"Providing an authoritative yet accessible introduction to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), this comprehensive … Companion offers a detailed examination of the ADB's objectives, policies, development outcomes, strengths and weaknesses, areas … to the literature on the ADB, delivering in-depth assessments of its operations to date and succinctly summarising its …

Cambodia has been growing rapidly over the past few years but still remains one of the poorest countries in East Asia …. In particular, poverty is widespread in rural Cambodia. This paper examines rural poverty in Cambodia with a view to … literature, it appears that reduced rural poverty in Cambodia would have to rest on two pillars. Firstly, improvements in …

, farmers, government, and donors. In particular, this work examines contract farming in the Lao PDR and Cambodia and points to … donor resources, private sector endeavors that serve to generate pro-poor growth may be the key to poverty alleviation. …

practical experiences with such approaches in climate change adaptation? This new DIIS report examines how NGOs in Cambodia and …

We leverage survey data from emerging and developing Asia to highlight different aspects of household vulnerability to … income shocks arising from the Covid-19 pandemic: occupation in Cambodia, self-insurance mechanisms in Nepal, and financial …

Poverty incidence has been declining in the Philippines over the past 10 years. However, with the advent of the Asian … crisis in 1997, there was a reversal in poverty trends. Estimates indicate that the headcount index has gone up to 40 percent … in 1998 from 31.8 percent in 1997. Other nonincome-based measures of poverty also suggest deterioration in the welfare …