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28 December 2007, Friday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

27 December 2007, Thursday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Financing Agreements
• Amendment to the Financing Agreement for Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project between Islamic Republic of Pakistan and ADB dated 12 November 2007 (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• New Website
• ADB and the Transport Sector


• Project Completion Reports
• Education Sector Project (Samoa) [ PDF ]
• Grains Sector Development Program (Philippines) [ PDF ]
• Water Resource Management Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Publication
• Asian Water Development Outlook 2007


• Resettlement Planning Documents
• Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program (Pakistan)


• Water Site: New Sections
• Central Asia and South Caucasus Water Utilities Association- CASCWUA
• Wouter on Water: Messages from Beppu: Is Water Hotter Now?
• Water Champion Guoying Qin: One Plus Five - A Model for Rainwater Harvesting
• India Water Action: 36 Roofs for 24/7 Water: Harvesting Rainfall in Badlapur
• Pakistan Water Action: Irrigation Links Government with Farmers
• People's Republic of China Water Action: From Pain to Pleasure: Water Cellars Change Drought-Affected Communities' Lifestyles
• Thailand Water Action: Promoting Rainwater Harvesting, Preserving Rainwater Jar Culture
• Pilot and Demonstration Activity Final Report: Advocacy for Change: Multi Stakeholder Platform (MSP) for reforms of the Gwalior Urban Water Supply, Madhya Pradesh [ PDF ]
• Statistics: Water Utilities in Southeast Asia


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Regional Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Legal and Institutional Strengthening of Environmental Management (Cook Islands) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Development of Biomass Power Generation in Rural Areas (Financed by the Second Danish Cooperation Fund for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Rural Areas) (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Secondary Education Sector Development Program (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]

26 December 2007, Wednesday

• Grant Assistance Reports
• Access to Health Services for Disadvantaged Groups in Ulaanbaatar (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) (Mongolia) [ PDF ]


• Management Response
• Management Response to the Country Assistance Program Evaluation for India [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Preparing the Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Civil Aviation Airport Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Nepal) [ PDF ]
• Updating the National Water Policy and Strategy (Cofinanced by the Government of Australia) (Lao People's Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]

24 December 2007, Monday

• Statutory Reports and Official Records
• Budget of the Asian Development Bank for 2008 (November 2007) [ PDF ]

22 December 2007, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

21 December 2007, Friday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• Poverty Reduction in the New Asia and Pacific: Key Challenges of Inclusive Growth for the Asian Development Bank (November 2007)


• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Loan Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program – Project 1 between India and Asian Development Bank (India) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Rural Basic Education Project between Republic of Uzbekistan and Asian Development Bank (Uzbekistan) [ PDF ]


• Procurement Notices
• Gas Transmission and Development Project (Bangladesh)
• Conflict Affected Areas Rehabilitation Project, and Grant 0062 (Norway) - Component B: Power & Electrification (CAARP/RE-F/2007/13: Supply & Delivery Of PVC Cables) (Sri Lanka)
• Conflict Affected Areas Rehabilitation Project, and Grant 0062 (Norway) - Component B: Power & Electrification (CAARP/RE-F/2007/02: Supply & Delivery of 33kv&11kv, Pin & Tension Insulators with Hardware ) (Sri Lanka)
• Regional Power Transmission Interconnection (Tajikistan)


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


• Project Agreements
• Project Agreement for Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program – Project 1 between Asian Development Bank and State of Rajasthan (India) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• CAREC Regional Road Project (Uzbekistan) [ PDF ]
• India Infrastructure Project Financing Facility (India) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Balochistan Capacity Building for Devolved Social Services (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Agriculture and Rural Development Project (Papua New Guinea) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Southern Road Maintenance and Upgrading Project (Papua New Guinea) [ PDF ]
• Strengthening the Economic Policy, Planning, and Statistics Office (Republic of Marshall Islands) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultants' Reports
• Preparing the Financial Sector/Non bank Financial Sector Institutions Reform Programme (Bhutan) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Regional Infrastructure (Roads) Project (Uzbekistan) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Capacity Building in Water Resources in a Decentralized Environment (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Facilitating Regional Power Trading and Environmentally Sustainable Development of Electricity Infrastructure in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Education Sector Program (Subprogram III) (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Nepal) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Inclusive Tourism Infrastructure Development Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (India) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Second Local Government Finance and Governance Reform Program (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Supporting the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the Asia and Pacific Region, Phase III (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Technical Assistance for Twelfth Agriculture and Natural Resources Research at International Agricultural Research Centers (Regional) [ PDF ]

20 December 2007, Thursday

• Grant Assistance Report
• Lae Port Livelihood and Social Improvement Project (Papua New Guinea) [ PDF ]


• Procurement and Other Notices
• National Highway Development Sector Investment Program (Pakistan)
• Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program (Pakistan)
• Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project (Viet Nam)
• Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS): Kunming-Hai Phong Transport Corridor - Noi Bai-Lao Cai Highway Technical Assistance (TA) Project (Viet Nam)


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Lae Port Development Project (Papua New Guinea) [ PDF ]
• Third Development Policy Support Program (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Governance and Institutional Support for Private Sector Development (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]
• Supporting the Preparation of the Law on Gender Equality (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Study for a Regional Power Trade Operating Agreement in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Study of Gender Inequality in Women's Access to Land, Forests, and Water (Lao People's Democratic Republic) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Implementation of the Technical Support Facility under the Carbon Market Initiative (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Railway Sector Investment Program (India) [ PDF ]
• Supporting Strategic Knowledge Products and Research Networking (Regional) [ PDF ]

19 December 2007, Wednesday

• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Others
• Governance Cooperation Fund - Further Contribution by the Government of Norway [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Reports
• Power Sector Improvement Project (Samoa) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Greater Mekong Subregion: Kunming-Hai Phong Transport Corridor-Noi Bai-Lao Cai Highway Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Proposed Asian Development Fund Grant, Loan, and Technical Assistance Grant: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Information Highway Project (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Railway Safety Enhancement Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Xinjiang Regional Road Improvement Project (Korla–Kuqa Section) (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Building the Capacity of the Sustainable Energy Authority (Financed by Clean Energy Fund under the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility) (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]
• Expanding Access to Financial Services (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Vanuatu) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Nanning–Kunming Railway Capacity Enhancement Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Rural Electric Cooperatives Development Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Philippines) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Second Ring Road (Completing the Circle) Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Preparing the Support for Health Systems Development Program (Cofinanced by the Japan Special Fund and the Government of Australia) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Second Balochistan Resource Management Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Supporting the Energy Efficiency Program Implementation Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]

18 December 2007, Tuesday

• Advance Action on Recruitment of Consultants
• Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program (Bangladesh)


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies


• Grant Agreements
• Program Grant Agreement for Rural Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program between Nepal and Asian Development Bank (Nepal) [ PDF ]
• Project Grant Agreement for Rural Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program between Nepal and Asian Development Bank (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Loan Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Lower Secondary Education for the Most Disadvantaged Regions Project between Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and Asian Development Bank (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Small and Medium Enterprise Regional Development Project between Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and Asian Development Bank (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Other Notices
• National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Pakistan)


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


• Project Agreements
• Project Agreement for Small and Medium Enterprise Regional Development Project between Asian Development Bank and Commercial Bank of Ceylon Limited DFCC Bank National Development Bank of Sri Lanka PLC Sampath Bank Limited (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• SchoolNet and Community Access Project (Samoa) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultants' Reports
• National Highways Development Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Sri Lanka)
• West Bengal Development Finance (India)


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Enhancement of the Performance Audit Capacity of the China National Audit Office (Financed by the Cooperation Fund in Support of Managing for Development Results) (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Integrated Trade Facilitation Support for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation [ PDF ]
• Urban Wastewater and Solid Waste Management for Small Cities and Towns (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]

17 December 2007, Monday

• Design and Monitoring Frameworks
• Strengthening Economic & Financial Management (TA Loan) (Maldives) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies


• Loan Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Capital Market Development Program Cluster (Subprogram 1) between Republic of Indonesia and Asian Development Bank (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Financial Sector Program II Cluster - Subprogram 1 between Kingdom of Cambodia and Asian Development Bank (Cambodia) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Ho Chi Minh City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay Expressway Technical Assistance Project between The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and ADB (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Kunming Qingshuihai Water Supply Project between People’s Republic of China and ADB (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Technical Assistance Loan Agreement for Padma Multipurpose Bridge Design Project between People's Republic of Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Third Financial Sector Program - Subprogram 1 between Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and Asian Development Bank (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Management Response
• Special Evaluation Study on the Effect of Microfinance Operations on Poor Rural Households and the Status of Women [ PDF ]


• Management Speeches
• Statement of the Asian Development Bank by Ursula Schäfer-Preuss at the Thirteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (14 December 2007, Bali, Indonesia)


• Newsletter
• ERO E-newsletter [ Issue No. 13, November 2007 ]


• News Release
• ADB Grants $80M Loan to Ensure Safe, Secure Water Supply for PRC's Kunming City
• ADB Provides $21M to Develop ICT in South Asia
• ADB Provides $100M Loan to Ensure Safety, Efficiency of PRC's Railway Network
• ADB Supports Indonesia's Policy Reforms
• Japan and ADB Providing $300.8M for Philippines' Local Government Units


• Others
• Governance Cooperation Fund - Contribution by the Government of Ireland [ PDF ]


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Secondary Towns Integrated Flood Protection Project Phase 2 (Bangladesh)
• Second Urban Primary Health Care (Bangladesh)
• Guangxi Nanning Urban Environmental Upgrading Project (People's Republic of China)
• Information and Communications Technology in Basic Education Project (Uzbekistan)
• Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project (GEEOW) (Nepal)


• Project Agreements
• Project Agreement for Ho Chi Minh City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay Expressway Technical Assistance Project between ADB and Vietnam Expressway Corporation (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Project Agreement for Kunming Qingshuihai Water Supply Project between ADB and Yunnan Provincial Government Kunming Municipal Government (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Project Agreement for Padma Multipurpose Bridge Design Project between Asian Development Bank and Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Authority (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Reports
• Klang River Basin Environmental Improvement and Flood Mitigation Project (Malaysia) [ PDF ]


• Project Performance Evaluation Reports
• Khulna-Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Kunming Qingshuihai Water Supply Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Local Government Financing and Budget Reform Program Cluster (Subprogram 1) (Philippines) [ PDF ]
• Proposed Credit Guarantee: Energy Efficiency Multi-project Financing Program (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultants' Reports
• Capacity Building in Agriculture (Financed by the Special Fund) (Mongolia)
• Strengthening Public Debt Management (Financed by the Technical Assistance Special Fund) (China, People's Republic of)
• Transport Connectivity Sector Project (Nepal)

15 December 2007, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles



• Advance Action on Recruitment of Consultants
• Barani Integrated Water Resources Sector Project (BIWRSP) (Pakistan)


• Procurement and Notices
• Power Sector Expansion Project (Samoa)

14 December 2007, Friday

• Annual Review of Evaluation Activities
• 2007 Annual Evaluation Review: The Challenge of Capacity Development [ PDF ]
• Acting on Recommendations and Learning from Lessons in 2007: Increasing Value Added from Operations Evaluation [ PDF ]


• Development Effectiveness Committee Chair's Summary
• Chair's Summary of the Committee Discussion on 21 September 2007 [ PDF ]
• Chair's Summary of the Committee Discussion on 24 October 2007 [ PDF ]


• Economic Updates
• Bangladesh: An Update on Recent Cyclone [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Initial Environmental Examination
• Proposed Grant Assistance to Mongolia for the Community-Based Local Road Upgrading and Maintenance in the Western Region of Mongolia Project (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) (Mongolia) [ PDF ]


• Initial Poverty and Social Assessment
• Urban and Environmental Improvement Project (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Management Response
• Country Assistance Program Evaluation for Sri Lanka [ PDF ]
• 2007 Annual Evaluation Review for The Challenge of Capacity Development and Acting on Recommendations and Learning from Lessons in 2007: Increasing Value Added from Operations Evaluation [ PDF ]


• Procurement Notices
• Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program - Project 4 (India)
• Third Fiji Road Upgrading Project (Fiji Islands)
• Secondary Education Support Program (Nepal)


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Proposed Loans and Technical Assistance Grant: Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Proposed Multitranche Financing Facility and Technical Assistance Grant: National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Determinants & Drivers of Poverty Reduction and ADB's Contribution in Rural Pakistan (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Support for Poverty Reduction Initiatives in Pakistan (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Women's Health Project (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultants' Reports
• Preparation of National Resettlement Policy Framework (Nepal)


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Supporting Capacity Development for Water Services Operations and Public-Private Partnership in Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) [ PDF ]

13 December 2007, Thursday

• Invitation for Expressions of Interest
• Assistant to the Administrative Tribunal (Asian Development Bank)


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Nabong Substation Project (Lao PDR)
• Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project (Viet Nam)
• Development Partnership Program for South Asia (Regional)


• Project Completion Reports
• Second Science Education Sector Project (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Lower Secondary Education for the Most Disadvantaged Regions Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Proposed Asian Development Fund Grants: Rural Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Social and Environmental Monitoring Reports
• Subregional Transport Facilitation (Nepal)


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Integrating Environmental Considerations into Development Policies, Plans and Programs (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Promoting Private Sector Participation in the Power Sector (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Translated Documents
• Resettlement and Ethnic Minority Development Plan for Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project Volume 1 (Vietnamese) [ PDF ]
• Resettlement and Ethnic Minority Development Plan for Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project Volume 2 (Vietnamese) [ PDF ]
• Resettlement and Ethnic Minority Development Plan for Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project Volume 3 (Vietnamese) [ PDF ]
• Resettlement and Ethnic Minority Development Plan for Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project Volume 4 (Vietnamese) [ PDF ]
• Environmental Impact Assessment for Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project Phase II (Vietnamese) [ PDF ]

12 December 2007, Wednesday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• Climate Change - ADB Programs: Strengthening Mitigation and Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific


• Country Operations Business Plan
• Armenia: Country Operations Business Plan (2008-2010) (November 2007) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Grant Implementation Manual
• Rural Skills Development Project (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) (Bhutan) [ PDF ]


• Loan Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Punjab Government Efficiency Improvement Program – Subprogram 1 between Islamic Republic of Pakistan and ADB [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Technical Assistance for Punjab Government Efficiency Improvement Program Implementation Support Project between Islamic Republic of Pakistan and ADB [ PDF ]


• Progress Reports on Tranche Releases
• Financial Sector Program Loan II Subprogram II: Progress Report on 3rd Tranche Release (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Procurement Notices
• Suva Nausori Water Supply and Sewerage Project (Fiji Islands)
• Road Maintenance and Upgrading (Sector) Project - Supplementary Loans (Papua New Guinea)


• Project Agreements
• Program Agreement for Punjab Government Efficiency Improvement Program – Subprogram I between Asian Development Bank and Province of the Punjab [ PDF ]
• Project Agreement for Technical Assistance for Punjab Government Efficiency Improvement Program Implementation Support Project between Asian Development Bank and Province of the Punjab [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Proposed Program Cluster, Loan for Subprogram 1, Technical Assistance Loan, and Technical Assistance Grants: Punjab Government Efficiency Improvement Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Rural Basic Education Project (Uzbekistan) [ PDF ]
• Small and Medium Enterprise Regional Development Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Speeches
• Keynote Address by Director Urooj S. Malik at the First Joint Session of the GMS Working Groups on Agriculture and Environment, and GMS Agriculture National Coordinators' Meeting (11-12 December 2007, Bangkok, Thailand)


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Developing Strategic Urban Assessments for Selected Central and West Asia Developing Member Countries (Regional) [ PDF ]

11 December 2007, Tuesday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• Rural Development Outcomes and Drivers: An Overview and Some Lessons


• Conference Papers and Proceedings
• Sixth Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (December 2007) [ PDF ]


• Documents Produced Under TA
• Regional Rail Traffic Enhancement Program (Bangladesh)


• Economic Updates
• Nepal: Political and Economic Update [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Financing Agreements
• Financing Agreement for Tonle Sap Lowlands Rural Development Project between Kingdom of Cambodia and ADB (Cambodia) [ PDF ]


• Guidelines, Handbooks, and Manuals
• e-Handbook on Project Implementation
• Financial Sector Legal and Regulatory Toolkit


• Management Speeches
• Speech by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the High-Level Event of Finance Ministers Meeting on Climate Change on Financing Partnerships to Advance Climate Change Action (11 December 2007, Bali, Indonesia)


• New Releases
• ADB Provides $1.15 Billion to Pakistan for Roads and Reform
• ADB $50M Loan to Promote Equitable Access to Secondary Education in Viet Nam
• ADB Helps Improve Education in Uzbekistan


• Newsletter
• JRO E-Newsletter (December 2007)


• Policies and Strategies
• 2006 Annual Poverty Reduction Report: ADB's Effectiveness in Implementing the Poverty Reduction Strategy [ PDF ]


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Gas Transmission and Development Project (Bangladesh)
• Gas Transmission and Development Project (GTDP) (Bangladesh)
• Taiyuan-Zhongwei Railway Project (People's Republic of China)
• Wuhan Wastewater Management Project (People's Republic of China)
• Southern Transport Corridor Road Rehabilitation Project (Kyrgyztan)


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Capital Market Development Program Cluster (Subprogram 1) (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Small and Medium Enterprise Sector Development (Cambodia) [ PDF ]
• Strengthening SME Credit Management Systems (Philippines) [ PDF ]

10 December 2007, Monday

• Design and Monitoring Frameworks
• Private Sector Development Project (PSDP) (Maldives) [ PDF ]


• Documents Produced Under TA
• Preparing the Information and Communications Technology Development Project (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Management Speeches
• Speech by ADB Managing Director Rajat M. Nag at the CITI-FT Financial Education Summit on "Financial Education for Inclusive Development" (6 Decembere 2007, New Delhi, India)
• Speech by ADB Managing Director General Rajat Nag at the RIS India on "Regional Cooperation and Integration Prospects in Asia" (5 December 2007, New Delhi, India)


• New Releases
• ADB Provides $300.7M for Indonesia's Capital Market Development Program
• ADB Provides $202.5M to Improve Water Supply in Bangladesh's Capital City
• Wide Disparities in Living Standards in Asia-Pacific - New Study


• Procurement Notices
• Wuhan Wastewater Management Project (People's Republic of China)


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Proposed Technical Assistance Loan: Padma Multipurpose Bridge Design Project (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Second Financial Sector Program Cluster (Subprogram 1) (Cambodia) [ PDF ]
• Tonle Sap Lowlands Rural Development Project (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Preparing the Vinh Tan 3 Thermal Power Generation Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Viet Nam) [ PDF ]

8 December 2007, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles



• Management Speeches
• Remarks by ADB Vice-President C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr. at the Launch of the Global Accountability Report 2007 (4 December 2007, London, UK)


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Regional Power Transmission Interconnection (Pakistan)
• Development Partnership Program for South Asia (Regional)

7 December 2007, Friday

• Advance Action on Recruitment of Consultants
• Barani Integrated Water Resources Sector Project (BIWRSP) (Pakistan)


• Documents Produced Under TA
• Development of Transport Corridor for Trade Facilitation (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Financing Agreements
• Amendment to the Financing Agreement for CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project between the Republic of Tajikistan and ADB dated (30 November 2007) (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Grant Agreements
• Grant Agreement for Enhancing Education Quality Project between Kingdom of Cambodia and ADB [ PDF ]


• Initial Environmental Examination
• Baglung-Ghodabadhe Road Sub-Project (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Loan Agreements
• Amendment to the Loan Agreement for Regional Power Transmission Interconnection Project (Tajik Component) between Republic of Tajikistan and Asian Development Bank dated 22 February 2007 [ PDF ]


• New Releases
• ADB Lowers Charges on LIBOR-based Loans
• ADB Approves $135M Loan Program to Aid Viet Nam Capital Markets Development
• ADB Extends $50M Loan to Sri Lanka to Promote SME Development
• ADB Assists Viet Nam in Ho Chi Minh City Expressway Development


• Procurement Notices
• Southern Punjab Basic Urban Services (Pakistan)
• Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project (Viet Nam)


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway Technical Assistance Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Proposed Asian Development Fund: Enhancing Education Quality Project (Cambodia) [ PDF ]
• Third Financial Sector Program Loan (Subprogram 1) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Sustainable Urban Development in Asia (Regional) [ PDF ]

6 December 2007, Thursday

• Documents Produced Under TA
• SASEC ICT Development Master Plan (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Uttaranchal State Roads Investment Program (India) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Financing Agreements
• Financing Agreement for Education for Knowledge Society Project between Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and ADB [ PDF ]


• Project Administration Memoranda
• Grant Implementation Manual: Community-Driven Development for Urban Poor in GER Areas (Mongolia) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Institutional Capacity Building of the National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Secured Transactions Reform (India) [ PDF ]
• Supporting the Sector Approach and Results-Based Management in ADB Operations (Regional) [ PDF ]

5 December 2007, Wednesday

• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Development Effectiveness Committee Chair's Summary
• Chair's Summary of the Committee Discussion on 24 October 2007  


• Documents Produced Under TA
• Enhancing NHAI's Corporate Finance Capability (India)
• Inland Waterway Sector Development Strategy (India) [ PDF ]
• Integrating Poverty Reduction in Programs and Projects- Note on Poverty and Gender Component (Financed by the Government of United Kingdom) (India) [ PDF ]
• Organizational Reform of Bangladesh Railways (Phase III) (Bangladesh)
• Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (Bangladesh)
• Social Infrastructure for Internally Displaced Persons and Vulnerable Population Project (Azerbaijan) [ PDF ]
• Social Protection for Disadvantaged Women and Children (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]
• Social Protection Index for Committed Poverty Reduction (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Trainers' Guide for Environmental Impact Assessment Training (Bhutan) [ PDF ]


• Grant Agreements
• Grant Agreement for Greater Mekong Subregion Southern Coastal Corridor Project between Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and ADB [ PDF ]


• Indigenous Peoples Development Framework
• MFF - Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Investment Program (Facility Concept) (India)


• Loan Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Greater Mekong Subregion Southern Coastal Corridor Project between Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and ADB [ PDF ]
• Loan Agreement for Greater Mekong Subregion Southern Coastal Corridor Project between Kingdom of Cambodia and ADB [ PDF ]


• Procurement Notices
• Second Primary Education Development Program: PEDP II (Bangladesh)


• Resettlement Planning Documents
• MFF - Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Investment Program (Facility Concept) (India)


• Social and Environmental Monitoring Reports
• Development of High Density Corridors under the Public-Private Partnership (India) [ PDF ]

4 December 2007, Tuesday

• Country Operations Business Plan
• Mongolia: 2008–2010 [ PDF ]


• Documents Produced Under TA
• Development of Transport Corridor for Trade Facilitation (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Management Speeches
• Keynote Speech by ADB President Kuroda at the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit (4 December 2007, Japan)
• Opening Remarks by Vice-President Ursula Schäfer-Preuss at the Commemoration of World AIDS Day 2007 (3 December 2007, ADB Headquarters, Mandaluyong City)


• Project Completion Reports
• Forestry Sector Project (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Summary Environmental Impact Assessment
• Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project (India) [ PDF ]

3 December 2007, Monday

• Advance Action on Recruitment of Consultants
• Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project (Viet Nam)


• Financing Agreements
• Financing Agreement for Power Sector Expansion Project between Independent State of Samoa and Asian Development Bank (Samoa) [ PDF ]


• Grant Agreements
• Grant Agreement for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Sector Development Program between Kingdom of Bhutan and Asian Development Bank (Bhutan) [ PDF ]
• Grant Agreement for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Sector Development Program between Kingdom of Bhutan and Asian Development Bank (Bhutan) [ PDF ]


• Newsletter
• Philippine E-News


• Procurement Notices
• Second Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project (RIIP-II) (Bangladesh)


• Project Agreements
• Project Agreement for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Sector Development Program between Asian Development Bank and Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (Bhutan) [ PDF ]
• Project Agreement for Power Sector Expansion Project between Asian Development Bank and Electric Power Corporation (Samoa) [ PDF ]


• Project Administration Memoranda
• Local Government Infrastructure Improvement Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]
• Urban Infrastructure Development Project (Bhutan) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Greater Mekong Subregion Southern Coastal Corridor Project (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Greater Mekong Subregion Southern Coastal Corridor Project (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Reports
• Economic Analysis Retrospective 2006: Improving Diagnostic Quality of Economic, Thematic, and Sector Work Underpinning Country Partnership Strategies


• Summary Initial Environmental Examination
• Acquisition and Rehabilitation of the Masinloc Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant (Philippines) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultants' Reports
• High Level Coordination Meeting on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction to Tsunami Affected Countries: A Review of ADB’s Response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami (Regional)

30 November 2007, Friday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

29 November 2007, Thursday

• Events
• 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit (3-4 December 2007; Beppu City, Japan)
• NARBO Secretariat Meeting (6 December 2007; Saitama, Japan)


• Grant Agreements
• Grant Agreement for the Third Health Sector Development Project between Mongolia and ADB [ PDF ]


• Procurement Notices
• Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project (Viet Nam)


• Speeches
• Welcome Remarks by the SERD Deputy Director General Tom Crouch at the Philippines Growth Diagnosis Consultation Workshop (29 November 2007, ADB Headquarters, Mandaluyong City)


• News Releases
• Developing Asian Countries must Rethink Water Management to Avoid Crisis
• Japan and ADB Helping Bangladesh Prepare Urban Health Care Program
• ADB $1m Grant to Improve Use of Statistics in Pacific DMC Development Plans


• Regional Operations Business Plan
• Pacific: Regional Operations Business Plan (2007-2010) (November 2007) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Planning Documents
• Southern Punjab Basic Urban Services Project (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Summary Initial Environmental Examination
• CAREC Regional Road Project (Uzbekistan, Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Water Site: New Sections
• 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
• Funding Facilities

28 November 2007, Wednesday

• Advance Action on Recruitment of Consultants
• Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program (Bangladesh)


• Documents Produced Under TA
• Inland Waterway Sector Development Strategy (India) [ PDF ]


• TA Minor Changes in Implementation Arrangements
• Implementing Pension Reforms (India) [ PDF ]


• Management Speeches
• Closing Remarks by ADB President Kuroda at the ADF X 2nd Donors' Meeting (27 November 2007, Vientiane, Lao PDR)


• Procurement Notices
• Fuzhou Environmental Improvement Project (People's Republic of China)
• Grain Productivity Improvement Project (Uzbekistan)


• Project Completion Reports
• Small- and Medium-Size Enterprise Trade Enhancement Finance Project (India) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Proposed Asian Development Fund Grant: Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprise Sector Development Program (Bhutan) [ PDF ]
• Proposed Loan and Asian Development Fund Grant: Education for Knowledge Society Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Supplementary Appendixes
• Proposed Asian Development Fund Grant: Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprise Sector Development Program (Bhutan) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Asian Development Outlook 2008 (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Energy Efficiency Enhancement in the Power Generation Sector (India) [ PDF ]
• Mainstreaming Public–Private Partnerships at Central Line Ministries of the Government of India (India) [ PDF ]

27 November 2007, Tuesday

• Management Response
• Women's Health and Safe Motherhood Project in the Philippines [ PDF ]


• Management Speeches
• Opening Remarks by ADB President Kuroda at the ADF X 2nd Donors' Meeting (26 November 2007, Vientiane, Lao PDR)


• News Releases
• ADB Extends $27.1M Grant to Enhance Secondary Education in Cambodia
• ADB Continues Series of Meetings on Safeguard Policy Update
• ADB Assists Nepal in Implementing West Seti Hydroelectric Project


• Project Completion Reports
• Lower Secondary Education Development Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Planning Documents
• Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Capacity Building of the Ministry of Energy and Water (Afghanistan) [ PDF ]
• Cross-Border Facility and Efficient Transit Facilitation (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Renewable Energy for Poverty Reduction (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Strengthening of the Statistical System of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Strengthening Public Debt Management (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• National Strategies for Environmental Management and Energy Conservation (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]
• Seminars on Capacity Building for Project Implementation and Administration for 2007–2009 (Regional) [ PDF ]

26 November 2007, Monday

• Design and Monitoring Frameworks
• CAREC Regional Road Project (Uzbekistan, Republic of) [ PDF ]
• India Infrastructure Project Financing Facility (IIPFF) (India) [ PDF ]


• Documents Produced Under TA
• Strengthening the Local Government Infrastructure Financing (Sri Lanka)


• ERD Working Paper Series
• Beyond Liquidity: New Uses for Developing Asia's Foreign Exchange Reserves (No. 109) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• Japan, the Netherlands and ADB Fund Water and Sanitation Project Design for Nepal


• Other Notices
• Commercial Agriculture Development Project (Nepal)


• Resettlement Framework
• Gansu Heihe Hydropower Development Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Plans
• Slaughter House at Tehsil Municipal Administration Rojhan (Pakistan) [ PDF ]
• Waste Water Treatment Plant at Tehsil Municipal Administration Dera Ghazi Khan (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Social and Environmental Monitoring Reports
• Road Network Development (Nepal)


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Cross-Border Trade and Transport Facilitation (Afghanistan) [ PDF ]
• West Bengal Development Finance (India) [ PDF ]

24 November 2007, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles

23 November 2007, Friday

• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Events
• Asian Water Development Outlook: Presentation of the Key Messages (29 November2007; Singapore)


• Program Completion Reports
• Fisheries Resource Management Project (Philippines) [ PDF ]


• Progress Reports on Tranche Releases
• Agriculture Sector Development Program (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Project Administration Memoranda
• Community-Managed Irrigated Agriculture Sector Project (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Report
• Promoting Climate Change Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific (Financed by the Japan Special Fund and the Government of the United Kingdom) (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Water Site: New Sections
• Viet Nam Pilot and Demonstration Activity: Developing Appropriate Sanitation Solutions for Peri-Urban Areas
• Nepal Pilot and Demonstration Activity: Developing and Demonstrating Community-Based Water Resources Management Approaches for Hill and Mountain Ecosystems

22 November 2007, Thursday

• Advance Action on Recruitment of Consultants
• Lower Secondary Education for the Most Disadvantaged Regions Project (Viet Nam)


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program - Project 4 (DISCOM-W) (India)
• Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program (Pakistan)


• Design and Monitoring Frameworks
• National Power Grid Development Investment Program (Facility Concept) (India) [ PDF ]


• Documents Produced Under TA
• Concept Paper on School Sector Approach (Nepal)
• Education Sector Development Program ESDP I (2007-2010) (Nepal)
• Rawalpindi Environmental Improvement (Pakistan)


• Loan Agreements
• Loan Agreement for Jilin Urban Environmental Improvement Project between People's Republic of China and Asian Development Bank (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• News Releases
• Emerging East Asian Bond Markets Resilient, But Risks Loom, Says ADB Report
• ADB and AIM Form Partnership to Create Regional Trade, Investment Knowledge Hub


• Project Administration Memoranda
• Kashkadarya and Navoi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (Uzbekistan, Republic of)


• Project Agreements
• Project Agreement for Jilin Urban Environmental Improvement Project between Asian Development Bank and Jilin Provincial Government (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Proposed Asian Development Fund Grant Mongolia: Third Health Sector Development Project (Mongolia) [ PDF ]
• Proposed Loan, Asian Development Fund Grant, and Technical Assistance Grant Independent State of Samoa: Power Sector Expansion Project (Samoa) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Plans
• Southern Punjab Basic Urban Services Project (Pakistan)


• Special Evaluation Studies
• The Asian Development Bank's Approaches to Partnering and Harmonization: In the Context of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultant’s Reports
• Djizzak & Surkhandarya Rural WSS Sector (formerly Third Rural Water Supply Sector) (Uzbekistan, Republic of)
• Infrastructure Investment Advisory Assistance (Phase II) (Financed from the Technical Assistance Special Fund) (Thailand)
• Pacific Regional Transport Analysis (Regional)


• Technical Assistance Reports
• A Development Framework for Sustainable Urban Transport (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Deploying Innovative Information and Communications Technology for Supporting e-Governance in Assam (Financed by the Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund) (India) [ PDF ]

21 November 2007, Wednesday

• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 14 November 2007 [ PDF ]
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 15 November 2007 [ PDF ]


• Brochures
• Evaluation Learning Curves: Resident Missions - Delivering Services to Clients [ PDF ]


• Design and Monitoring Frameworks
• Education Sector Program (Subprogram II) (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Documents Produced Under TA
• Institutional Strengthening of the Committee for Water Resources (Kazakhstan) [ PDF ]
• Proposed Loan to the Bank for Foreign Trade of Viet Nam (Vietcombank) (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• ADB, Japan and Australia Extend $88M in Financial Assistance to Samoa Power Sector


• Others
• Forty-First Annual Meeting Arrangements (2008) [ PDF ]


• Other Notices
• Mega City Development (Pakistan)


• Policy Papers
• Increasing the Impact of the Asian Development Bank's Technical Assistance Program (Working Paper) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultant’s Reports
• Diagnostic Assessment of Interisland Transport (Cofinanced by the Government of Australia) (Solomon Islands)
• Institutional Strengthening of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (Solomon Islands)

20 November 2007, Tuesday

• Speeches
• Investing in the Millennium Development Goals: The Role of the Asian Development Bank (19 November 2007, Sri Lanka)


• Country Operations Business Plan
• Viet Nam: Country Operations Business Plan 2008-2010 (October 2007) [ PDF ]


• Documents Produced Under TA
• SSTA for Megacity Development: Karachi Mega Cities Preparation Project (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• International Staff Vacancies
• Local Staff Vacancies


• ERD Occasional Paper Series
• Measurement of Services Sector Statistics in the People's Republic of China: How can They be Improved? (No. 02) [ PDF ]


• Procurement Notices
• Gas Transmission and Development Project (Part-A) (Bangladesh)
• Kunming Qingshuihai Water Supply Project (People's Republic of China)


• Resettlement Planning Documents
• GMS: Mekong Tourism Development Project (Cambodia)


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Preparing the Strengthening of Public Financial Management for Rural Development Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Cambodia) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultant's Reports
• Institutional Strengthening of Water Supply and Sanitation in Secondary Towns (Azerbaijan)
• Preparing the Greater Mekong Subregion: Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Cambodia)

19 November 2007, Monday

• Design and Monitoring Frameworks
• Xinjiang Municipal Infrastructure and Environmental Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Documents Produced under TA
• Human Resource Investment Project (Sri Lanka) [ PDF ]


• Grant Agreements
• Grant Agreement for CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project between Kyrgyz Republic and Asian Development Bank dated 31 October 2007 (Regional) [ PDF ]


• News Release
• Ireland Contributes $1.07M to ADB Governance Cooperation Fund


• Project Administration Memoranda
• Rawalpindi Environmental Improvement Project (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Eucalypt Mortgages Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) [ PDF ]
• International Bank of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan) [ PDF ]


• Resettlement Plans
• Dili Urban Water Supply Sector Project (Timor-Leste)


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Improving the Environmental Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises by Promoting Cleaner Production (Indonesia) [ PDF ]
• Making Resource Allocation Pro-Poor and Participatory in the Pacific (Regional) [ PDF ]

17 November 2007, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles



• Management Speeches
• Speech by ADB President Kuroda at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit on ASEAN Integration in the Asian Landscape (17 November 2007, Singapore)


• News Release
• ASEAN Should Be Driver of Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration - ADB President

16 November 2007, Friday

• Annual Evaluation Report
• Annual Report on 2006 Portfolio Performance [ PDF ]


• Events
• East Asia Ministerial Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene 2007 (30 November - 1 December 2007; Beppu City, Japan)
• Global Water Partnership: First Inter-Regional Consulting Partners Meeting (24-25 November 2007; Manila, Philippines)


• Documents Produced Under TA
• Commercial Agriculture Development Project (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Management Response
• Annual Report on 2006 Portfolio Performance [ PDF ]


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program (Pakistan)
• Participatory Irrigation Sector Project (PISP) (Indonesia)


• Revamped Site
• Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT)


• Technical Assistance Consultant's Reports
• Agribusiness and Commercial Agriculture Assessment (India) [ PDF ]
• Preparation of the Rural Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program (Nepal) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Mainstreaming Environment for Poverty Reduction (Financed by the Poverty and Environment Fund) (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Water Site: New Sections
• Pilot and Demonstration Activities: Piloting a River Basin Approach toward Integrated Water Resources Management
• Pilot and Demonstration Activities: Production of Water Filter from Coconut and Palm Oil Shells
• PDA Inception Report: Creating an Institutional Framework for Improving Water Systems Management in Rural Areas of Tajikistan [ PDF ]
• PDA Midterm Report: Creating an Institutional Framework for Improving Water Systems Management in Rural Areas of Tajikistan [ PDF ]
• PDA Midterm Report: Participatory Project Evaluation of Community Action in Hygiene Promotion in Shandong Province [ PDF ]
• PDA Proposal Report: Piloting a River Basin Approach toward Integrated Water Resources Management [ PDF ]
• Statistics: Water Utilities in India

15 November 2007, Thursday

• Advance Action on Recruitment of Consultants
• Basic Education for Children with Special Needs (India)


• Country Partnership Strategy
• Tonga: 2007-2012 [ PDF ]


• Design and Monitoring Frameworks
• Dili Urban Water Supply Sector Project (Proposed Asian Development Fund Grant) (Timor-Leste) [ PDF ]
• Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Project (India) [ PDF ]


• Board Minutes
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 25 October 2007 [ PDF ]
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 30 October 2007 [ PDF ]
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank, 31 October 2007 [ PDF ]


• News Releases
• Japan and ADB Help Palau Prepare Water Supply Sector Development Plan
• Spain and ADB Help Prepare Development Plan for Viet Nam's Thanh Hoa Province


• Procurement and Other Notices
• Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program (Pakistan)
• Education Sector Project II (Samoa)
• Basic Education for Children with Special Needs (Uzbekistan)


• Technical Assistance Consultants' Reports
• Country Economic Study and Strategy Development (Financed by ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund) (Tuvalu)
• Alternative Negotiating Arrangements to Increase Fisheries Revenues in the Pacific (Financed by ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund) (Regional)

14 November 2007, Wednesday

• Development Effectiveness Committee Report
• Chair's Summary of the Committee Discussion on 21 September 2007 [ PDF ]


• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Indigenous People Development Plans
• Skills Development Project (Bangladesh)


• Loan Agreements
• Amendment to the Loan Agreement for Integrated Coastal Resources Management Project between Republic of the Philippines and Asian Development Bank dated (27 Jun 2007) (Philippines) [ PDF ]


• Management Response
• Special Evaluation Study on the Asian Development Bank - Global Environment Facility Cofinanced Projects: Performance and Process Evaluations [ PDF ]


• News Releases
• ADB and Tonga Enter into Partnership Strategy
• ADB Hosts First in Series of Meetings on Safeguards Policy Update


• NGOs
• Partnership Newsletter (Volume 7, Issue 5)


• Procurement Notices
• Dhaka Clean Fuel (Bangladesh)


• Project Administration Memoranda
• Guangxi Nanning Urban Environmental Project (China, People's Republic of) [ PDF ]


• Reports and Recommendations of the President
• Daharki Power Project (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Supplementary Appendixes
• Solomon Islands Emergency Assistance Project [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Corporatization of West Zone Distribution Operations of Bangladesh Power Development Board (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Preparing the Urban Primary Health Care Sector Development Program (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) (Bangladesh) [ PDF ]

13 November 2007, Tuesday

• ERD Technical Notes Series
• Tourism for Pro-Poor and Sustainable Growth: Economic Analysis of Tourism Projects (No. 20) [ PDF ]


• Information Brochures and Other Publications
• Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation: Capacity Building


• New Site
• Social Development


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


• Progress Reports on Tranche Releases
• Punjab Devolved Social Services Program (Pakistan) [ PDF ]


• Project Completion Reports
• Second Irrigation Systems Improvement Project (Philippines) [ PDF ]

12 November 2007, Monday

• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Special Evaluation Studies
• Resident Mission Policy and Related Operations: Delivering Services to Clients (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Carbon Sequestration through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (Indonesia) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Consultants' Reports
• Preparing the Power Sector Expansion Program (Samoa)


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Supporting Network of Research Institutes and Think Tanks in South Asia Phase II (Regional) [ PDF ]

10 November 2007, Saturday

• Business Opportunities
• Project Profiles



• Employment Opportunities
• Local Staff Vacancies


• Management Speeches
• Speech by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the Inauguration Ceremony for the China Clean Development Mechanism Fund on "Asian Development Bank and the CDM Fund: Partners for Clean Development" (9 November 2007, Beijing, People's Republic of China)

9 November 2007, Friday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• ADB Review (November 2007)


• Other Assessments
• 2006 Economic Report from Plan to Action (Tuvalu) [ PDF ]
• Preventive Infrastructure Master Plan (Cook Islands) [ PDF ]


• Procurement Notices
• Power Grid Transmission (Sector) Project [ C-46801-L175-7 for Conductor Pkg-A ] (India)
• Power Grid Transmission (Sector) Project [ C-46801-L179-7 for Insulator Pkg-B ] (India)


• Resettlement Planning Documents
• Henan Ecological Agriculture and Rural Productivity Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of)


• Technical Assistance Completion Reports
• Promotion of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Abatement (PREGA) (Regional) [ PDF ]


• Technical Assistance Reports
• Preparing the West Seti Hydroelectric Project (Financed by the Regional Cooperation and Integration Fund) (Nepal) [ PDF ]
• Support for Results-Based Management in the Pacific (Regional) [ PDF ]
• Technical Assistance Cluster for Project Processing and Capacity Development (Financed by the Government of the United Kingdom) (India) [ PDF ]

8 November 2007, Thursday

• Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports
• Low-Income Households' Access to Financial Services


• Newsletter
• On the Highway to Prosperity (Poverty Matters - Issue 5,