Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Definitions -- Abbreviations -- Highlights -- 1. Trade and Global Value Chains -- Recent Trends in Asia's Trade -- Asia's Intraregional Trade -- Progress of Global and Regional Value Chains --...

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Invitations for Bids -- Section 1 - Instructions to Bidders (ITB) -- Section 2 - Bid Data Sheet (BDS) -- Section 3 - Evaluation and Qualification Criteria (EQC) -- Section 4 - Bidding Forms (BDF) -- Section 5 - Eligible Countries (ELC) --...

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Overview -- 1.1 Forum Background -- 1.2 Forum Introduction -- 1.3 Forum Themes -- 2. Session 1: Improving Vocational Training in a Changing World -- 2.1 Industrial Structure Determines Education Structure -- 2.2 Priority Issues in Technical and Vocational...

Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Tables -- 1 Cross-Currency Delivery Versus Payment Settlement Processes -- 2 Message (pacs.009) Items for Cash Settlement Information from Bank of Japan Financial Network System to Hong Kong Dollar Clearing House Automated Transfer System -- 3 Message...

Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- 1 CSIF Structure -- 2 RSI Models -- 3 Asian ICSD Model -- 4 Efficiency of Utilizing National CSDs -- 5 CSD-RTGS Linkage Model -- 6 CSD-RTGS Flexible Implementation -- 7 CSD-RTGS Gateway Function -- Statement from CSIF Chairs -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- PART I: DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION CONTEXT -- 1 Development Evaluation in Asia and the Pacific -- 2 What Is Development Effectiveness? -- 3 Evidence-Based Policies in Asia's Development -- PART II: MEETING EVALUATION...

Cover -- CONTENTS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. 2013 PROGRAM AND ACTIVITIES -- A. Scholarship Budget -- B. Scholarship Statistics -- C. New Developments -- III. ADB-JSP HELPS STUDENTS AND ALUMNI ACHIEVE THEIR CAREER ASPIRATIONS -- IV. THESES AND RESEARCH PAPERS COMPLETED IN 2013 -- V. SUMMARY AND...

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- I. Introduction -- II. 2012 Program and Activities -- A. Scholarship Budget -- B. Scholarship Statistics -- C. New Developments -- III. ADB-JSP Helps Students and Alumni Achieve Career Aspirations -- IV. Theses and Research Papers Completed in 2012 -- V....

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Lessons from the People's Republic of China and India -- 2 Reforms in the People's Republic of China: Achieving Growth with Price Stability -- 3 Developing Physical Infrastructure: A Comparative Perspective on the Experience...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2: ICT INFRASTRUCTURE -- I. Key Sector Challenges -- A. Access to ICTs -- B. Broadband -- C. Convergence -- D. Institutional Structure and Policy and Regulatory Frameworks -- E. ICTs and...