Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Assessing City Disaster Risk -- Purpose of risk modeling -- Modeling approach -- City-level risk profiles -- 3 Existing City Government...

Cover -- Contents -- LIST OF BOXES AND FIGURES -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE IMPORTANCE OF TRADE FACILITATION -- III. TRADE FACILITATION ISSUES -- IV. CURRENT TRADE FACILITATION INITIATIVES -- V. THE SASEC TRADE FACILITATION STRATEGY 2014-2018 -- A. Goals and Strategic Thrusts -- B. The...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Cambodia Fast Facts 2013 -- Executive Summary -- 1. Development Performance -- 1.1 Maximizing Natural Growth Opportunities -- 1.2 Economic Development Plans -- 1.3 Macroeconomic Performance -- 1.4 Economic Growth by Major...

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 and Figures -- Tables -- 1 Regulated Rural and Microfinance Institutions in the PRC, as at the end of 2012 -- 2 Performance of RCCs and New RFIs in the PRC 2010-2011 -- 3 The Total Loan Portfolio and Nonperforming Loans for Commercial Banks in (2010-2012) -- 4 The...

Cover -- Contents -- Tables, Figure, and Box -- Tables -- 1 Total Social Financing Indicator for the People's Republic of China-Major Sources of Funding, 2002-2013 -- 2 Mapping ADB Engagement to the Strategies of ADB and the People's Republic of China -- 3 ADB Projects to Promote Financial...

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 -- Table of Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Currency Equivalents -- Executive Summary -- 1. ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, AND HIGHER EDUCATION -- 2. COMPETITIVENESS, INNOVATION, AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH ASIA --...

Cover -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Foreword -- 1. Executive Summary -- 2. Background and Methodology -- 3. Country Reports and Assessments -- Indonesia -- Malaysia -- The Philippines -- Singapore -- Thailand -- Viet Nam -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes...

Cover -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Figures -- A: Aggregate Trends in Public Finances -- B: Key Public Finance Initiatives of the Third Plenum -- C: ADB's Suggestions on Local Government Financing -- D: ADB's Suggestions on Budget Improvements -- E: ADB's Suggestions on Tax Reform -- F:...