| December 2000 |
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 | ADB Approves $173 Million For Nepal In 2000 | 22 Dec 2000 |
| Public Invited To Comment On Terms Of Reference For Independent Review Of Samut Prakarn Project | 22 Dec 2000 |
| Informal Settlers To Be Relocated From Railroad Track in Philippines | 22 Dec 2000 |
| Rebuilding Flood-Damaged Infrastructure In Cambodia | 22 Dec 2000 |
| Rebuilding Solomon Islands' Infrastructure Damaged by Civil War | 22 Dec 2000 |
| River Diversion Will Reduce Water Shortage In Nepal's Kathmandu Valley | 21 Dec 2000 |
| PRC Promotes Wind-Based Power To Reduce Dependence On Coal | 21 Dec 2000 |
| Emergency Assistance To Rehabilitate Viet Nam's Disaster-Damaged Infrastructure | 21 Dec 2000 |
| Helping Flood-Stricken Southwest Bangladesh Return To Normal | 21 Dec 2000 |
| Raising Productivity, Reducing Risk For Mongolian Agriculture | 21 Dec 2000 |
| New Zealand Raises Contribution To ADB's Concessional Fund To Fight Poverty | 21 Dec 2000 |
| Communities Will Improve Health And Education Services In Micronesia | 20 Dec 2000 |
| Rehabilitating Roads In Tajikistan Will Bring Opportunities To The Poor | 20 Dec 2000 |
| Improving Power Supply To Tajikistan's War-Torn Regions | 20 Dec 2000 |
| Power Project Is Largest In Sri Lanka's Private Sector | 19 Dec 2000 |
| Raising Farmers' Incomes In The PRC's Henan Province | 19 Dec 2000 |
| Environmental Clean-up For Calcutta | 19 Dec 2000 |
| Improving Life For Tragedy-Stricken Community At Payatas, Philippines | 19 Dec 2000 |
| Decentralizing Indonesia's Health Services Ensures Wider Reach | 14 Dec 2000 |
| Safer Water and Better Sanitation for PNG Will Reduce Health Hazards | 14 Dec 2000 |
| New Health and Sanitation Project for PNG | 14 Dec 2000 |
| Pakistan To Privatize Power Utilities and Stem Heavy Losses | 14 Dec 2000 |
| Reforming Nepal's Financial System To Strengthen Private Sector Role | 14 Dec 2000 |
| Providing Cheaper Microfinance Services In Pakistan | 13 Dec 2000 |
| ADB Loan For Power Sector Reforms In Gujarat | 13 Dec 2000 |
| Rural Credit Project In Viet Nam Will Enable Poor To Start Small Enterprises | 12 Dec 2000 |
| Sri Lanka Opens Up To Private Sector In Bid To Grow Faster | 12 Dec 2000 |
| Helping Uzbekistan Revitalize Small and Medium Enterprises | 11 Dec 2000 |
| Road Rehabilitation Project In Indonesia Targets Poor Areas | 11 Dec 2000 |
| Safer Water, Cleaner Environment for PRC's Fourth Largest City | 11 Dec 2000 |
| Helping Small-Scale Enterprises in Pakistan Boost Exports | 8 Dec 2000 |
| Opening Up Remote Lao Provinces May Curb Opium Growing | 7 Dec 2000 |
| Seoul Forum on Combating Corruption in Asia-Pacific | 6 Dec 2000 |
| Bangladesh Power Project a Model for Private Sector | 5 Dec 2000 |
| Improving Electricity Supply and Reliability in Cambodia | 5 Dec 2000 |
| November 2000 |
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| Indonesia to Prioritize Development Of Technological And Professional Skills | 30 Nov 2000 |
| Viet Nam's Growth To Pick Up, But Deeper Reforms Needed | 29 Nov 2000 |
| Skills Training Improvement In The Marshall Islands | 29 Nov 2000 |
| ADB To Improve Roads Nationwide In Bangladesh | 29 Nov 2000 |
| Helping Rural Communities, Notably Women, In Dry Regions Of Pakistan | 28 Nov 2000 |
| Kyrgyz To Reform Vocational Training | 28 Nov 2000 |
| Helping Farmers Rehabilitation and Manage Irrigation Systems in Lao PDR | 28 Nov 2000 |
| ADB To Set Up Office In Mongolia | 27 Nov 2000 |
| ADB and Government of Thailand to Commission Independent Review of Samut Prakarn Wastewater Management Project | 24 Nov 2000 |
| Asian Economic Outlook Workshop on 27 - 28 November | 23 Nov 2000 |
| ADB Supports Private Sector Forum of South Asia Growth Initiative | 22 Nov 2000 |
| PRC Poised For 8 Percent Economic Growth in 2000 | 21 Nov 2000 |
| Encouraging Small Businesses In Samoa | 21 Nov 2000 |
| New Road In People's Republic of China Will Link Poor Communities To Cities | 21 Nov 2000 |
| Helping Bangladeshi Farmers How To Grow Higher-Value Crops | 21 Nov 2000 |
| Conference On Pension System Reforms In South Asia | 17 Nov 2000 |
| ADB Supports Sound Wastewater Management in Thailand | 17 Nov 2000 |
| Helping Vietnamese Farmers Grow More Fruit and Tea | 14 Nov 2000 |
| Making Farms Profitable In Kazakhstan | 14 Nov 2000 |
| Health Care Project Will Save Lives In Rural Viet Nam | 9 Nov 2000 |
| Private Extension Workers To Help Farmers Grow Cash Crops In Nepal | 9 Nov 2000 |
| Viet Nam Water Resource Management Given Boost | 9 Nov 2000 |
| Country Program Confirmation Mission of ADB for Sri Lanka | 7 Nov 2000 |
| Local Governments And Small-Scale Farmers In Southern Philippines To Be Empowered | 3 Nov 2000 |
| Japan Fund Will Help Female Street Children In Indonesia | 1 Nov 2000 |
| October 2000 |
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| "Silk Road" Between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyz Facilitates Regional Cooperation | 31 Oct 2000 |
| Modernizing Uzbekistan's Railway Will Boost Local and International Trade | 31 Oct 2000 |
| Orientation Program For Government Officials | 31 Oct 2000 |
| Grant For Regional Research To Boost Food Production | 26 Oct 2000 |
| Helping Tribal People of Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts | 26 Oct 2000 |
| Helping Local Government In Indonesia Take Over Coastal Resource Management | 26 Oct 2000 |
| Philippines' North Luzon Expressway To Be Upgraded | 26 Oct 2000 |
| Joseph Eichenberger Appointed ADB Vice-President | 26 Oct 2000 |
| Poverty Reduction Seminar | 24 Oct 2000 |
| Over One Million Indonesian To Benefit From Rural Development Project | 19 Oct 2000 |
| Microfinance Institutions To Be Strengthened In Papua New Guinea | 19 Oct 2000 |
| Sri Lanka Adopts Strategic Approach To Wildlife Conservation | 19 Oct 2000 |
| Falling Currencies, Equity Prices Unlikely To Trigger New Crisis, Says Report | 18 Oct 2000 |
| Asian Economies More Resilient, Says ADB Economic Recovery Report | 18 Oct 2000 |
| Investment Fund To Spur the Growth of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in the PRC | 10 Oct 2000 |
| The Asian Development Bank is Committed to Assisting Azerbaijan to Fight Poverty | 10 Oct 2000 |
| ADB Finalizing Flood Assistance, President Will Tell Cambodia | 7 Oct 2000 |
| India Steps Up Power Sector Reforms | 6 Oct 2000 |
| Bhutan To Improve Main Highway With ADB Support | 3 Oct 2000 |
| September 2000 |
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| ADB Conference On Central Asian Regional Cooperation In Transportation | 25 Sep 2000 |
| Market-Based Housing Finance For Low-Income Households | 21 Sep 2000 |
| Reforming Bhutan's Health Sector | 21 Sep 2000 |
| Tax Conference In Tokyo | 20 Sep 2000 |
| Sri Lanka Strengthens Water Resources Management | 19 Sep 2000 |
| Reforms Crucial To Stimulate Philippines' Growth | 18 Sep 2000 |
| ADB To Step Up Informaton Technology Initiatives To Bridge Digital Divide | 18 Sep 2000 |
| Stronger Domestic Demand Lifts ADB's Growth Forecast For Asia | 18 Sep 2000 |
| ADB Helps Modernize Sri Lanka's Secondary Education System | 12 Sep 2000 |
| Water and Sanitation Upgrade To Improve Nepal's Health Profile | 12 Sep 2000 |
| Shipping To Be Made Safer in Papua New Guinea Waters | 12 Sep 2000 |
| ADB Donors Agree To Replenish Asian Development Fund | 8 Sep 2000 |
| Inception Workshop for the Technical Assistance for Strengthening the National Statistical System | 7 Sep 2000 |
| Turkmenistan Becomes 59th Member of Asian Development Bank | 7 Sep 2000 |
| Higher Crop Yields and Income for Cambodian Farmers | 5 Sep 2000 |
| Giving Children of Samoa a Better Education | 5 Sep 2000 |
| ADB Establishes Office Dedicated To Philippine Operations | 1 Sep 2000 |
| August 2000 |
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| Paul David To Talk On "Digital Divide" | 28 Aug 2000 |
| French Contribution To ADB Technical Assistance Fund | 24 Aug 2000 |
| Primary Health Care For Ethnic Minorities Of Northern Lao PDR | 24 Aug 2000 |
| US$45 Million To Help Educate Philippine Technicians | 24 Aug 2000 |
| Workshop Aims to Reverse Asia's Environmental Deterioration | 21 Aug 2000 |
| ADB President Receives Honorary Degree | 18 Aug 2000 |
| New Railway To Link Poor Provinces In People's Republic of China | 17 Aug 2000 |
| Repairing East Timor's Ruined Water Systems | 2 Aug 2000 |
| ADB To Open Resident Mission in Mongolia | 1 Aug 2000 |
| July 2000 |
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| Private Concessionaire To Manage ADB-Assisted Tollway In India | 27 Jul 2000 |
| Clean-up for Manila's Pasig River | 20 Jul 2000 |
| ADB Seminar for Securities Regulators | 14 Jul 2000 |
| ADB Backs Awareness Program to Improve Manila Air Quality | 6 Jul 2000 |
| ADB Lending Rates For Second Half Of 2000 | 3 Jul 2000 |
| Spain Launches Fund To Fight Poverty in Asia-Pacific Region | 1 Jul 2000 |
| June 2000 |
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| Forest Project in Sri Lanka Protects Both the Poor and the Trees | 28 Jun 2000 |
| Strategy To Develop Small and Medium Businesses in Philippines and Indonesia | 23 Jun 2000 |
| ADB Helps Strengthen Mongolia's Financial Sector | 22 Jun 2000 |
| President Chino Opens Resident Mission In People's Republic of China | 16 Jun 2000 |
| Asia Development Forum: Partnership the Key to New East Asian Prosperity | 8 Jun 2000 |
| Kyrgyz Communities To Operate and Maintain Water Supply and Sanitation Systems | 8 Jun 2000 |
| New ADB Microfinance Strategy will be Key Tool in Fight against Poverty | 6 Jun 2000 |
| ADB Workshop on Economic Prospects of People's Republic of China | 1 Jun 2000 |
| May 2000 |
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| ADB Helps Maldives Prepare Science and Technology (S&T) Masterplan | 26 May 2000 |
| ADB Launches US$1 Billion Global Bond Issue | 24 May 2000 |
| ADB Agrees to Set Up Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction | 23 May 2000 |
| New Causes of Social Conflict Spotlighted by Asian Crisis | 23 May 2000 |
| Asia's Crisis-Hit Countries Showing Early Signs of Social Recovery, says May 2000 Update of ADB's Asia Recovery Report | 18 May 2000 |
| Innovative Program to Develop Indigenous Management Skills to Support Reform | 18 May 2000 |
| Host Country Agreement Between Lao PDR and ADB Signed | 9 May 2000 |
| April 2000 |
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| Philippines To Overhaul Grain Sector: ADB Makes Loan Of $175 Million | 28 Apr 2000 |
| ADB Approves US$20 Million For Rural Credit And Savings Project in Cambodia | 27 Apr 2000 |
| ADB To Help Reform Pakistan's Judicial And Legal System | 27 Apr 2000 |
| Financial Restructuring Is The Biggest Challenge To Thailand's Continuing Recovery | 26 Apr 2000 |
| Philippine Economy Is Likely To Grow At a Sluggish Pace in 2000 | 26 Apr 2000 |
| The PRC's Economy Will Continue To Sustain Robust Growth | 26 Apr 2000 |
| Malaysia's Economy Will Continue To Grow | 26 Apr 2000 |
| Korea Will Post Robust Growth In 2000 | 26 Apr 2000 |
| Indonesia's Fragile Economy Will Post Stronger Growth In 2000 | 26 Apr 2000 |
| Favorable Outlook For India | 26 Apr 2000 |
| Poor Governance Contributes Heavily to Asia's Poverty | 26 Apr 2000 |
| Asia's Crisis-Affected Nations Need To Press On With Corporate And Financial Sector Reform | 26 Apr 2000 |
| Increasing The Flow Of Foreign Assistance To Asia Will Help Eradicate Poverty | 26 Apr 2000 |
| Asia's Crisis-Affected Countries Need To Restructure Their Insolvent Banks | 26 Apr 2000 |
| Asia Faces A Formidable Challenge In Dealing With Poverty In The New Millennium | 26 Apr 2000 |
| New Investments Focus On Poverty Reduction | 26 Apr 2000 |
| Asia Continues To Be World's Fastest Growing Region | 26 Apr 2000 |
| ADB Approves US$30 Million East Timor Project To Repair Roads, Expand Port And Restore Power | 24 Apr 2000 |
| ADB to Open Resident Mission in Thailand | 19 Apr 2000 |
| ADB Lends US$5 Billion in 1999, 40 percent Focused on Poverty Reduction | 19 Apr 2000 |
| Asia's Water Situation "A Human Tragedy," Says ADB Annual Report | 19 Apr 2000 |
| ADB Fee For Partial Credit Guarantees For Public Sector Borrowers Kept At 40 Basis Points | 13 Apr 2000 |
| ADB To Cooperate With World Energy Council To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions | 7 Apr 2000 |
| ADB, WB, UNDP and NAPC Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Joint Poverty Consultations and Poverty Symposium | 6 Apr 2000 |
| Bangladesh And ADB Sign Landmark Partnership Agreement to Fight Poverty | 3 Apr 2000 |
| March 2000 |
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| Mindanao gets Priority in ADB Assistance for 2000-2003 | 31 Mar 2000 |
| ADB's New Strategy To Promote Private Sector Development | 30 Mar 2000 |
| ADB, Mongolia Sign Poverty Partnership Agreement | 24 Mar 2000 |
| ADB Conference To Explore Strengthening Regional Government Bond Markets | 24 Mar 2000 |
| ADB Approves Assistance To East Timor To Build Government and Administration Capacity | 23 Mar 2000 |
| ADB Clarifies Position on Recent Report | 21 Mar 2000 |
| Freer Markets Need More Disclosure And Stronger Watchdogs, Notes ADB Report | 17 Mar 2000 |
| Investment Fund to Support Small and Medium-Sized Firms in Thailand | 16 Mar 2000 |
| Policy Reforms to Liberalize Indonesian Industry | 16 Mar 2000 |
| Lao PDR's Rural Financial Sector To Be Strengthened | 13 Mar 2000 |
| Philippines Poised For Faster Growth in 2000 But Problems Remain, Says ADB Report | 10 Mar 2000 |
| Korea and Malaysia Faring Best in Bank Restructuring, ADB's Asia Recovery Report 2000 Says | 10 Mar 2000 |
| Fast Recovery In Asia To Continue But So Must Reforms, Warns ADB's Asia Recovery Report 2000 | 10 Mar 2000 |
| Communique Fourth Consultative Group Meeting for the Federated States of Micronesia | 1 Mar 2000 |
| February 2000 |
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| Donors Meeting on Micronesia at ADB | 28 Feb 2000 |
| Campaign Launch Against ''Smoke Belchers'' of Manila | 28 Feb 2000 |
| ADB To Open Resident Mission in People's Republic of China | 24 Feb 2000 |
| President Estrada, ADB President Wage Common War on Poverty in Philippines | 22 Feb 2000 |
| ADB Hosts Forum to Reduce Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies in Asia | 18 Feb 2000 |
| Judicial Training for the Pacific | 14 Feb 2000 |
| Investment Projects To Improve Biodiversity In People's Republic of China | 8 Feb 2000 |
| Secondary Education Reforms Will Ease Uzbekistan's Move to Market Economy | 8 Feb 2000 |
| ADB Agrees To Facilitator Role For East Timor | 7 Feb 2000 |
| Azerbaijan Becomes 58th Member Country of Asian Development Bank | 7 Feb 2000 |
| ADB Organizes Poverty Forum on Asia and Pacific Region | 5 Feb 2000 |
| ADB And World Bank To Strengthen Cooperation | 4 Feb 2000 |
| ADB Plans To Borrow $4.2 Billion In 2000 | 3 Feb 2000 |
| January 2000 |
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| ADB Workshop On Awareness Campaign For Eliminating Leaded Gasoline | 28 Jan 2000 |
| Mongolia to Improve Property Registration and Land Administration | 27 Jan 2000 |
| Belgian Contribution To ADB Technical Assistance Fund | 17 Jan 2000 |
| ADB Worshop To Develop Action Plan To Meet Water Crisis | 14 Jan 2000 |
| Further Opening of Borders, Poverty Reduction Key Topics at Mekong Ministers' Meeting | 11 Jan 2000 |
| ADB Announces New Lending Rates | 4 Jan 2000 |
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