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ADB Project Benefits Families, Forests
Villagers in Viet Nam's Lam Dong Province are seeing their incomes rise under a new initiative that enhances families' livelihoods while protecting the surrounding forests. The project is part of ADB's Poverty and Environment Program.

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ADB at Work
  • Turning Trash Into TreasuresTurning Trash Into Treasures
    A new 'green' waste collection center is helping improve the working conditions of waste pickers and recyclers in Manila's Smokey Mountain

  • Promoting Private Sector InvestmentPromoting Private Sector Investment
    An innovative partnership between ADB and the Fauji Foundation helped establish Pakistan's first oil terminal and distribution facility.

  • Clean Water for Tonle Sap's PoorClean Water for Tonle Sap's Poor
    Cambodia's Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, but provinces around it have limited access to safe water and sanitation. An ADB project is providing a solution.

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Emerging Asia - Decoupling or Recoupling?

Emerging Asia - Decoupling or Recoupling

A new ADB Working Paper investigates the degree of real economic interdependence between Asia and major industrial countries and finds evidence of recoupling post the Asian financial crisis.

Speeches
"Asia's Recovery from the Global Financial Crisis-What It Takes and What Could ADB Do?"
Haruhiko Kuroda, ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda, ADB President
Raffles Hotel, Singapore
22 Jun 2009
Singapore International Water Week
Haruhiko Kuroda, ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda, ADB President
Singapore
22 Jun 2009
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