In the PRC, the Fujian Soil Conservation and Rural Development II project incorporates conservation and poverty reduction into integrated agricultural systems. A project in southern Shanxi Province covers all aspects of effective and efficient coal mine methane and coal bed methane production, capture, and utilization using all the latest technologies. A project in Liaoning Province will use those same technologies to improve gas distribution and central heating supplies.
In Central Asia, the urban and water supply and sanitation project in Azerbaijan will improve the quality, reliability, and sustainability of water and sanitation in three secondary towns and will pilot approaches for reforms in others. In South Asia, assistance to Bangladesh will implement flood protection and improve slums, drainage systems, and solid waste management. In Pakistan, assistance will support critical reforms; strengthen institutions; and build capacity and partnerships in health, education, and water supply and sanitation.