment Operational Directions 2013–2020, to provide a coherent overview of ADB environment operations and to articulate how it will step...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823375
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Bhutan Transport 2040 Integrated Strategic Vision
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
Development Partnership Program for South Asia, financed by the Government of Australia through the Australian Agency for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884931
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Cost of Adaptation to Rising Coastal Water Levels for PRC, Japan, and the Republic of Korea
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
This publication explores the potential costs for coastal adaptation from 2010 until 2050 in East Asia due to climate … Climate Change and Low Carbon Growth Strategies in Northeast Asia, financed by ADB and the Korea International Cooperation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884932
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Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Facilitate Trade in Agricultural and Food Products: Report on the Development of an SPS Plan for the CAREC Countries
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
This project study was initiated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as part of the Central Asia Regional Economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884935
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ADB Briefs 12: The Irrigation Service Fee Waiver in Viet Nam
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
This policy brief aims to inform policy makers in the Government of Viet Nam and development partners involved in developing the water and irrigation subsector about the irrigation service fee waiver and related issues. This is intended to stimulate debate and plan for rational solutions to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884946
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010890140
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Aid for Trade: An Investment-Benefit Road Map from South Asia
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
time, the economic geography of northeastern South Asia has been comprehensively mapped. Computer-driven modeling provides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010890153