In this issue, read about the new Asian poverty line, ADB President Kuroda in the Emerging Asian Regionalism conference, ADB's new Vice-President, and the Asia Water Day. Featured is how a road rehabilitation project helped improve the quality of life of residents of Khatlon, Tajikistan. Also, find out the latest on ADB events, publications, opportunities, and operations.
ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda opened the Emerging Asian Regionalism: A Partnership for Shared Prosperity conference in Jakarta, Indonesia on 10 September.
In a special chapter of Key Indicators 2008, ADB’s flagship annual statistical publication assesses the most commonly accepted methods of comparing international poverty levels.
Inspired leaders who champion reforms, mobilize resources and involve communities can play a key role in helping Asia meet its many water and sanitation supply challenges, an ADB Director General told the first Asia Water Day in Stockholm, Sweden.
Papua New Guinea to Boost Power Supply Papua New Guinea will draw up a detailed plan to improve power supply in the country where 90% of the population still has no electricity through a $1.2 million grant.
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Developing Model Research Universities in Viet Nam $1 million in technical assistance will finance a feasibility study that will pave the way for an ADB loan in 2009 to build two model research universities - with a focus on science and technology.
Promoting Closer Cooperation in South Asia ADB will provide technical assistance of $750,000 for the South Asian Regional Cooperation in 2030 project to help strengthen and expand policy reforms in India and Pakistan.
News from Resident Missions
Reconstruction of Puli Baraq-Dar-i-Suf Road Launch
Afghanistan Resident Mission Country Director Craig Steffensen and Senior Portfolio Management Specialist Mark Prebich joined Afghanistan Vice-President Karim Khalili and Minister of Public Works Surab Ali Safari in launching the reconstruction project, part of the North-South Corridor Project.
“Today’s skyrocketing food costs, the rising impact of climate change, and the damaging effects of natural disasters call for immediate, practical, and more effective solutions to reducing poverty in the region,” ADB Vice-President Ursula Schaefer-Preuss said in her speech at the Asia Forum on Changing Asia: Forging Partnerships, Building Sustainability” on 29 August.
Thirteen-year old Farzona Satorova used to dread the short walk from home to her nearby school, but a road rehabilitation project in Tajikistan helped her and her townspeople change their lives.
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