Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Guide for Users -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Highlights of the Framework of Inclusive Growth Indicators -- SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: Framework of Inclusive Growth Indicators -- Part I. Regional Trends and Associations of Outcome Indicators with Indicators of Policy...

Cover -- Contents -- Highlights -- The economic setting -- Country updates -- Policy briefs Long-run growth forecasts for Asia: Opportunities and challenges for the Pacific economies -- Fiscal management challenges in Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste -- Update on fiscal modeling efforts in the...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- About The Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- Secured Transactions: Solving the Problems of Collateral -- Questioning the Case for Credit Guarantees -- 2 THE CHALLENGES OF LENDING -- Revolutionizing...

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Progress with the ADB Climate Change Program -- Broadening External Engagement -- Enhancing Internal Capacity -- Chapter 3: Priorities in the Region and ADB Responses -- Expanding the Use...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Background on the Report -- 1.2 Background to the Sustainable Development Goals -- 1.3 The Importance of an Integrated Approach --...

Cover -- Contents -- Figures and Box -- FIGURES AND BOX -- Figures -- 1 Number of Initiatives by Gender Classification, 2010-2014 -- 2 Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2014 -- 3 Spending by Focus Area, 2013-2014 -- 4 Cumulative Spending by Country, 2007-30 June 2014 -- 5 Spending by Country,...

Cover -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- 1 Overview -- Economic Management -- Reforming Banks and Capital Markets -- The State's Role -- Competition -- State-Owned Enterprises -- Agriculture -- Infrastructure -- Key Recommendations -- 2 Introduction --...

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- I. Rationale -- II. Directions -- A. Expected Outcomes -- B. Operational Plan for Health Priority Areas -- C. Business Lines and Flagship Programs -- D. Priority Areas for ADB Health Analytical Work -- E. Monitoring...

Cover -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Tables -- 1.1 SE4All Action Areas -- 1.2 Data and Data Sources Used in This Report -- 2.1 Multitier Framework for Measuring Access to Household Electricity Services Based on Consumption -- 2.2 Multitier Framework for Measuring Access to...

Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Tables -- 1 Directors and Shareholders by Gender in Samoa and Solomon Islands -- 2 Gender of Borrowers in Pacific Countries -- 3 Some Results of Company Law and Registry Reforms in Samoa and Solomon Islands -- Figures -- 1 Cumulative Security Interests...