Production category: 2784 books
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
The 2016 Development Effectiveness Review (DEfR) is the 10th in a series of yearly reports by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on its performance in achieving the priorities of Strategy 2020, its long-term strategic framework for 2008–2020. The 2016 DEfR tracks recent development progress in Asia...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) issued its long-term strategic framework, Strategy 2020, in April 2008 to guide its operations to meet the changing assistance needs of its developing members. The strategy identified financial sector development as one of the five focal areas of ADB's operations through...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Project economic analysis is a tool used by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to ensure that ADB operations comply with its Charter. The guidelines in this publication are a revised version of the 1997 edition. The revision responds to the changing development context and ADB operational priorities,...
Aid Effectiveness Report 2011
Overall Achievements on Paris Declaration Commitments
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
This publication assesses the progress achieved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the 2010 targets of the Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action. It covers ADB's average performance from 2008 to 2010 in 25 developing member countries based on the findings of annual internal monitoring...
Cost-Benefit Analysis for Development
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been continuously undertaking measures to enhance the effectiveness of its operations. To improve projects both at the preparation and implementation stages, ADB issued the Guidelines for Economic Analysis of Projects in 1997 as a means to enhancing project quality...
Report to the President: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
2011 Annual Report
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
The report describes the activities of the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity of the Asian Development Bank in 2011, particularly its awareness-raising activities, its work on case investigations, project procurement-related reviews, and due diligence. It includes a summary of significant cases completed in 2011.
Report to the President: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
2010 Annual Report
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This report presents the accomplishments of the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity of the Asian Development Bank in 2010. It highlights its achievements on case screening and investigations, project procurement-related reviews, and learning and development. It features cross debarment, describes...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Rapid advances in information and communication technology (ICT) continue to create tremendous opportunities for economic and social gains in the world's poorest areas. A key infrastructure of knowledge-based economies. ICT is a driving force for rapidly growing new sectors. The Strategy 2020 of the...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
At the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in May 2010, the President announced a joint Board and Management review of the Accountability Mechanism. This paper gives the summary of the review in which the main objective was...
The Revised Social Protection Index
Methodology and Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) developed the Social Protection Index (SPI) in 2005–2008 to address the growing recognition that economic growth is insufficient in addressing the needs of the poor and vulnerable. In 2010, it revised the SPI to highlight the impact of expenditures on all beneficiaries....
The Directors: The Playboy Interview
50 Years of the Playboy Interview
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The filmmakers who defy convention and validate the legitimacy of the auteur theory are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From foreign masters of direction and style Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini to champions of independent film...
The Hollywood Assistants Handbook
86 Rules for Aspiring Power Players
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2008
Are you young, eager, smart, and heading off to LA to make it big in the entertainment business? Time for a reality check: Leave your diploma at home, put your grandiose dreams on hold (where hopefully they'll get tired and hang up), and start by repeating the first rule of the industry: Who you work...
El nuevo cine argentino (1995-2010)
Vinculación con la industria cinematográfica local e internacional y la sociocultura contemporánea
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Un aporte más, pero no cualquier aporte al estudio de lo que se ha dado en llamar Nuevo Cine Argentino. Osvaldo Daicich, oriundo del sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Dock Sud, realizó sus estudios y fue docente de la Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión en Cuba.Mente inquieta y corazón...
El sueño de la visión produce cronoendoscopias
Tratamiento y diagnóstico del trampantojo digital
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Cómodamente instalado en el corazón mismo de la cada vez más confortable caverna digital, el espectador contemporáneo ha acabado aceptando como perfectamente naturales un nuevo tipo de imágenes que, hasta hace bien poco, eran consideradas como prácticamente imposibles (cuando no directamente...