Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Map: GMS North-South Economic Corridor -- Basic Information on the North-South Economic Corridor and Its Components -- Part I: Strategy for North-South Economic Corridor Development -- Background -- The North-South Economic Corridor -- Development Potential,...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Greater Mekong Subregional Profile -- The Greater Mekong Subregion -- Cambodia -- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China -- Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China -- Lao People's Democratic Republic -- Myanmar -- Thailand -- Viet Nam --...

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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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,...