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30 December 2005, Friday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

28 December 2005, Wednesday

• Technical Assistance Completion Report
• Year 2000 TA for Special Evaluation Studies of Asian Development Bank Operations in Developing Member Countries–Part I (RETA 5903) (December 2005) (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Strengthening the Role of Labor Standards in Selected DMCs (RETA 5887) (December 2005) (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report
• Fisheries Sector Review (Republic of the Fiji Islands) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Urban Poverty Strategy Study II (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund) (December 2005) (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]

27 December 2005, Tuesday

• Project Completion Report
• Second Girls Primary School Sector Project (November 2005) (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Energy Conservation and Resource Management (December 2005) (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Facilitating Knowledge Management for Pro-Poor Policies and Projects (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund) (December 2005) (Regional) [ PDF ]
• National Agriculture Sector Strategy (December 2005) (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• National Fund for Development of Credit Guarantees for Private Enterprises (December 2005) (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre 2005–2008 (December 2005) (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Tangguh Liquefied Natural Gas Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]

24 December 2005, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

23 December 2005, Friday

• Consultant Report
• Capacity Building for the Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction Initiative (November 2005) (Cambodia) [ PDF ]


• JFPR Report
• Women's Development Centers (Cambodia) [ PDF ]


• News Releases
• $970 Million Assistance for India's Rural Roads and Kerala Urban Infrastructure
• More than $434 Million in Assistance for Viet Nam
• $200 Million Loan to Support Indonesian Policy Reforms


• Policy Paper
• Revisions to the Regulations of the Asian Development Fund and the Special Operations Loan Regulations [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Banking Sector and Capital Market Development Program (Kyrgyz Republic) [ PDF ]
• Central Region Water Resources Project (Socialist Republic of Viet Nam) [ PDF ]
• Development Policy Support Program (Republic of Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Kunming-Haiphong Transport Corridor Noi Bai-Lao Cai Highway Technical Assistance Project (Socialist Republic of Viet Nam) [ PDF ]
• Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (India) [ PDF ]
• Northern Power Transmission Expansion Project (Socialist Republic of Viet Nam) [ PDF ]
• Rural Infrastructure Support Project (Republic of Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Rural Roads Sector II Investment Program (India) [ PDF ]
• Tonle Sap Sustainable Livelihoods Project (Cambodia) [ PDF ]
• Western Basins Water Resources Management Project (Afghanistan) [ PDF ]

22 December 2005, Thursday

• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 13 December 2005 [ PDF ]


• Newsletter
• NARO E-Newsletter (December 2005)


• News Releases
• ADB Supporting Rural Infrastructure Development in Indonesia
• ADB to Help Develop Quality Education Delivery for Samoa
• ADB to Change Currency Rules to Benefit Concessional Borrowers


• Procurement Notices
• Western Yunnan Roads Development Project (People's Republic of China)

21 December 2005, Wednesday

• Board Document
• Loans 1765-INO (SF) and 1766-INO: Community Empowerment for Rural Development Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Books, Periodicals, Studies and Reports
• Asian Development Bank Institute: Three-Year Rolling Work Program 2006-2008 and Budget for 2006 [ PDF ]
• Asian Development Fund Currency Management Proposal [ PDF ]
• Report on 2005 Budget for Internal Administrative Expenses and Annual Capital Expenditures [ PDF ]


• Information Brochures and Other Publications
• ADB's Local Currency Loan Product (October 2005) [ PDF ]


• Management Speech
• Statement by Vice-President Liqun Jin at the 7th ASEAN Forum on ADB: Its New Visions, Strategies and Modalities for Development Financing (6 December 2005, Jakarta, Indonesia)


• News Releases
• First Part of Program to Reform Afghanistan's Public and Fiscal Administration
• ADB to Help Develop Sound Environmental Management for Mekong


• News from Country Offices
• ADB Focusing on Improving Portfolio Performance to Enhance Aid Effectiveness in Nepal


• Project Performance Audit Report
• Basic Skills Project (Cambodia) [ PDF ]


• Project Performance Evaluation Reports
• Bangkok Urban Transport Project (Thailand)
• Rural Credit Project (Socialist Republic of Viet Nam)


• Reports and Recommendation of the President
• Education Sector Project II (Samoa) [ PDF ]
• Financial Regulation and Governance Program (Mongolia) [ PDF ]
• Hunan Roads Development III (China, Peoples Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Asian Development Outlook 2006 (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Core Environment Program and Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Cofinanced by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund and Governments of the Netherlands and Sweden) (Greater Mekong Subregion) [ PDF ]
• Greater Silk Road Initiative 2006 (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Innovative Information and Communications Technology in Education, and Its Potential for Reducing Poverty in the Asia and Pacific Region (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund) (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Participation of the Urban Poor in Municipal Governance (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund) (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the PNG Gas Project (Papua New Guinea) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Rural Renewable Energy Development Project ((Financed by the Government of Finland) Uzbekistan) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Sustainable Tourism Development Project (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Private Sector Development Roadmaps (Fiji Islands) [ PDF ]
• Public Policy Training Program 2006 (Financed by the Japan Fund for Public Policy Training) (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Strengthening Local Government Infrastructure Financing (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]
• Support to the Development and Implementation of the National Poverty Reduction Strategy II (Kyrgyz Republic) [ PDF ]

20 December 2005, Tuesday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies


• Indigenous Peoples Development Framework
• Kerala Sustainable Urban Development (India) [ PDF ]


• Information Brochures and Other Publications
• Quarterly Procurement Statistics (September 2005)


• News Release
• Helping Viet Nam to Design Missing Link of Vital Transport Corridor from China


• Others
• Aide-Mémoire of the Midterm Review Mission for the Tonle Sap Environmental Management Project (Cambodia) [ PDF ]
• Emerging Strategic Directions for ADB Assistance (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Resolution No. 310: Transfer of Ordinary Capital Resources Surplus to the Pakistan Earthquake Fund: Recording of Votes (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Resolution No. 311 - Conversion of ADF Resources Into Other Currencies: Recording of Votes (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting - Notice, Agenda, Provisonal Schedule and Provisions Relating to Conduct of Meeting (India) [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Report
• Second Tourism Infrastructure Development Project (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Procurement Notices
• Loan No. 1654: Secondary Education Development and Improvement Project (Philippines)


• Reports and Recommendation of the President
• East-West Highway Improvement Project (Azerbaijan) [ PDF ]
• Fiscal Management and Public Administration Reform Program (Afghanistan) [ PDF ]
• Henan Wastewater Management and Water Supply Sector Project (China, Peoples Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Kashkadarya and Navoi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (Uzbekistan) [ PDF ]
• Microfinance Development Program (Philippines) [ PDF ]
• Punjab Resource Management Program (Subprogram 2) (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Framework
• Rural Roads Sector II Investment Program (India)


• Summary Initial Environmental Examination
• Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (India) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Capacity Development for Irrigation and Water Resources Management (Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Development of Road Agencies in the North Eastern States (India) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Secondary Mortgage Facility (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Support for Infrastructure Development (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Supporting the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the Asia and Pacific Region: Phase II (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Strategy for Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Poverty Reduction Project (Philippines) [ PDF ]


• Translated Documents
• Chinese
• ADB to Launch New Carbon Initiative to Boost Supply of CDM Projects [ PDF ]
• ADB Promoting Environmental Cleanup of Polluted River Basin in Henan, PRC [ PDF ]
• Country Strategy and Program Update 2006-2008 [ PDF ]
• Helping Bring Clean Water to Harbin and Clean up the Songhua River [ PDF ]
• PRC Road Accidents Taking Heavy Human and Economic Toll [ PDF ]

19 December 2005, Monday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies and Reports
• ADB Review (December 2005)


• Consultant Reports
• PPTA 4542-VIE: HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Youth (October 2005) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• TA4151-PHI: Power Sector Profile and Roadmap (December 2005) (Philippines) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• News Releases
• Emerging East Asia's Growth to Pick Up to 7.2% in 2006, ADB Report Says
• ADB Seeks Ways to Boost Infrastructure Investment in Indonesia


• Procurement Notices
• Loan No. 1851: Guangxi Roads Development Project (People's Republic of China)


• Technical Assistance Report
• Support to the Development and Implementation of National Poverty Reduction Strategy-II (Kyrgyz Republic) [ PDF ]

18 December 2005, Sunday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

16 December 2005, Friday

• Indigenous Peoples Development Plan
• Kashkadarya and Navoi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (Uzbekistan) [ PDF ]


• News Releases
• Toll Expressway to Improve Access for Poor and Ethnic Minorities in Central China
• $150 Million Loan to Help Improve Sri Lanka's Highways
• ADB to Help Rehabilitate Drinking Water and Sanitation in Two Uzbekistan Provinces
• ADB to Support Further Financial Sector Reform in Mongolia


• Progress Report on Tranche Releases
• Small and Medium Enterprise Sector Development Program (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Report
• Facilitating Business Information Exchange for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise in the BIMP-EAGA Region (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Report
• Building the Capacity of the Ministry of Commerce for Trade and Transit Facilitation (Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Expressway Network Development Plan Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Commercial Agriculture Development Project (Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Road Safety Improvement (Cofinanced by the Global Road Safety Partnership) (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Study on Sustainable Urbanization in Metropolitan Regions (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Supporting Business Law Reform (Cofinanced by the Government of Australia) (Solomon Islands) [ PDF ]

15 December 2005, Thursday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• ADB–ASEAN: Regional Road Safety Program – Accident Costing Report
• ADB–ASEAN: Regional Road Safety Program – Country Report
• ADB–ASEAN: Regional Road Safety Program – National Road Safety Action Plan (2005-2010)
• Arrive Alive: ASEAN Commits to Cutting Road Deaths (2005-2010)


• Management Speech
• Towards a Borderless Asia: A Perspective on Asian Economic Integration: Speech by President Haruhiko Kuroda, Asian Development Bank at The Emerging Markets Forum (Oxford, UK, 10 December 2005)


• News Releases
• More than US$1.33 Billion in Assistance for Pakistan
• ADB Appoints C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr. as Vice-President

14 December 2005, Wednesday

• Indigenous Peoples Development Plan
• Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project (GMS: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam)


• Operations Manual
• Supplementary Financing [ PDF ]


• News from Country Offices
• 10 Winners of Essay Competition on Traffic Safety Announced


• News Release
• ADB's Annual Lending to India to Exceed $2.5 Billion by 2008


• Translated Document
• 10 Winners of Essay Competition on Traffic Safety Announced (Vietnamese) [ PDF ]

13 December 2005, Tuesday

• Board of Director's Information
• Chair’s Summary of Meeting of the Board Directors (28 November 2005) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• $150 Million Loan to Support Microfinance Development in the Philippines


• Policy Paper
• A Review of the Policy on Supplementary Financing: Addressing Challenges and Broader Needs

12 December 2005, Monday

• Country Strategy and Program Update
• Kyrgyz Republic (2006–2008)


• News Release
• ADB Promoting Environmental Cleanup of Polluted River Basin in Henan, PRC


• Progress Report on Tranche Releases
• Loan 2141-IND: Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Sector Development Program (India) [ PDF ]


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Balochistan Devolved Social Services Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Framework
• Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Report
• Port Asset Management Improvement (Fiji Islands) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Report
• Rural Road Development Strategy (People's Republic of China) [ PDF ]

10 December 2005, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles



• Management Speeches
• Statement by Vice-President Geert van der Linden at the Eleventh Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (9 December 2005, Montreal, Canada)

9 December 2005, Friday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• The Greater Mekong Subregion: Beyond Borders (Regional Cooperation Strategy and Program Update, 2006-2008)


• News Releases
• $205 Million Program to Help Improve Social Services in Balochistan, Pakistan

8 December 2005, Thursday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• News Releases
• ADB Grant to Help Restore Microenterprises in Tsunami-Hit Aceh and Nias
• ADB Earmarking $30 Million per Year in Loans to Kyrgyz Republic for 2006-2008


• Procurement Notices
• Loans 2192/2193: Local Government Finance and Governance Reform Sector Development Program (Indonesia)


• Resettlement Plan
• Shandong Hai River Basin Pollution Control Project (China, People's Republic of)


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Country Economic Study and Strategy Development (Tuvalu) [ PDF ]
• Greater Mekong Subregion Preinvestment Study for the East-West Economic Corridor (Greater Mekong Subregion) [ PDF ]
• Institutional Support to Central Agencies for the Comprehensive Reform Program – Phase III (Vanuatu) [ PDF ]
• Local Government Provision of Minimum Basic Services for the Poor (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Managing Regional Disparity in Economic and Poverty Reduction Programs Under Decentralization (Phase I) (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Strengthening Development Strategies and Supporting Poverty Reduction (Kiribati) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Capacity Building Support to Dak Nong Province for Improving Poverty Reduction and Growth Performance (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund and the Cooperation Fund in Support of the Formulation and Implementation of National Poverty Reduction Strategies) (Viet Nam) [ PDF ]
• Harmonization and Managing for Results (Philippines) [ PDF ]
• Integrated Coastal Management and Related Investment Development (India) [ PDF ]
• Southern Road Corridor Improvement Project (Alyat-Astara Road) (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Azerbaijan) [ PDF ]

7 December 2005, Wednesday

• Board of Directors
• Accuracy of Asian Development Outlook Forecasts (Regional) [PDF]


• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 28 November 2005 [ PDF ]
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 22 November 2005 [ PDF ]
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 14 November 2005 [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Events
• Bangladesh National Workshop on Report Writing and Financial/Economic Analysis of CDM-able Projects including CDM Modalities, Procedures and PDD Evaluation (Hotel Golden Deer Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh, 26-28 December 2005)
• Regional Workshop on Capacity Building for Resettlement Risk Management (ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines, 8-9 December 2005)


• News Releases
• ADB to Launch New Carbon Initiative to Boost Supply of CDM Projects


• Others
• Contract Awards Information on Goods and Related Services, Civil Works, and Consulting Services (October 2005)


• Procurement Notices
• Southwest Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project (Bangladesh)
• Loan No. 2199: Microfinance Development Program (Philippines)
• Local Government Infrastructure Improvement Project (Sri Lanka)
• Loan 2197: Technical Education Development Project (Sri Lanka)
• Loan No. 2196 and Grant 0023: Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project (Phase II) (Republic of Tajikistan)
• Loan No. 2195 and Grant 0022: Central Region Transport Networks Improvement Sector Project (Viet Nam)
• Loan No. 2194: Support the Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Program II (Viet Nam)


• Project Administration Memoranda
• Loan 2148-BAN: Small and Medium Enterprise Sector Development Program (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Loan 2149-BAN: Small and Medium Enterprise Sector Development Program (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Loan 2150-BAN: Small and Medium Enterprise Sector Development Program (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Plan
• Rawalpindi Environmental Improvement Project (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Railway Passenger and Freight Policy Reform Study (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Strengthening Institutional Capacity of Local Stakeholders for Implementation of Son La Livelihood and Resettlement Plan (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]

6 December 2005, Tuesday

• Conference Papers and Proceedings
• Fourth Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Nepal: Recent Political and Economic Developments, and Country Operations (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Progress Report on Tranche Releases
• Second Phase of the Governance Reform Program (Mongolia) [ PDF ]


• Project Administration Memoranda
• Financial Markets Program for Private Sector Development (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]
• Supporting the Private Sector and Financial Markets Development Program (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]
• Tonle Sap Environmental Management Project (Cambodia) [ PDF ]


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Proposed Loan to Laraib Energy Limited for the New Bong Escape Hydropower Project in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Pakistan) [ PDF ]

5 December 2005, Monday

• ERD Policy Brief Series
• Creating Better and More Jobs in Indonesia: A Blueprint for Policy Action (No. 43) [ PDF ]


• JFPR Report
• Assistance for Restoration of Microenterprise and Microfinance in Aceh (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• News from Country Offices
• ADB, Viet Nam Sign a Loan of $15 Million for Poverty Reduction
• Assistance Package Signed to Improve Roads in Viet Nam’s Central Region


• Others
• Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting Invitations to Observers [ PDF ]


• Progress Report on Tranche Releases
• Agriculture Sector Development Program (Viet Nam) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Local Government Infrastructure Improvement Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Balochistan Capacity Building for Devolved Social Services (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Natural Resources Management in a Decentralized Framework (Indonesia) [ PDF ]

3 December 2005, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

2 December 2005, Friday

• Country Strategy and Program
• Bangladesh (2006-2010)


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Management Speech
• Welcome Remarks by ADB Vice President G. van der Linden at World AIDS Day (ADB HQ, 1 December 2005)


• New Site
• Papua New Guinea


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Preparing the Reform and Modernization of Revenue Administration Project (Kyrgyz Republic) [ PDF ]


• Translated Documents
• Central Asia News Digest (October 2005) (Russian) [ PDF ]
• Central Asia News Digest (September 2005) (Russian) [ PDF ]

1 December 2005, Thursday

• Board of Directors
• Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness


• Management Speech
• Remarks by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the International Conference & Showcase on Judicial Reforms: Strengthening the Judiciaries of the 21st Century (Makati, Philippines, 29 November 2005)


• News Releases
• ADB Loan to Boost Viet Nam's Poverty Reduction Program


• Project Completion Report
• Industrial Tree Plantation Project (Lao PDR) [ PDF ]


• Progress Reports on Tranche Releases
• Power Sector Development Program (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]

29 November 2005, Tuesday

• ERD Working Paper Series
• Macroeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS in the Asian and Pacific Region (No. 75) [ PDF ]


• News from Country Offices
• ADB Awards Best Performing Projects in Bangladesh


• News Releases
• $20 Million Loan to Help Improve Flood Management and Irrigation in Southwest Bangladesh


• Newsletter
• Gender Network News (July-September 2005) [ PDF ]

28 November 2005, Monday

• News Release
• New ADB Grant To Help Prevent Communicable Diseases In Three Mekong Nations


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Development of a Transfer Scheme for Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Reform (India) [ PDF ]
• Economic Policy Reform and Capacity Building, Phase 1 (Federated States of Micronesia) [ PDF ]
• Integrating Cleaner Production into Industrial Development (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]
• Upgrading the Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan, Restructuring the Government Employees Provident Fund and Introducing a Pension Scheme (Bhutan) [ PDF ]


• Translated Documents
• Chinese
• $952 Million Program to Support Central Asia Regional Cooperation [ PDF ]
• ADB Helps Seal Carbon Credit Sales for Coal Mine Methane Project in Fuxin, PRC [ PDF ]
• ADB Launches $500 Million Bond Issue [ PDF ]
• ADB President Kuroda to Inaugurate New Mission in Thailand [ PDF ]
• ADB Seeks Civil Society Feedback on Water Operations [ PDF ]
• An $8 Billion Annual Investment Would Allow Asia to Meet Water MDG, Report Says [ PDF ]
• Cooperation Key to Unlocking Asia's Potential, ADB VP Tells Forum in Delhi [ PDF ]
• East Asia's Financial Integration Progressing but Still Low - ADB Report [ PDF ]

26 November 2005, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

25 November 2005, Friday

• Country Strategy and Program Update
• India (2006–2008)


• Event
• Indigenous Peoples and Rights Based Development: Engaging in Dialogue (Pines View Hotel, Baguio City, Philippines, 4-5 November 2005)


• Institutional Procurement Notices
• Invitation to Pre-qualify for Contract No. ADB/OAS-2005/060 (Provision Of Transportation Services)  


• Management Speeches
• Speech by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the 31st ASEAN-Japan Business Meeting on “New Dynamics, New Opportunities: Towards Deeper Asian Economic Integration” (Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2005)
• Speech by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the Empowering the Grassroots Economy: Microfinance for Growth and Happiness International Conference (Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2005)
• Opening Remarks by ADB President Kuroda at the Inauguration of ADB's Thailand Resident Mission (Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2005)


• New Site
• Republic of the Marshall Islands


• Newsletter
• Finance for the Poor (December 2005) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project (Cambodia) [ PDF ]
• Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]
• Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project (Viet Nam) [ PDF ]
• Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]

24 November 2005, Thursday

• Board Committee Report
• Annual Report of the Development Effectiveness Committee, 2004-2005 (October 2005) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• News from Country Offices
• Conference on Quality Salt Iodization in Central Asia and Mongolia Opens Today


• Project Administration Memorandum
• Loan 1915-MLD: Strengthening the Public Accounting System (Maldives) [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Report
• Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project Phase I (Timor-Leste, The Democratic Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Project Processing
• Summary Report on Processing Status of 2005 Loan, Grant, Equity, and Technical Assistance Projects (as of 31 October 2005) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Republic Border Road Rehabilitation Project (Phase II) (Tajikistan) [ PDF ]
• Technical Education Development Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• SSTA Monthly Report
• Monthly Summary Report on Approved Small-Scale Technical Assistance Projects (as of 31 October 2005) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Community Development and Sustainable Participation (Kiribati) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Report
• Capacity Building for Road Sector Institutions (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) [ PDF ]
• Establishment of the CAREC Members Electricity Regulators Forum (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Implementation of Pacific Education Strategy (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Loan 2156-BAN(SF): Emergency Flood Damage Rehabilitation Project Major Change in Scope and Implementation Arrangements (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Results-based Monitoring of Poverty Reduction and Growth (Financed by the Managing for Development Results Cooperation Fund) (Socialist Republic of Viet Nam) [ PDF ]


• Translated Document
• Conference on Quality Salt Iodization in Central Asia and Mongolia Opens Today (Russian) [ PDF ]

23 November 2005, Wednesday

• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 3 November 2005 [ PDF ]
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 31 October 2005 [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• News Releases
• ADB President Kuroda to Inaugurate New Mission in Thailand
• ADB to Help Finance First Private Sector Hydropower Project in Pakistan
• $952 Million Program to Support Central Asia Regional Cooperation


• Procurement Notices
• Outer Islands Transport Infrastructure Project (Marshall Islands)
• Vientiane Urban Infrastructure and Services Project (Lao, PDR)


• Resettlement Plan
• Tsinghua Water Infrastructure Development Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]

22 November 2005, Tuesday

• Board Committee Report
• Annual Report of the Audit Committee of the Board, 2004-2005 (August 2005) [ PDF ]


• Consultant Report
• Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve Policy Analysis and Secretariat Action Plan (August 2005) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• News Release
• ADB to Help Improve Technical Education and Vocational Training in Sri Lanka


• Procurement Notices
• Second Primary Health Care Project (Bangladesh)

21 November 2005, Monday

• Board of Director's Information
• Chair’s Summary of Meeting of the Board Directors (14 October 2005) [ PDF ]


• Grant Agreement
• Grant Agreement between the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and ADB (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Guarantee Agreement
• Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office (Regional)


• Loan Agreement
• Loan Agreement between the Pacific Aviation Safety Office and ADB (Regional) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• ADB Approves New Loan for Dushanbe-Kyrgyz-Border Road Rehabilitation


• Procurement Notices
• Private Participation in Infrastructure Sector Development Program (Pakistan)


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Promoting Effective Water Management Policies and Practices - Phase 2 (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Regional Consultations for the Third World Water Forum (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Study of Large Dams and Recommended Practices (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Study of the Carrying Capacity of Water Resources (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Improving National Accounts, Price, and Wage Statistics (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Second Community and Local Government Support Sector Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]

19 November 2005, Saturday

• News Releases
• ADB President Announces US$1 Billion Aid for Quake-Hit Pakistan


• Management Speeches
• Speech by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the Internatinal Donors Conference (19 November 2005, Islamabad, Pakistan.)


• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

18 November 2005, Friday

• Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation
• Consultation with the Public Sector
• Consultation with Civil Society
• 3rd NARBO Training Workshop: Technology for Integrated Water Resources Management


• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Management Speeches
• Opening Remarks by Vice-President Joseph Eichenberger at the 4th Ministerial Conference Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (6 November 2005, Kyrgyz Republic)


• Procurement Notices
• Dhaka Clean Fuel Project (Bangladesh)
• Road Network Development Project (Nepal)
• Central Region Transport Network Project (Viet Nam)


• Publication
• Charting Change: The Impact of ADB’s Water for All Policy on Investments, Project Design, and Sector Reform (Forthcoming) [ PDF ]


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Proposed Equity Investment in Bank of China Ltd (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Reports
• Meeting Report on the Private Sector Consultation


• Updated Site
• Country Water Actions - Countries Index

17 November 2005, Thursday

• Management Speeches
• Keynote Address by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the Global Bond Summit on "The Conundrums of Global Bond Markets - An Asian Perspective" (16 November 2005, Hong Kong, China)


• New Site
• Republic of Palau  


• News Releases
• ADB to Help Improve Roads in Viet Nam's Central Region


• Newsletter
• KYRM Newsletter (October 2005) [ PDF ]


• Project Performance Audit Report
• Irrigation and Flood Protection Rehabilitation Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Report
• Financial Sector Governance Phase II (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Kazakhstan) [ PDF ]
• North Eastern Region Urban Development (Phase II) Project (Cofinanced by the Government of the United Kingdom and the Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector) (India) [ PDF ]


• Translated Documents
• Chinese
• $952 Million Program to Support Central Asia Regional Cooperation [ PDF ]
• ADB Helps Seal Carbon Credit Sales for Coal Mine Methane Project in Fuxin, PRC [ PDF ]
• >ADB Launches $500 Million Bond Issue [ PDF ]
• ADB President Kuroda to Inaugurate New Mission in Thailand [ PDF ]
• ADB Seeks Civil Society Feedback on Water Operations [ PDF ]
• An $8 Billion Annual Investment Would Allow Asia to Meet Water MDG, Report Says [ PDF ]
• Cooperation Key to Unlocking Asia's Potential, ADB VP Tells Forum in Delhi [ PDF ]
• East Asia's Financial Integration Progressing but Still Low - ADB Report [ PDF ]

16 November 2005, Wednesday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies


• News Release
• ADB Launches $500 Million Bond Issue


• Others
• Pakistan Earthquake Fund (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Use of Loan Savings for Emergency Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Earthquake-Affected Areas in Pakistan (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Procurement Notices
• Loan No. 2051: Yichang-Wanzhou Railway Project (China, People's Republic)

15 November 2005, Tuesday

• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Procurement Notices
• Loan No. 1981-IND: Railway Sector Improvement Project
• Loan No. 2166-IND and Grant No. 0005: Tsunami Emergency Assistance Project (TEAP)


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Central Region Transport Networks Improvement Sector Project (Viet Nam) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Report
• Alternative Livelihood Options to Facilitate Coal Sector Restructuring (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund) (People's Republic of China) [ PDF ]

14 November 2005, Monday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• Pakistan 2005 Earthquake: Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment


• News from Country Offices
• $30 Million Loan to Help Weave Information Technology into Basic Uzbek Education
• Conference to Explore Opportunities for Expanding ICT in Uzbekistan Education


• News Release
• $330 Million Loan Package to Improve Local Government Financial Management in Indonesia


• Press Release
• Pakistan Needs US$5.2 Billion for Earthquake Relief, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation


• Procurement Notices
• Loan 2182-PRC: Zhengzhou-Xi'an Railway Project
• Loan No. 1957-PAK: Strengthening Regulation, Enforcement, and Governance of Nonbank Financial Market
• Loan 2124-TAJ(SF): Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
• Loan 2172-BAN(SF)/ADB Grant 0008-BAN/SIDA Grant 0009-BAN/DFID Grant 0010-BAN: Second Urban Primary Health Care Project

12 November 2005, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

11 November 2005, Friday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• Azerbaijan Urban Environmental Profile
• Action Plan to Improve Loan and Technical Assistance Portfolio Performance in Response to the 2004 Annual Report of the Operations Evaluation Department [ PDF ]


• Design and Monitoring Framework
• Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Indigenous Peoples Development Framework
• Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Management Speeches
• Address by ADB Vice-President Liqun Jin at the Mekong Development Forum: Promoting India-Mekong Cooperation (10 November 2005, New Delhi, India)


• News Release
• ADB to Help Reduce Spread and Impact of HIV/AIDS in Pacific  


• Photo Essay
• Integration of Internally Displaced People in Mingechevir (Azerbaijan)


• Procurement Notices
• Loan No. 1876: Road Network Development Project (Nepal)


• Project Completion Reports
• Secondary Towns Urban Development Project (Lao People's Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]
• BAPEDAL Regional Network Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Plan
• Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction Project - Compensation Policy and Procedural Framework Guidelines (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Summary Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy
• Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Improving Project Financial Management through Decentralization (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Madhya Pradesh Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy (India) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Energy Efficiency Enhancement Project (India) [ PDF ]


• Translated Documents
• Chinese
• ADB Officials Invite Greenpeace Activists to Discuss Energy Policy [ PDF ]
• ADB President to Visit Central Asian Republics [ PDF ]
• ADB Support for Asia's Fight Against Avian Flu Could Reach $470 Million [ PDF ]
• Officials to Meet to Promote South Asia Subregional Cooperation on Tourism [ PDF ]
• Mekong Countries Unveil Joint Tourism Strategy to Promote New Era of Prosperity [ PDF ]
• Mekong Development Forum to Focus on Mekong-India Cooperation [ PDF ]
• Single Currency Should be Asia's Long-Term Objective, ADB President Says in Manila Lecture [ PDF ]

10 November 2005, Thursday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• ERD Technical Note Series
• Assessing Aid for a Sector Development Plan: Economic Analysis of a Sector Loan (No. 14) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• ADB to Help Integrate ICT into Basic Education in Uzbekistan  


• Photo Essay
• President Kuroda Visits Central Asia (CAREC)


• Procurement Notices
• Grant No. 0012: Qaisar-Bala Murghab Road Project (Afghanistan)
• Loan No. 2116: Dali-Lijiang Railway Project (China, People's Republic of)


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Capacity Building for Pollution Taxation and Resource Mobilization for Environment and Natural Resources Sectors–Phase II (Thailand) [ PDF ]
• Enhancing the Business Environment of the Greater Mekong Subregion (Cofinanced by the Government of the People's Republic of China) (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Implementing Pilot Projects for Small Piped Water Networks (Cofinanced by the Government of France) (Regional) [ PDF ]

9 November 2005, Wednesday

• Design and Monitoring Framework
• Rural Infrastructure Support Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies


• ERD Working Paper Series
• Growth and Trade Horizons for Asia: Long-term Forecasts for Regional Integration (No. 74) [ PDF ]


• Initial Poverty and Social Assessment
• Rural Infrastructure Support Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• ADB Support for Asia's Fight Against Avian Flu Could Reach $470 Million


• Procurement Notices
• Agribusiness Development Project (Bangladesh)
• Subprogram III of the Financial Sector Program (Cambodia)
• Loan No. 1890: Acid Rain Control and Environmental Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of)
• Loan No. 2183: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Project (Regional)
• Loan No. 2191: Information and Communications Technology in Basic Education Project (Uzbekistan)


• Regional Country Strategy and Program Update
• Central Asia Regional Cooperation Strategy and Program Update (2006-2008) (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Plan
• Second Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project (Bangladesh)

8 November 2005, Tuesday

• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• JFPR Report
• Community-Based Rural Road Maintenance Project (Tajikistan, Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Newsletter
• JRO E-Newsletter (November 2005)


• News Release
• $1.8 Million Grant to Improve Rural Roads and Provide Jobs in Tajikistan


• Others
• Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting Arrangements (2006) (India) [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Report
• Metropolitan Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi Urban Development (Sector) Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Program Performance Evaluation Report
• Capital Market Development Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Local Government Finance and Governance Reform Sector Development Program (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Support the Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Program II (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Strategy and Program Assessment
• Financial Sector Assessment (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Strengthening Business Development Services for Small and Medium Enterprises (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Strengthening of Economic Sectors Planning and Management (Samoa) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Preparing the Private Participation in Infrastructure Sector Development Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Study of the Influence of Built Structures on the Fisheries of the Tonle Sap (Financed by the Government of Finland) (Cambodia) [ PDF ]

7 November 2005, Monday

• Management Speech
• Keynote Speech by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation 4th Ministerial Conference on "Partnership for Prosperity" (6 November 2005, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic)


• News Release
• ADB To Support Small-Scale Agribusinesses In Bangladesh

5 November 2005, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

4 November 2005, Friday

• Consultant Report
• Institutional Development for Improved Environmental Planning and Policy (Tajikistan)


• Indigenous Peoples Development Plan
• Integrated Social Program (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• $15.5 Million Grant to Help Improve Basic Education in Kyrgyz Republic


• Progress Report on Tranche Releases
• Loan 2000-TAJ[SF]: Microfinance Systems Development Program (Tajikistan) [ PDF ]


• Others
• Contract Awards Information on Goods and Related Services, Civil Works, and Consulting Services (September 2005)


• Resettlement Plan
• Land Acquisition and Resettlement Action Plan (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Translated Document
• Avian Flu Pandemic Could Halt Asian Growth, ADB Report Says (Japanese) [ PDF ]

3 November 2005, Thursday

• ERD Policy Brief Series
• Potential Economic Impact of an Avian Flu Pandemic on Asia (No. 42)


• Newsletter
• PhCO E-Newsletter (November 2005)


• News Release
• Avian Flu Pandemic Could Halt Asian Growth, ADB Report Says  


• Procurement Notices
• Road Network Project (Bhutan)
• Infrastruture Development Project (Pakistan)
• Small and Medium Enterprise Development Support Project (Philippines)
• Preventive Health System Support Project (Viet Nam)

2 November 2005, Wednesday

• News Release
• ADB President to Visit Central Asian Republics


• Translated Documents
• Chinese
• ADB to Help Prepare Rail Project for Remote Areas of Yunnan Province, PRC [ PDF ]
• ADB Plans Grant Projects to Address Growing Avian Flu Threat [ PDF ]
• ADB and the PRC: Partners in Development (July 2005) [ PDF ]
• ADB Prices 1 Billion Yuan Panda Bonds in China [ PDF ]
• ADB Taking Part in 2006 Global Monitoring Report Preparation [ PDF ]
• ADB and World Bank to Mount Joint Team to Assess Quake Reconstruction Needs [ PDF ]
• Grant Approved to Prepare Road Projects in Gansu and Sichuan, PRC [ PDF ]
• Regional Cooperation in Central Asia New Scope, New Momentum [ PDF ]
• Japanese
• Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction [ PDF ]

31 October 2005, Monday

• Information Brochures and Other Publications
• The Tonle Sap Initiative (November 2005) [ PDF ]


• Management Speech
• Address by Vice-President Khempheng Pholsena at the ADB Philippine Peso Bond Issue Ceremony (28 October 2005, Diamond Hotel, Manila)


• News Release
• ADB'S New Strategy for Bangladesh Earmarks $1.8 Billion in Loans Over 3 Years  


• Rehabilitation Assistance
• Status Report on the Asian Tsunami Fund (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Report
• A Status Report on Implementation of the Revised Policy on Performance-Based Allocation of Asian Development Fund Resources [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Report
• Strengthening the Anti-Money Laundering Regime (Philippines) [ PDF ]

29 October 2005, Saturday

• New Site
• 39th Annual Meeting, Hyderabad, India  


• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

28 October 2005, Friday

• Asian Development Fund
• Asian Development Fund Currency Management Proposal [ PDF ]


• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 14 October 2005 [ PDF ]
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 11 October 2005 [ PDF ]


• Indigenous Peoples Development Plan
• Ethnic Minority Development Plan for Central Region Water Resources Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Management Speeches
• Speech by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the 4th Governor Jose B. Fernandez Jr. Memorial Lecture on "Thinking Beyond Borders: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in Asian Economic Integration" (26 October 2005, Peninsula Manila Hotel, Makati City.)
• Welcome Remarks by ADB Vice-President Khempheng Pholsena at the MDB Asset, Liability and Risk Management Forum (26 October 2005, ADBHQ, Mandaluyong City.)
• Statement by ADB Vice-President Joseph Eichenberger at the 36th Pacific Islands Forum Meeting (26 October 2005, Papua New Guinea.)


• News Release
• ADB Issues P2.5 Billion In Philippine Peso Bonds  


• Procurement Notices
• Gas Transmission and Development Project (Bangladesh)


• Progress Report on Tranche Releases
• Loan 1867-LAO: Environment and Social Program-Progress Report: Release of Second Tranche (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Agribusiness Development Project (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Information and Communications Technology in Basic Education Project (Republic of Uzbekistan) [ PDF ]
• Gas Transmission and Development Project (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Second Education Project (Kyrgyz Republic) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Plan
• Central Region Water Resources Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of)

27 October 2005, Thursday

• News Release
• $230 Million Loan Package to Help Deliver Clean Energy to Western Bangladesh  


• Procurement Notices
• Liaoning Environmental Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of)
• Liaoning Environmental Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of)
• Skills Development Project (Sri Lanka)

26 October 2005, Wednesday

• Design and Monitoring Framework
• HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control in Rural Development Enclaves (Papua New Guinea) [ PDF ]


• Discussion Note
• Safeguard Policy Update [PDF]
• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Initial Poverty and Social Assessment
• HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control in Rural Development Enclaves (Papua New Guinea) [ PDF ]


• New Site
• Health Sector
• Nutrition


• News Release
• Single Currency Should be Asia's Long-Term Objective, ADB President Says in Manila Lecture


• Newsletter
• CAREC Newsletter (October 2005) [ PDF ]


• Project Processing
• Summary Report on Processing Status of 2005 Loan, Grant, Equity, and Technical Assistance Projects (as of 30 September 2005) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Plan
• Hunan Flood Management Sector Project (China, People's Republic of )


• Sector Assistance Program Evaluation
• Sector Assistance Program Evaluation of Asian Development Bank Assistance to the Philippines Power Sector (Philippines) [ PDF ]


• SSTA Monthly Report
• Monthly Summary Report on Approved Small-Scale Technical Assistance Projects (as of 30 September 2005) [ PDF ]

25 October 2005, Tuesday

• Board of Director's Information
• Chair’s Summary of Meeting of the Board Directors (17 October 2005) [ PDF ]


• ERD Technical Notes Series
• Assessing the Use of Project Distribution and Poverty Impact Analyses at the Asian Development Bank (No. 13) [ PDF ]


• Translated Document
• Annual Report 2004 (Japanese)

24 October 2005, Monday

• Newsletter
• AZRM Quarterly Newsletter (Third Quarter 2005) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• $18 Million Grant to Help Provide Clean Water and Sanitation to Poor around Tonle Sap, Cambodia  


• Others
• Statement of Subscribed Shares and Voting Power (Armenia, Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Report
• Coastal Greenbelt Project (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Rehabilitation Assistance
• ADB Response to the Earthquake Disaster: Pakistan (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Tonle Sap Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Projext (Cambodia) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Support for Decentralized Education Management II: Major Change in Scope and Implementation Arrangements (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Flood Management Strategy Study - Increase in Technical Assistance Amount (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Translated Document
• AZRM Quarterly Newsletter (Azeri) [ PDF ]

22 October 2005, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

21 October 2005, Friday

• ERD Policy Brief Series
• Conceptualizing and Measuring Poverty as Vulnerability: Does It Make a Difference? [No. 41 | PDF ]


• News Release
• ADB Plans Grant Projects to Address Growing Avian Flu Threat  


• Paper
• E-Government and the Applications of Technology to Government Services [ PDF ]


• Press Release
• ADB and World Bank to Mount Joint Team to Assess Quake Reconstruction Needs  


• Procurement Notices
• Southern Sichuan Roads Development Project (People's Republic of China)


• Speech
• Speech by Dr. Clay G. Wescott, Asian Development Bank, on e-Government in Asia-Pacific: A regional scorecard at the 2005 Asia e-Government Summit (Beijing, People's Republic of China, 18-20 October 2005)

20 October 2005, Thursday

• Country Economic Review
• Palau: Country Economic Report [ PDF ]


• Design and Monitoring Framework
• HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific Project (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Economic and Political Update
• Nepal [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• ERD Policy Brief and Working Paper Series
• Highlighting Poverty as Vulnerability: The 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan [ PB No. 40 | PDF ]
• Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda on People's Republic of China: The Role of Complementary Education Reforms [ WP No. 73 | PDF ]


• News Release
• $1 Million Grant Approved to Support Philippine Health Sector Reform  


• Project Completion Report
• Microfinance Development Project (Timor-Leste, The Democratic Republic of ) [ PDF ]


• Summary Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy
• Summary Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific Project [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Disaster Preparedness and Management Capacity Building (Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Implementation of the Urban Planning and Management Strategy (Samoa) [ PDF ]
• Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Development Project (India) [ PDF ]

19 October 2005, Wednesday

• Board Documents
• A Review of Accounting Policy on Currency Exchange Rates Used for Financial Reporting and Tansactions (Asian Development Bank) [ PDF ]
• Japan Fund for Public Policy Training: Modified Implementation Arrangements (Asian Development Bank) [ PDF ]
• Revision of the Summary Procedure (Asian Development Bank) [ PDF ]
• Loans 2144-PAK and 2145-PAK(SF): Punjab Devolved Social Services Program: Proposed Waiver of a Loan Efectivness Condition (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Country Strategy and Program Update
• Papua New Guinea (2005-2006) [ PDF ]


• ERD Policy Brief
• Competition Policy and Development in Asia (No. 39)


• Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction
• Post-Tsunami Utility Connections for the Poor (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Management Speech
• Speech by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the Ceremony for MDB’s Panda Bond Issue (18 October 2005, Beijing, China)


• Procurement Notices
• Loan No. 2054: Health Sector Reform Project (Tajikistan)
• Loan No. 2053: Education Sector Reform Project (Tajikistan)
• Loan 2128 : Northern Power Transmission Sector Project (Viet Nam)


• Speech
• Speech by Sirpa Jarvenpaa, Regional Director, SPSO, at the Official Opening of the Strengthened King’s Wharf (13 October 2005, Suva, Fiji Islands)
• The Impact of Corruption in Asia on Poverty Reduction and Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (17 October 2005, Ottawa, Canada)

18 October 2005, Tuesday

• Country Strategy and Program
• Bhutan (2006-2010) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Event
• Mekong Development Forum: Promoting India-Mekong Cooperation (The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi, India, 9-10 November 2005)


• Japan Fund for Information and Communication Technology
• Developing the Philippine Business Registry (Financed by the Japan Fund for Information and Communication Technology) (Philippines) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• Concessional Funds Planned for PNG to Improve Roads and Fight Aids


• Technical Assistance Report
• Preparing the Second Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Kazakhstan) [ PDF ]


• Translated Documents
• Japanese
• ADB Launches 1 Billion Yuan Panda Bonds in China [ PDF ]
• ADB President Offers Assistance to Quake Hit Countries of South Asia [ PDF ]

17 October 2005, Monday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• Curbing Corruption in Tsunami Relief Operations


• News Release
• ADB Grants to Help Tsunami-Affected Households in Sri Lanka Afford Utility Connections


• Rehabilitation Assistance
• South Asian Earthquake (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Report
• Work Program and Budget Framework (2006-2008) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Alternative Energy Supply for Rural Poor in Remote Areas (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund) (People’s Republic of China) [ PDF ]
• Farm Analysis and Awareness-Raising for Debt Resolution (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund) (Tajikistan) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Dhaka Water Supply Project (Tajikistan) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Natural Gas Development Project (Afghanistan) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Power Transmission Enhancement Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Railway Development Project (People’s Republic of China) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Timor-Leste) [ PDF ]
• Transport Sector Strategy (2006-2020) (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Uzbekistan) [ PDF ]


• Translated Documents
• Chinese
• ADB to Issue Panda Bonds in PRC [ PDF ]
• ADB Launches 1 Billion Yuan Panda Bonds in China [ PDF ]
• ADB Message of Sympathy Following South Asia Earthquake [ PDF ]
• ADB Takes Strategic Minority Stake in Bank of China [ PDF ]
• Governments and Private Sector Must Do More to Fight Corruption, Conference Finds [ PDF ]
• Multilaterals Must Be More Responsive to Developing Countries' Needs, Says ADB President [ PDF ]
• Private Sector Can Make Profits while Protecting the Planet, New ADB Report Says [ PDF ]
• South Asian Gas Demand Strong Enough for Two Pipeline Schemes - ADB Expert [ PDF ]