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Title |
Description |
Pakistan - 1897, 1898 |
Access to Justice Program PID and RRP [ PDF: 311kb | 87 pages ] | ADB's most significant investment ($350 million) in law and policy reform, comprising loans and technical assistance to the Government of Pakistan for the reform of its justice sector. |
Country and Number |
Title |
Description |
Bhutan - 4914 |
Capacity Development for the Department of Labor (4914) | Technical assistance to Bhutan's Department of Labor to enhance the legal framework for labor protections through drafting labor - related regulations, and to train labor inspectors, labor relations officers, and other stakeholders on the new legal framework. |
Philippines - 4832 |
Enhancing the Autonomy, Accountability and Efficiency of the Judiciary, and Improving the Administration of Justice (4832) | Technical assistance to implement reforms adopted by the Philippine judiciary that aim to strengthen its fiscal and administrative economy, and improve administration of justice and management of information in the justice sector. |
China, People's Republic of - 4824 |
Strengthening the Legal Framework for Anti-Money Laundering | Technical assistance to help the Government of China, People's Republic of combat money laundering by enhancing capacity of relevant authorities to ensure efficient and effective domestic and international cooperation. |
Solomon Islands - 4700 |
Business Law Reform | Technical assistance to the Solomon Islands to support the adoption and implementation of a Company Act Reform Bill and the provision of a reform roadmap for a companies registry in the Solomon Islands. |
China, People's Republic of - 4618 |
Development of Asset-Backed Securities Market and Restructuring of Asset Management Companies | Technical assistance to establish a conducive policy, legal and regulatory environment for the market for asset - backed securities in China, People's Republic of. |
China, People's Republic of - 4529 |
Competition Policy and Law | Technical assistance to help the Government of China, People's Republic of draft an Anti - Monopoly Law and amend the Law Against Unfair Competition |
China, People's Republic of - 4237 |
Support to the Review and Planning for Development of the Legal and Judicial System | Technical assistance to review the process of legal and judicial reform in China, People's Republic of, plan future reforms, and increase transparency and stakeholder participation in decision - making. |
Cambodia - 4181 |
Implementation of Land Legislation Phase II | Technical assistance to assist the Government of Cambodia draft land legislation, build government officials' capacity regarding legal and land matters, and raise public awareness of the land law and its implementing regulations. |
Bangladesh - 4140 |
Supporting Good Governance Initiatives | Technical assistance supporting an integrated anticorruption strategy in Bangladesh through legal, registry and private institutional anticorruption initiatives in the secured financing sector complemented by public sector anticorruption initiatives. |
Mongolia - 4077 |
Retraining Legal Professionals for the Market Economy | Small scale technical assistance (SSTA) to strengthen the training curriculum of Mongolia's Legal Retraining Center. |
Viet Nam - 4060 |
Legal System Development Up to Year 2010 and Capacity Building for Secured Transactions Registration | Technical assistance to assist Viet Nam's Ministry of Justice prepare implementation mechanisms for the Strategy for Viet Nam's Legal System Development up to Year 2010 and builds the capacity of Viet Nam's National Registration Agency of Secured Transactions. |
China, People's Republic of - 3971 |
Enforcement of WTO Rules [ PDF: 42kb | 14 pages ] | Technical assistance to help the China, People's Republic of's judicial system meet WTO requirements in independent reviews of decisions made and/or actions taken by the administrative authorities pertinent to the enforcement of WTO rules in the China, People's Republic of. |
India - 3866 |
Secured Transactions Reform [ PDF: 82kb | 15 pages ] | Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Finance of India on all aspects of legal reform options for secured transactions. |
Philippines - 3693 |
Strengthening the Independence of the Judiciary [ PDF: 2,425kb | 20 pages ] | Technical assistance to the Philippine Supreme Court to enhance the judiciary's fiscal and administrative autonomy, improve the judicial appointment process, and strengthen the capacity of the Philippine Judicial Academy to train judges. |
China, People's Republic of - 3672 |
WTO Membership and Foreign Trade Law Reform | Technical assistance to the Government of China, People's Republic of to draft or amend foreign trade laws and regulations, in order to make these compatible with World Trade Organization principles, rules and obligations. |
China, People's Republic of - 3279 |
Development of Economic Law [ PDF: 781kb | 14 pages ] | Technical assistance to the Government of China, People's Republic of to facilitate the development of a legal infrastructure to support a market economy. |
Number |
Title |
Description |
RETA 6366 |
Access to Justice for the Urban Poor | Aims to increase understanding of good practices for the delivery of justice to the urban poor in Asia and the Pacific where existing formal judicial processes are ineffective. |
RETA 6303 |
Competition Law and Policy Roundtable | Aims to increase the understanding about competition law enforcement-related problems and regional best practices that offer solutions. |
RETA 6221 |
Judicial Reform and Human Security | Identifies strategies to strengthen the criminal justice system in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan |
RETA 6217 |
Challenges in Implementing Access to Justice Reforms | Identifies challenges and strategies in implementing access to justice reforms in ADB's DMCs. |
RETA 6188 |
Legal Identity for Social Inclusion | Describes key barriers to establishing legal identity in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal, and recommends effective measures to eliminate these barriers. |
RETA 5975 |
Promoting Regional Cooperation in the Development of Insolvency Law Reforms [ PDF: 57kb | 16 pages ] | Facilitates the development of sound insolvency frameworks for handling cross-border insolvencies and supports greater regional cooperation among courts and competent authorities involved in handing cross-border insolvency cases, formal and informal workouts and restructurings. |
ADB has made law and policy reform components to strengthen governance and prevent corruption an integral part of the grants it disbursed to developing member countries suffering from the aftermath of the 2005 Asian tsunami and earthquake.
Country |
Title |
Maldives |
Grant and Loan to the Republic of the Maldives for the Tsunami Emergency Assistance Project [ PDF: 547kb | 107 pages ] |
Indonesia |
Grants to the Republic of Indonesia for the Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Project and Contribution to the Multidonor Trust Fund [ PDF: 716kb | 98 pages ] |
Pakistan |
Loan, Pakistan Earthquake Fund Grant, and Technical Assistance Grant Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project [ PDF: 745kb | 121 pages ] |
Sri Lanka |
Grants and Loan, Tsunami Affected Areas Rebuilding Project |
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