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27 December 2006, Wednesday

• Progress Report on Tranche Release
• Private Sector Development Program Loan (Micronesia, Federated States) [ PDF ]

26 December 2006, Tuesday

• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Second Development Policy Support Program (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Report
• Logistics Development and Capacity Building in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Financed by the Government of Spain) (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]

24 December 2006, Sunday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

22 December 2006, Friday

• Economic Updates
• Fiji Islands: An Update [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies


• News Releases
• ADB Pledges $550 Million to Upgrade Roads of India's Uttaranchal State
• ADB Planning $100 Million Facility for Water Projects


• Progress Report on Tranche Releases
• Second Education Sector Development Program (Cambodia) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Private Sector and Financial Market Development Program (Afghanistan) [ PDF ]
• Greater Mekong Subregion Kunming–Hai Phong Transport Corridor: Yen Vien–Lao Cai Railway Upgrading Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Summary Environmental Impact Assessment
• Chongqing Railway Development Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Report
• Business Development Services (Tonga) [ PDF ]
• Combating Desertification in Asia (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Development of a Framework for SME Support (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Strengthening National Public Nutrition Planning (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultants' Reports
• Trade Facilitation and Logistics Development Strategy Report - Final Report (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Institutional Strengthening of the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Cambodia) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Greater Mekong Subregion Louangphrabang Airport Improvement Project (Lao People's Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]

21 December 2006, Thursday

• Documents Produced Under TA
• Hefei Urban Environment Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Loan Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Subprogram I – Financial Market Regulation and Intermediation Program Cluster between Republic of the Philippines and ADB dated 11 December 2006 (Ordinary Operations) (Philippines) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Subprogram I - Power Sector Development Program Cluster between Republic of the Philippines and ADB between Republic of the Philippines and ADB dated 11 December 2006 (Ordinary Operations) (Philippines) [ PDF ]


• News Releases
• Water and Sanitation Project to Clean Up Environment of Nanjing, China
• ADB Backing Energy Cooperation between Afghanistan and Tajikistan
• $2.7 Million in Grants to Support Creation of Afghanistan National Development Strategy


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project (Pakistan)
• Secondary Towns and Rural Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation (Sri Lanka)
• Phuoc Hoa Water Resources Project (Viet Nam)
• Fighting HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (Regional)


• Reports
• Country/City Synthesis Reports on Urban Air Quality Management in Asia (December 2006)


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Proposed Equity Investment Darby Asia Mezzanine Fund II (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Regional Power Transmission Interconnection Project (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Policy and Institutional Support for the Social Insurance Administration (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Performance Evaluation Report
• Technical Assistance Performance Evaluation Report for Selected Technical Assistance Projects in Public Administration (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]

20 December 2006, Wednesday

• Board of Directors' Information
• Chair's Summary of Meeting of the Board of Directors (23 November 2006) [ PDF ]


• Loan Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Emergency Rehabilitation of Calamity Damage Project between Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and ADB (Special Operations) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Subprogram I – Financial Market Regulation and Intermediation Program Cluster (Ordinary Operations) (Philippines) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Subprogram I - Power Sector Development Program Cluster between Republic of the Philippines and ADB (Ordinary Operations) (Philippines) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Taiyuan-Zhongwei Railway Project between People’s Republic of China and Asian Development Bank (Ordinary Operations) (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Nanjing Qinhuai River Environmental Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Taiyuan–Zhongwei Railway Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Other Notices
• Community Water Services and Health Project (CWSHP) (Indonesia)
• Loans 2163/2164(SF): Community Water Services and Health Project (Indonesia)


• Social and Environmental Monitoring Reports
• Nghi Son Cement Corporation (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of)

19 December 2006, Tuesday

• Board of Directors' Information
• Chair's Summary of Meeting of the Board of Directors (16 November 2006) [ PDF ]


• ERD Working Paper Series
• Asia's Imprint on Global Commodity Markets (No. 90) [ PDF ]


• News Releases
• Philippines President Visits ADB for 40th Anniversary Celebration
• ADB to Assist Leyte Landslide Area with $3 Million Grant
• US$50 Million Loan to Boost Madrasah Education in Indonesia


• Others
• Representation in the Board of Directors [ PDF ]


• Report
• Progress Report on the Implementation of the Asian Development Bank’s Reform Agenda (January–October 2006) (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Revamped Site
• Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Sector Project (ETESP) - Indonesia


• Technical Assistance Report
• SSTA for Building Capacity for Independent Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) and Country Performance Assessments (CPA) Results Management – A Pacific Pilot (Marshall Islands, Republic of the) [ PDF ]


• Water Site: New Sections
• Doubling Investments in Five Years: Candid Answers to WFP Questions
• Three Streams to a Thriving Future: Rural Water, Urban Water, Basin Water
• Water Makes WFP Countries Grow

18 December 2006, Monday

• Grant Assistance Report
• Improving the Livelihoods of Poor Farmers and Disadvantaged Groups in the Eastern Development Region (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• Gansu Hydropower Program to Boost Clean Energy in China


• Others
• Cooperation with Norway: Additional Contribution to the Gender and Development Cooperation Fund (Norway) [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Report
• Community-Managed Irrigation Sector Project (Lao People's Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]


• Project Performance Evaluation Report
• Loans to the Nghi Son Cement Corporation (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project (India) [ PDF ]
• Madrasah Education Development Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Social and Environmental Monitoring Report
• Chengdu No. 6 Water Plant B BOT Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Coordinating the Revival of Cooperation Activities in BIMP-EAGA (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Provincial Small and Medium Industrial Sector Development Program (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Songhua River Water Quality and Pollution Control Management (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultant’s Reports
• Mainstreaming Environmental Consideration in Economic and Development Planning Processes in Selected Pacific Developing Member (Financed by TASF) (Regional)
• Preparing the Power Sector Expansion Program (Samoa) [ PDF ]

16 December 2006, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

15 December 2006, Friday

• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Indigenous Peoples Development Framework
• Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (India) [ PDF ]


• News Releases
• Additional $80 Million for Kolkata Environmental Improvements
• Restoration of Cambodia's Railway to Boost Regional Transport Links
• US$60 Million Grants to Develop Afghanistan's Private Sector


• Progress Report on Tranche Release
• Governance Reform Program (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]

14 December 2006, Thursday

• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• News Releases
• Expanding Aquaculture Production for Indonesia's Poor Fish Farmers
• Addressing Rural Poverty in Afghanistan through Business Opportunities


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Second Lower Secondary Education Development Project (Viet Nam)
• Fighting HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (Philippines)
• Development Partnership Program for South Asia (Regional)
• Second Red River Basin Sector Project (Viet Nam)


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Commune Council Development Project 2 (Cambodia) [ PDF ]
• Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Subprogram II of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Program Cluster and Progress of Subprogram I (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Sustainable Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Poverty Reduction Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultant’s Reports
• Reform of the Nauru Phosphate Corporation (Financed by the Government of Australia) (Nauru) [ PDF ]

13 December 2006, Wednesday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• News Releases
• ADB Official Calls for Stronger Leadership on Air Quality
• $60 Million Additional Loan for Water Supply Project in Sri Lanka


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Secondary Towns and Rural Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Sri Lanka)
• Rural Enterprise Modernization Project (Pakistan)


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Agriculture Science and Technology Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]

• Technical Assistance Report
• Mainstreaming Public-Private Partnerships at State Level (Cofinanced by the Japan Special Fund) (India) [ PDF ]

12 December 2006, Tuesday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• The Role of Public Administration in Building a Harmonious Society
• Toward a Cleaner Energy Future in Asia and the Pacific


• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Management Speech
• Opening Statement by Vice-President Greenwood at the Press Conference on Major Power and Financial Market Regulation in the Philippines (8 December 2006, ADB Headquarters, Mandaluyong City, Philippines)


• News Releases
• Sweden Expands ADB Assistance on Air Quality Management
• PRC Can Help Global Payment Imbalances by Addressing Domestic Challenges, ADB Vice President


• Procurement Notice
• Proposed Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (India)


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Financial Sector Development Program (Bhutan) [ PDF ]
• Power Sector Development Program (Philippines) [ PDF ]
• Rural Cooperative Credit Restructuring and Development Program (India) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Central Asia Regional Cooperation in Trade, Transport, and Transit (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Establishment of a Framework for Sustainable Microfinance (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Translated Documents
• Information Guide to the Consultation Phase of the ADB Accountability Mechanism (Nepali) [ PDF ]

11 December 2006, Monday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• Clean Energy Applications in Asia and the Pacific


• News Releases
• ADB Record $1 Billion Loan to Help Reform Rural Finance in India
• Comprehensive Program to Support Restructuring of Nepal's Education System
• ADB to Tackle Constraints Facing Bhutan's Financial System


• New Site
• Consultation and Participation


• Others
• Bangladesh: Recent Political Developments [ PDF ]


• Project Performance Evaluation Reports
• Hebei Roads Development Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Financial Market Regulation and Intermediation Program (Philippines) [ PDF ]


• Revamped Sites
• Tonga


• Tuvalu


• Strategy and Program Assessments
• A Country Poverty Analysis for Indonesia


• Technical Assistance Completion Report
• Supporting Urban Governance Reform (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Enhancement of Subregional Cooperation in BIMP-EAGA and IMT-GT (Cofinanced by the Government of the People’s Republic of China) (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Establishment and Commencement of Operations for the Central Power Purchasing Agency (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Integrated Land and Population Development Program on Kiritimati Island (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Kiribati) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Power Distribution Enhancement Multitranche Financing Facility (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Resource Optimization in the Road Sector (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Restructuring and Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises (Maldives) [ PDF ]

10 December 2006, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

8 December 2006, Friday

• Event
• NARBO’s Peer Review of Mahaweli Authority, Sri Lanka


• News Releases
• ADB Working to Build a Stable and Reliable Power System in the Philippines
• ADB Promoting Economic Growth in the Philippines through Assistance to the Financial Sector


• Project Completion Report
• Urban Infrastructure Improvement Project (Bhutan) [ PDF ]

7 December 2006, Thursday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies


• News Releases
• $510 Million Facility to Promote Renewable Energy Development in Pakistan
• ADB Financing to Improve Urban Infrastructure in Northern Region of India's Karnataka State
• Grant to Boost Education Opportunities for Ethnic Minority Youths in Viet Nam
• Growth in East Asia to Soften in 2007 with Lower Inflation, Says New ADB Report


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Secondary Education Modernization Project II (Sri Lanka)
• Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (Nepal)


• Project Administration Memorandum
• Technical Education Development Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Reports
• Public Service Program (Papua New Guinea) [ PDF ]
• Skills Training and Vocational Education Project (Marshall Islands, Republic of the) [ PDF ]


• Reports
  • 2005 Annual Poverty Reduction Report: Progress in Implementing the Poverty Reduction Strategy [PDF]
  
  
• Reports and Recommendations of the President
  • Education Sector Program I (Nepal) [ PDF ]
  • North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program (India) [PDF]
  • Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
  
  
• Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report
• Policy Reform in Road Transport (China, People’s Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Asian Development Outlook 2007 (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Capacity Development of Selected Developing Member Countries on the Implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Trade Organization (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Dili Water Supply Performance Improvement (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Timor-Leste) [ PDF ]
• Improving Administrative Data Sources for the Monitoring of the Millennium Development Goal Indicators (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Subprogram II (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (India) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Kazpost Financial Strengthening and Modernization Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Kazakhstan) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Qingdao Water Resources Management Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Lao People's Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]
• Support to the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (Afghanistan) [ PDF ]

6 December 2006, Wednesday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Environmental Assessment Report
• Reconstruction of Cement Production Facility in Aceh Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• ERD Working Paper Series
• Rules of Origin: Conceptual Explorations and Lessons from the Generalized System of Preferences (No. 89) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• Increasing Access to Fortified Food among Poor Children in Viet Nam


• Procurement Notices
• Loan No. 2258: Urban Infrastrucure Development Project (Bhutan)
• Loan 2260: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of)
• Loan No. 2275/2276: Secondary Towns and Rural Community-Based Water and Supply Sanitation (Supplementary Loans) (Sri Lanka)
• Loan 2271: Sustainable Cotton Subsector Project (Tajikistan)

5 December 2006, Tuesday

• Design and Monitoring Framework
• Nanjing Qinhuai River Environmental Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Grant Assistance Report
• Expansion of Learning Opportunities for Ethnic Minority Youth (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• ADB Vice-President Calls for Innovative Approaches on Avian Influenza


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Taiyuan-Zhongwei Railway Project (China, People's Republic of)
• Assam Governance & Public Resource Management Project (India)
• Rural Finance Sector Development Cluster Program (Nepal)
• Private Participation in Infrastructure Program - Subprogram I (Pakistan)
• Emergency Rehabilitation of Calamity Damage Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of)
• Central Region Small and Medium Towns Development Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of)
• Uttaranchal Power Sector Investment Program (India)


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Emergency Rehabilitation of Calamity Damage Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Secondary Towns and Rural Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Supplementary Appendixes
• Maritime Training Project (Tuvalu) [ PDF ]
• Rural Finance Sector Development Cluster Program I (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Review of Asian Development Bank’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Technical Assistance for Capacity Building in the Public Debt Management Office of the Ministry of Finance (Thailand) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultant's Report
• Support for Strengthening the Tsunami Development Assistance Database (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Managing Railway Passenger Operations More Efficiently (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]

4 December 2006, Monday

• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 23 November 2006 [ PDF ]
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 21 November 2006 [ PDF ]
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 31 October 2006 [ PDF ]


• Economic Updates
• Bangladesh: Quarterly Economic Update (September 2006) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• ADB Project to Help Revitalize Tajikistan's Cotton Industry


• Report
• Meeting Report on Piloting NARBO's Performance Benchmarking Tool and Peer Review Process


• Water Site: New Section
• No Rain Checks for Water Financing

2 December 2006, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

1 December 2006, Friday

• Channel Financing Agreements
• Channel Financing Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Asian Development Bank in Establishing the Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund (Korea) [ PDF ]


• Design & Monitoring Framework
• Nutrition Improvement through Community Empowerment (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• ERD Working Paper Series
• Income Volatility and Social Protection in Developing Asia (No. 88) [ Regional ]


• News Releases
• Urgent Action Now Could Stem AIDS Epidemic, ADB Vice-President Says
• Jakarta Workshop Training Regional Experts to Combat Human Pandemic Influenza
• ADB to Address Forest Loss and Rural Poverty in Viet Nam
• Asia-Pacific Countries Strengthen Cooperation in Fight against Corruption to Bring the Corrupt to Justice


• NGOs
• Partnership Newsletter (Volume 6, No. 6)


• Management Speeches
• Opening Remarks by Vice-President Ursula Schäfer-Preuss at the Commemoration of World AIDS Day 2006 (1 December 2006, ADB Headquarters, Mandaluyong City)


• Procurement Notices
• Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project (Design and Construction of RCC Overhead Service Reservoirs) (India)
• Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project (Overhead Service Reservoirs ) (India)
• Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project (Pure Water Rising Main) (India)


• Progress Implementation
• Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific Project and ADB Activities Related to Avian Influenza (Regional) [ PDF ]

30 November 2006, Thursday

• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies 


• Procurement Notices
  • Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia (Cambodia)

29 November 2006, Wednesday

• Advance Action
• Regional Power Transmission Interconnection Project (Procurement)
• Regional Power Transmission Interconnection Project (Consultants)


• Grant Assistance Report
• Improving Vitamin A Nutrition and Deworming for Poor and Vulnerable Children (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Southern Leyte Landslide Disaster Assistance Project (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) (Philippines) [ PDF ]


• News Releases
• East-West Rail to Create Jobs and Opportunities in Remote Areas of China
• Improving Water Supply and Sanitation in Small Towns in Viet Nam's Central Region


• Procurement Notices
• Guangxi Roads Development II Project (People's Republic of China)
• Western Yunnan Roads Development Project (People's Republic of China)
• Xi'an Urban Transport Project (People's Republic of China)


• Resettlement Plan
• Jian Ning Shuicheng Water Supply Expansion Subproject (People's Republic of China)


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Capacity Building of National and Local Governments to Implement the Poverty Reduction Program (Kazakhstan) [ PDF ]
• Enhancing Resettlement Legal Framework and Institutional Capacity (Vietnam) [ PDF ]
• Implementation of Land Legislation–Phase 2 (Cambodia) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Report
• Capacity Building of the Department of Aid and Debt Management’s Debt Management Unit (Bhutan) [ PDF ]
• Financial Services Commission on Institutional and Legal Reforms (Vanuatu) [ PDF ]
• Support for the Implementation of the Strategic Development Plan 2006-07/2008-09 (Tonga) [ PDF ]

28 November 2006, Tuesday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies 
• Local Staff Vacancies 


• Newsletters
  • European Representative Office e-Newsletter, November 2006
  • Philippines Country Office e-Newsletter, November - December 2006


• News Releases
• Closer Economic Ties Will Help South Asia Tap Full Economic Potential, Senior ADB Official Says
• ADB Helping to Prepare First Two MRT Lines in Ho Chi Minh City


• Procurement and Other Notices
• East-West Highway Improvement Project (Azerbaijan)
• Proposed Loan: Hefei Urban Environment Improvement Project (People's Republic of China)
• Rural Finance Sector Development Project (Lao PDR)


• Progress Report on First Tranche Release
• Balochistan Devolved Social Services Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Report
• Integrated Community Health Services Project (Philippines) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Report
• Technical and Vocational Education and Training Development (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]

27 November 2006, Monday

• Design and Monitoring Framework
• Madrasah Education Development Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• US$8.7 Million Grant to Boost Private Sector Development in the Pacific


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management Multicountry Partnership Framework Support Project (Cofinanced by the Global Environment Facility and International Fund for Agricultural Development) (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Implementation of the Greater Mekong Subregion Cross-Border Transport Agreement -- Supplementary Grant from Australia (Regional) [ PDF ]

25 November 2006, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles



• Other Notices
• Institutional Strengthening for Rural Finance (Lao PDR)

24 November 2006, Friday

• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 16 November 2006 [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies 
• Local Staff Vacancies 


• Grant Agreement
• Grant Agreement for Commerical Agriculture Development Project between Nepal and ADB (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Loan Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program Cluster - Subprogram 1 between Republic of Indonesia and Asian Development Bank (Ordinary Operations) (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Project between Republic of Indonesia and Asian Development Bank (Special Operations) (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• Commercializing Agriculture in Nepal's Eastern Development Region


• Others
• The Asia Pacific Carbon Fund [ PDF ]


• Project Agreement
• Project Agreement for Commercial Agriculture Development Project between ADB and Commercial Agriculture Alliance (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Reports
• Primary Roads Restoration Project (Cambodia) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Infrastructure Reform Sector Development Program (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Preparing the Second Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Private Sector Development Initiative (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Water Site: New Sections
• Pakistan: Islamabad Citizens Demand Better Pipe Maintenance (November 2006)
• Pilot and Demonstration Activities: Development of a Water Quality Management System for the West Tarum Canal of the Citarum River Basin
• Water Knowledge Products Order Form

23 November 2006, Thursday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• Rural Finance in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Demand, Supply, and Sustainability (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)


• Information Brochures and Other Publications
• Quarterly Procurement Statistics (September 2006)


• News Release
• ADB to Assist Indonesia with $428 Million for Infrastructure Development


• Resettlement Plan
• Greater Mekong Subregion Kunming-Hai Phong Transport Corridor: Yen Vien–Lao Cai Railway Upgrading Project (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Strategy and Program Assessment
• Country Environmental Analysis (Vietnam) [ PDF ]


• Translated Documents
• News from Nepal (Nepali) [ PDF ]
• Resettlement Plan – Banquiao River Comprehensive Treatment Component (Chinese) [ PDF ]
• Resettlement Plan – Ershibu River Comprehensive Treatment Component (Chinese) [ PDF ]

22 November 2006, Wednesday

• Conference Papers and Proceedings
• Fifth Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation and Business Development Forum (People's Republic of China) [ PDF ]


• News Releases
• $600 Million Boost for Private Participation in Developing Infrastructure in Pakistan
• Carbon Fund Planned to Provide Projects with Upfront Finance


• Sector Assistance Program Evaluation
• Sector Assistance Program Evaluation for the Road Sector in Pakistan (Pakistan) [ PDF ]

21 November 2006, Tuesday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies 
• Local Staff Vacancies 


• ERD Working Paper Series
• Expanding Access to Basic Services in Asia and the Pacific Region: Public-Private Partnerships for Poverty Reduction (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Financing Agreements
• Financing Agreement for Northern Region Sustainable Livelihoods through Livestock Development Project between Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Asian Development Bank (Lao People's Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]
• Financing Agreement for Sustainable Cotton Subsector Project between Republic of Tajikistan and Asian Development Bank (Republic of Tajikistan) [ PDF ]


• Loan Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project between People’s Republic of China and Asian Development Bank (Ordinary Operations) (People's Republic of China) [ PDF ]


• Management Response
• Primary Health Care Project in the LAO People’s Democratic Republic (Lao People's Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• Health Officials Gathering in Jakarta to Boost Disease Responses


• Newsletter
• JRO e-Newsletter (November 2006)


• Policies and Strategies
• Implementation Review of the Policy on Gender and Development [ PDF ]


• Procurement Notices
• Assam Power Sector Development Project (India)
• Road Network Development Project (Nepal)


• Project Agreement
• Project Agreement for Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project between Asian Development Bank and Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (People's Republic of China) [ PDF ]


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Central Region Small and Medium Towns Development Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Formulation of the Pacific Region Environmental Strategy 2004-2008 (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Process Development for Preparing and Implementing Integrated Water Resources Management Plans (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Strengthening Results Management in Support of Poverty Reduction in Tajikistan (Republic of Tajikistan) [ PDF ]

20 November 2006, Monday

• Consultant's Report
• Socioeconomic Implications of HIV/AIDS in the Pacific (Regional)


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies 


• Environmental Assessment Report
• Regional Power Transmission Interconnection Project (Regional) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• Partnership Delivering Services to Fight HIV/AIDS in The Pacific


• Other Notices
• Development Partnership Program for South Asia (Regional)


• Progress Report on Tranche Release
• Small and Medium Enterprise Development Program (Cambodia) [ PDF ]


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Commercial Agriculture Development Project (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Plans
• Hefei Urban Environment Improvement Project (People's Republic of China)


• Technical Assistance Completion Report
• Capacity Building of Developing Member Countries on Selected World Trade Organization and Doha Development Agenda Issues (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultants' Report
• Western Roads Development Project (People's Republic of China)

18 November 2006, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

17 November 2006, Friday

• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 26 October 2006 [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Report
• Upper Watershed Management Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Social and Environmental Monitoring Report
• Dahej Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Project (India)

16 November 2006, Thursday

• Environmental Monitoring Report
• Fauji Kabirwala Power Project (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Others
• Work Program and Budget Framework (2007-2009) [ PDF ]


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Gansu Roads Development Project (People's Republic of China)
• Developing the Philippine Business Registry (JFICT) (Philippines)


• Resettlement Planning Document
• The Western and Central Networks Reinforcement and Extension Project (Fiji Islands, Republic of the)


• Summary Environmental Impact Assessment
• Hefei Urban Environment Improvement Project (People's Republic of China) [ PDf ]

15 November 2006, Wednesday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• Denying Safe Haven to the Corrupt and the Proceeds of Corruption


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies 
• Local Staff Vacancies 


• News Releases


• ADB and KfW Promoting Cross-Border Securitization Market in Kazakhstan


• Procurement Notice
• Western Uzbekistan Rural Water Supply Project (Uzbekistan)


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Upper Watershed Management Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]

14 November 2006, Tuesday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• ADB Perceptions Survey


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies 
• Local Staff Vacancies 


• News Releases
• Liquidity Lagging in Asian Bond Market Expansion, ADB Report Says
• ADB Deemed Effective, But Could Do Better, Survey Finds


• Project Performance Evaluation Reports
• Private Sector Infrastructure Facility (India) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Poverty Reduction in Grassland Improvement Program (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report
• Rural Electrification Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Fiji Islands, Republic of the) [ PDF ]

13 November 2006, Monday

• News Release
• ADB to Help Mongolia's Agriculture Sector Tap International Markets


• Others
• Cooperation with Luxembourg: Additional Contribution to the Financial Sector Development Partnership Fund (Luxembourg) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultant’s Reports
• Heilongjiang Road Network Development Project (Financed by the Asian Development Bank) (People's Republic China) [ PDF ]

11 November 2006, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

10 November 2006, Friday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies 
• Local Staff Vacancies 


• Design and Monitoring Framework
• Upper Secondary and Professional Teacher Development Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]

• Environment-related Document
• Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project (India) [ PDF ]

• Legal Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Secondary Education Sector Development Program between Bangladesh and ADB (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Secondary Education Sector Development Program between Bangladesh and ADB (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]

• Loan Major Changes in Scope
• Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Project (Indonesia) [ PDF ]

• Procurement and Other Notices
• Melamchi Water Supply Project (Nepal)
• Southern Punjab Basic Urban Services (Nepal)
• Wuhan Wastewater Management Project (People's Republic of China)

• Project Administration Memorandum
• Central Sichuan Roads Development Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]

• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Supporting Land Use Management on Kiritimati (Christmas) Island (Kiritimati) [ PDF ]

• Technical Assistance Reports
• Sustainable Urban Transport (Regional) [ PDF ]

• Water Site: New Section
• Helping to Introduce IWRM in 25 River Basins in the Asia-Pacific Region

9 November 2006, Thursday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies 
• Local Staff Vacancies 


• Event
• ADB-GWP Water Operators Partnership Program: Workshop on Strengthening Water Utilities in South Asia (8-9 December 2006; New Delhi, India)


• Procurement Notice
• Henan Wastewater Management and Water Supply Sector Project (People's Republic China)


• Publication
• Water for All E-newsletter (November 2006)


• Technical Assistance Consultant's Report
• Strengthening Disaster Management and Mitigation (Cook Islands) [ PDF ]


• Water Site: New Section
• Pakistan: A Year after the Quake, Sanitation Changes Lives (November 2006)

8 November 2006, Wednesday

• Channel Financing Agreements
• Channel Financing Agreement between the Government of Luxembourg and the Asian Development Bank in Establishing Financial Sector Development Fund (Luxembourg) [ PDF ]
• Memorandum of Understanding on Channel Financing Between the Government of Australia and the Asian Development Bank in Establishing Australia-South Asia Development Partnership Facility (Australia) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies 


• Management Speech
• Keynote Address by Vice-President Liqun Jin at The Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2006 on Transport and Logistics on "Improving the Welfare of the People Through Infrastructure Development" (Seoul, Korea, 8 November 2006)


• News Release
• ADB Assisting Viet Nam's Plans for O Mon Power Complex


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Shanxi Roads Development Project (People's Republic of China)
• Western Uzbekistan Rural Water Supply Project (Uzbekistan)
• Road Network Project (Bhutan)


• Progress Reports on Tranche Releases
• Health Sector Development Program (Philippines) [ PDF ]

7 November 2006, Tuesday

• Design & Monitoring Framework
• Regional Power Transmission Interconnection Project (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Loan Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Subprogram I - Private Participation in Infrastructure Program Loan Cluster between Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Asian Development Bank (Ordinary Operations) (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Procurement Notice
• Chittagong Port Trade Facilitation Project (Bangladesh)


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Private Participation in Infrastructure Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Plan
• Regional Power Transmission Interconnection Project


• Revamped Site
• Nauru


• Technical Assistance Completion Report
• Promotion of Effective Water Management Policies and Practices


• Technical Assistance Report
• Free Trade Agreements in Asia: The Way Ahead (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Regional) [ PDF ]

6 November 2006, Monday

• ERD Working Paper Series
• Economic Growth, Technological Change, and Patterns of Food and Agricultural Trade in Asia (No. 86) [ PDF ]


• Grant Agreement
• Grant Agreement For Rural Finance Sector Development Project Between Nepal and Asian Development Bank (Special Operations) (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Loan Agreement
• Loan Agreement for Rural Finance Sector Development Cluster Program between Nepal and Asian Development Bank (Special Operations) (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• ADB Expanding Rural Microfinance Opportunities in Vanuatu


• Procurement Notices
• Proposed Regional Power Interconnection Project


• Program Agreement
• Program Agreement for Rural Finance Sector Development Cluster Program between Asian Development Bank and Agricultural Development Bank Limited Small Farmers Development Bank Nepal Rastra Bank (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Project Administration Memorandum
• Kunming-Haiphong Transport Corridor - Noi Bai-Lao Cai Highway Technical Assistance Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Project Agreement
• Project Agreement for Rural Finance Sector Development Project between Asian Development Bank and Agricultural Development Bank Limited Small Farmers Development Bank Nepal Rastra Bank (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Secondary Education Sector Development Program (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Sustainable Cotton Subsector Project (Tajikistan, Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Employment Services for Migrant Workers (People's Republic of China) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Ho Chi Minh City Metro Rail System Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Vietnam) [ PDF ]

4 November 2006, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

3 November 2006, Friday

• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 25 October 2006 [ PDF ]


• Conference Papers
• Forum Summary: 2006 Asian Regional Forum on Aid Effectiveness: Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies 


• News Release
• ADB Joins Methane to Markets Partnership


• Other Notice
• Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (India)

2 November 2006, Thursday

• Country Strategy and Program
• Indonesia (2006-2009) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies 


• ERD Working Paper Series
• Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policies: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh, People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, and Philippines (No. 85)


• Financing Agreement
• Financing Agreement for Forests for Livelihood Improvement in the Central Highlands Sector Project between Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and ADB (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Loan Agreement
• Loan Agreement for Forests for Livelihood Improvement in the Central Highlands Sector Project between Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and ADB (Special Operations) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• ADB Strengthening Secondary Education in Bangladesh


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Forests for Livelihood Improvement in the Central Highlands Sector Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]

1 November 2006, Wednesday

• Advance Action
• Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Program - Subproject 1 (Pakistan)


• Management Speech
• Speech by ADB Vice-President C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr. at the Indonesia Infrastructure Conference and Exhibition on Infrastructure Development in Indonesia: Moving Forward (1 November 2006, Jakarta, Indonesia)


• News Release
• Indonesia Making Progress on Infrastructure Reforms, ADB Vice-President Tells Jakarta Meeting

31 October 2006, Tuesday

• Legal Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Secondary Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project between Bangladesh and ADB (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Urban Infrastructure Development Project between Kingdom of Bhutan and ADB dated 30 October 2006 (Special Resources) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• ADB Proposes $4 Billion in Assistance for Indonesia in 2006-2009


• Project Agreement
• Project Agreement for Urban Infrastructure Development Project between ADB and Thimphu City Corporation and Phuentsholing City Corporation dated 30 October 2006 (Bhutan) [ PDF ]


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Proposed Sector Development Program Cluster of Loans, Asian Development Fund Grant, and Technical Assistance Grant (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Revenue Diversification (Maldives) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Report
• Improving Infrastructure Services (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Fiji Islands, Republic of the) [ PDF ]

30 October 2006, Monday

• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 10 October 2006 [ PDF ]
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 12 October 2006 [ PDF ]


• Events
• 4th NARBO IWRM Training: Water for All—Lessons Learnt and Meeting Future Challenge (6-10 November 2006; Negombo, Sri Lanka)
• Piloting NARBO’s Performance Benchmarking Tool and Peer Review Process (30 October-3 November 2006; Jatilihur, Indonesia)


• News Release
• Comprehensive Program to Expand Rural Finance in Nepal


• Publications
• Converting Migration Drains into Gains: Harnessing the Resources of Overseas Professionals


• Report
• Report on ADB’s Conference on Water Financing Program 2006-2010—Doubling Water Financing and Results


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Strengthening the Legal and Policy Framework for Foreign Investment (Uzbekistan, Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultant's Reports
• Capacity Building of Financial and Business Advisory Intermediaries Project (Samoa) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Preparing the Health Care in the South Central Coast Region Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Water Site: New Sections
• Ek Sonn Chan: Charging the Nonrevenue Water Problem Head-On
• Reducing Nonrevenue Water in Asia: An Overview
• Knowledge Products Database
• Philippines: Manila Water Reduces NRW using Multi-Pronged Strategy
• Viet Nam: NRW Projects: Hide and Seek Game Can Quickly Turn Around Revenues

28 October 2006, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

27 October 2006, Friday

• Management Speech
• Statement by ADB Vice-President Liqun Jin at the Asia Pacific Summit 2006 Opening Plenary on “Global Asia: Changing Realities, New Priorities” (26 October 2006, Vancouver, Canada)


• News Release
• ADB Establishes Climate Change Knowledge Hub at University in Beijing


• Procurement Notice
• Xi'an Urban Transport Project (People's Republic of China)


• Report and Recommendation of the President
• Proposed Guarantee for the Diversified Payment Rights Securitization by Alliance Bank JSC (Kazakhstan) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Coal Mine Safety Study (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Agriculture and Rural Development Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Mongolia) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Rural Basic Education Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Uzbekistan) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Small Towns and Rural Arid Areas Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Cofinanced by the Japan Special Fund and the Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector) (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]

26 October 2006, Thursday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies  
• Local Staff Vacancies  


• Events
• Reta 6297: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation III, Seventh Tourism Working Group Meeting (Kathmandu, Nepal; 2-3 November 2006)


• News Release
• Today's Decisions Could Spell Climate Change for Future Generations, ADB Official Tells Carbon Expo


• Project Administration Memorandum
• Nonformal Skills Training for Unemployed Youth and Adults (Mongolia) [ PDF ]


• Project Processing
• Summary Report on Processing Status of 2006 Loan, ADF Grant, Equity, and Technical Assistance Projects (as of 30 September 2006) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Proposed Financing and Partial Credit Guarantee for Portfolios by Deutsche Bank AG (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Framework
• Urban Development Sector Project (Mongolia)


• SSTA Monthly Report
• Monthly Summary Report on Approved Small-Scale Technical Assistance Projects (as of 30 September 2006) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Capacity Building for Designing, Negotiating, and Implementing Free Trade Agreements in Selected Asian Developing Member Countries (Financed by the People’s Republic of China Regional Cooperation and Poverty Reduction Fund) (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Water Resources Management (Sector) Project (Cofinanced by the Government of France) (Cambodia) [ PDF ]
• Supporting the Inception of the Energy Efficiency Initiative in Developing Member Countries (Regional) [ PDF ]

25 October 2006, Wednesday

• Legal Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Wuhan Wastewater and Stormwater Management Project between People's Republic of China and ADB dated 24 Oct 2006 (People's Republic of China) [ PDF ]
• Project Agreement for Wuhan Wastewater and Stormwater Management Project between ADB and Hubei Provincial Government and Wuhan Municipal Government dated 24 Oct 2006 (People's Republic of China) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• Improving Access to Water Supply and Sanitation in Bangladesh's Small Towns


• Procurement Notice
• Amu Zang Irrigation Rehabilitation Project (Uzbekistan)


• Others
• Update on the Lao PDR: Nam Theun 2 (NT2) Hydroelectric Project (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultant’s Reports
• Pension Reforms for the Unorganised Sector (Financed by the Government of the United Kingdom) (India)

24 October 2006, Tuesday

• Design and Monitoring Framework
• Improving Infrastructure Services (formerly Power Sector Development Road Map) (Fiji Islands) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies  


• Management Speech
• Keynote Speech by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the 5th CAREC Ministerial Conference on “From Vision to Action: CAREC as a Catalyst and Facilitator” (20 October 2006, Urumqi, XUAR, People’s Republic of China.)


• Project Performance Evaluation Reports
• Capacity Building Project in the Water Resources Sector (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Report
• Preparing the Governance Reforms and Decentralization Cluster Program I (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Nepal) [ PDF ]

23 October 2006, Monday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• An Evaluation Synthesis on Rice (Lao People's Democratic Republic)


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Flood Management Strategy Study (People's Republic of China) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation: Transport Sector Strategy Study (Regional) [ PDF ]

21 October 2006, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

20 October 2006, Friday

• Country Strategy and Program
• Lao People's Democratic Republic (2007 - 2010) [ PDF ]


• Photo Essay
• ADB Board Visits Philippine Projects (Philippines)


• Procurement Notice
• Power Grid Transmission (Sector) Project (India)


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Proposed Loan People’s Republic of Bangladesh: Secondary Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation II (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Capacity Building for Public Investment Programming (Kazakhstan) [ PDF ]
• Identification and Prioritization of Subregional Projects in South Asia (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Preparing a Comprehensive Medium-Term Poverty Reduction Strategy (Kazakhstan) [ PDF ]

19 October 2006, Thursday

• Documents Produced Under TA
• The Economic and Financial Study for the Kunming-Haiphong Expressway Project (Hanoi-Lao Cai) Final Report (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Major Change in Amount
• Conflict Affected Areas Rehabilitation Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Major Changes in Scope (Technical Assistance)
• Preparing The Bahawalpur Rural Development Project, Phase II (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Management Speech
• Opening Address by ADB Vice-President Khempheng Pholsena at the 2006 Asian Regional Forum on Aid Effectiveness: Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation (18 October 2006, ADB Headquarters, Mandaluyong City)


• Project Completion Reports
• Community and Local Government Support Sector Development Program (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Reports
• South Asia Economic Report (October 2006)


• Resettlement Planning Documents
• Road Rehabilitation (Sector) Project (Indonesia)


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector Needs Assessment (Lao People's Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]
• External Forum for Selected Sector and Thematic Priorities at the Asian Development Bank (Regional) [ PDF ]

18 October 2006, Wednesday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies  


• Major Changes in Scope
• Third Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project Using Surplus Loan Proceeds (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Management Speeches
• Closing Statement by ADB Vice-President Liqun Jin at the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Business Development Forum (17 October 2006, Urumqi, People's Republic of China)
• Keynote Statement by ADB Vice-President Liqun Jin at the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Business Development Forum on "Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Harnessing the Dynamism of Business" (16 October 2006, Urumqi, People's Republic of China)


• News Release
• Loan to Improve Urban Infrastructure and Services in Bhutan's Cities


• Other Notice
• Tsunami Emergency Assistance Project (Maldives)


• Project Administration Memorandum
• Irrigation Rehabilitation Project (Tajikistan, Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Road Rehabilitation II (Indonesia ) [ PDF ]

• Technical Assistance Consultant Report
• Delivering Natural Resource and Environmental Management Services Sector Project (Financed by Japan Special Fund) (Sri Lanka)

• Technical Assistance Report
• Preparing the Vocational Education and Skills Training Project (Financed from the Japan Special Fund) (Kyrgyz Republic) [ PDF ]

17 October 2006, Tuesday

• Events
• Fifth Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) (Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China; 18-20 October 2006)

16 October 2006, Monday

• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 3 October 2006 [ PDF ]
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 5 October 2006 [ PDF ]


• Board of Directors' Information
• Chair's Summary of Meeting of the Board of Directors (August 2006) [ PDF ]


• Economic Report and Interim Operational Strategy
• Armenia (2006-2009) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies 
• Local Staff Vacancies 


• Management Speech
• Opening Remarks by ADB Vice-President C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr. at the DFID/ADB/WB/GOJ Joint Retreat (16 October 2006, ADB Headquarters, Mandaluyong City)


• News Release
• Many Asian Countries Falling Short of MDG Targets, Joint Report Says
• ADB to Assist Lao PDR with $100 Million of Loans and Grants for 2007-2009


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• A Framework for ADB-NGO Cooperation [ PDF ]
• Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction [ PDF ]
• Gas Pipeline Development Project [ PDF ]
• Implementation of the Public Finance Management Act [ PDF ]

14 October 2006, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles



• Procurement Notices
• North-South Corridor Project (Afghanistan)
• Heilongjiang Road Network Development Project (People's Republic of China)

13 October 2006, Friday

• Advance and Procurement Notices
• Second Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project (Bangladesh)
• Rural Finance Sector Development Program (Lao People's Democratic Republic)
• Urban Development Sector Project (Mongolia)
• Third Education Development Project (Mongolia)
• Rural Enterprise Modernization Project (Pakistan)

• Indigenous Peoples Development Framework
• Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program (Pakistan