Asian Development Bank: 958 books
The New Silk Road
Ten Years of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
This commemorative book celebrates 10 years of productive collaboration under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program. Under CAREC, its member countries have made significant gains in regional transport, energy infrastructure, and trade facilitation and policy, which have increased...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Economic and social progress in Solomon Islands has been limited since the country’s independence, and the recent global economic crisis has placed more pressure on the country’s economy. The resulting fiscal crunch and emerging balance-of-payments pressures demand a coordinated macroeconomic policy...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
This report, jointly prepared by ADB and the Peterson Institute for International Economics, aims to provide strategic guidance for emerging Asia's participation in the G20 and related discussion about reform of global economic governance. The recent global financial crisis underscored the fact that...
Managing Reforms for Development
Political Economy of Reforms and Policy-Based Lending Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Reforms challenge the status quo, often threatening those with a stake in the current system, even if the status quo is unsustainable. Institutions also need the capacity to implement and sustain reforms to meet expectations from change. The political and institutional changes resulting from reforms...
Cambodia
Diversifying Beyond Garments and Tourism
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Cambodia has enjoyed over two decades of robust growth, with rising foreign investment and deepening integration into global and regional value chains. The country---once riven by civil war and conflict---is now politically stable and increasingly making its mark as the world's eighth-largest rice...
Designing and Implementing Grievance Redress Mechanisms
A Guide for Implementors of Transport Projects in Sri Lanka
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This guide clarifies the concept of grievance redress mechanisms and presents the rationale for their implementation. It shows how grievance redress should be built into projects' policy and institutional frameworks as well as planning models. It also describes the key elements of grievance redress...
Maldives
Overcoming the Challenges of a Small Island State
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
The Maldives has propelled itself to middle-income status despite its geographic constraints and the risks it faces as a small island economy. The economy has been growing in the last 5 years, but development challenges remain formidable. How can the Maldives sustain and improve the pace of its economic...
Fourth ASEAN Chief Justices' Roundtable on Environment
Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Protection—The Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
From 12 to 14 December 2014, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) chief justices and their designees convened in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, for their fourth roundtable on environment, with the theme "Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Protection." Eminent speakers and participants...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
This report illustrates the current state of inclusive business (IB) models in the Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies, particularly the market potentials, constraints, and necessary policy instruments for an enabling environment for IB. A profile of IB initiatives, the overview of...
Fiscal Decentralization Reform in Cambodia
Progress over the Past Decade and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
This report reviews Cambodia's progress in fiscal decentralization since passing the Law on Administrative Management of the Capital, Provinces, Municipalities, Districts and Khans (Organic Law, 2008) and commencing the National Program for Democratic Development, 2010–2019 (which was extended to...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
The Pacific Economic Monitor provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues.
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
To help overcome remoteness, Pacific economies are looking to improve economic integration not only through ICT and transport network investments, but also by promoting greater competition and private investment. Enhancing connectivity is crucial to the Pacific and its people, who constantly contend...
Lao PDR
Accelerating Structural Transformation for Inclusive Growth
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
The Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has shown remarkable progress by consistently building itself into a market-oriented economy, with economic growth in 1986-2016 averaging around 6.5% per annum. The rapid and sustained growth brought about changes in the structure of output, but did not...
Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific
Promoting Connectivity for Inclusive Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
The role of Aid for Trade (AfT) in promoting the growth and tradability of services is important, given that it is a major catalyst for inclusive economic and structural transformation. This report highlights emerging trends in AfT in the context of evolving trade performance in Asia and the Pacific....