Poverty Reduction

Issue

Highlights

Issue 8, August 2009

Conditional cash transfers and their impact on the crisis; livelihood for poor water users in India; loan to support Pakistan's safety nets for the poor; income improvement for Cambodia's poor farmers; livelihood improvement project in Lao PDR; better health care access for Mongolia's poor; helping Nepal recover from floods; environmentally sustainable transport in the People's Republic of China; tsunami recovery in India; restoring the Asian Silk Road; analysis of achievements and inequities in economic growth and standards of living; improved development effectiveness of ADB; living on city wastewater in India; new ADB Safeguard Policy Statement to strengthen social protections; crisis support to Central and West Asia; impact of the global economic slowdown on poverty and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific conference.

Issue 7, June 2009

High-level Conference on the Impact of the Global Economic Slowdown on Poverty and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific; ADB's response to the global economic crisis; jobs for Cambodia's youth; Thailand-Vietnam trade corridor; clean water, disaster relief, and cultural preservation in Indonesia; 'Business As Usual' approach to health care not effective; improving human resource development in the Greater Mekong Subregion; Sustainability Report 2009; institutionalizing gender equality in ADB; informal employment in Bangladesh; poverty and the environment issues in Asia; flood insurance in the PRC; MDGs and making growth more inclusive; justice for the urban poor; social analysis in private sector projects.

Issue 6, May 2009

SPECIAL EDITION

China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund; Poverty Network TA; transboundary animal disease control in the GMS; pesticide management in central asia; communicable disease control and health systems development forum; free trade agreements; regional monitoring network for dust and sand storms in Northeast Asia; trade facilitation in the GMS; poverty challenges in the PRC; ADB-funded projects in PRC focusing on: inclusive road development, poverty reduction in coal mines, vulnerable cultural minorities, land degradation, inclusive growth, renewable energy.

Issue 5, April 2009

High-level Forum on the Social Impact of the Global Economic Recession (Sept 09); Indonesia focus on rural community infrastructure, food fortification and malnutrition,social security reform, and poverty proxy indicators; Philippines focus on rural health, aging impact, urban poverty in Manila, and quality of jobs; People's Republic of China focus on county-level poverty monitoring and social protection; child malnutrition in Mongolia; living conditions in Papua New Guinea; microinsurance in Bangladesh; poverty impact of global economic slowdown; rebalancing growth; livelihood for women in rural Kyrgyzstan; affordable clean urban transport; private health expenditures and poverty.

Issue 4, February 2009

Project classification and poverty reduction; food assistance in Cambodia; psychosocial health in Sri Lanka; organic crops in Mekong; inclusive insurance in Bangladesh; urban poor communities in the Philippines; will the global recesssion end the era of high growth in Asia; assessing conditional cash transfers in the Philippines; poverty impact of regional economic integration in Mekong; why the poor migrants transfer more remittances than the skilled workers; looking for a poverty consultant.

Issue 3, January 2009

Poverty network for Asia; poverty reduction challenges in China; new poverty counts and their implications on Asia and the ADB; Asian migration prospects; Pakistan-Punjab health program; nutrition project in Mongolia; upland area poverty in Mekong; the goods and bads of rice subsidies in the Philippines; employment-oriented skills development for Papua New Guinea; cultural minorities in the People’s Republic of China; the poor in Mongolia’s urban ger areas; ethical trade and the MDGs; trafficking of women and children in Mekong; civil society sourcebook; looking for a poverty consultant.

Issue 2, December 2008

New poverty data for Asia; ethnic minorities' health in Viet Nam; agrarian reforms in the Philippines; cross-border energy trade in Bhutan; emergency food assistance in Cambodia; ecosystems in Asia; NGOs implement government poverty programs in China; benefits of rural roads for the poor; public-private partnership handbook; looking for consultants for the poverty network

Issue 1, November 2008

ADB's poverty strategy; the poor in Mongolia's gers; India's village industries; Viet Nam social protection; PRChina local road safety; purchasing power parities and poverty estimates; ADB's poverty funds; looking for network consultant

Note: Between 2000 and 2007 ADB, implemented special funds for poverty reduction and featured projects under two of those funds in a previous electronic publication.