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Read how the PRF helps reduce structural poverty in ADB's developing member countries:

Title Source Date
2008
Providing Social Protection not a Question of Wealth ADB 14 May 2008
Improving Resettled Lives ADB 13 May 2008
UNICEF Executive Board wraps up field visit to Lao PDR* UNICEF 20 February 2008
2007
Looking Back: The NPRS-PRF Story ADB 20 December 2007
The Seeds of Development ADB 15 March 2007
Article: Radio Dramas Help in HIV/AIDS Fight ADB 7 March 2007
China's NGO learn to stand alone Los Angeles Times 6 March 2007
NGO-Government Partnerships Breaking New Ground in PRC Poverty Reduction, Forum Hears ADB 19 January 2007
2006
Phase -Two Selection Launched for NGOs in PRC Poverty Reduction Work ADB 01 December 2006
Creating Partnerships to Develop Business Skills in Rural Cambodia ADB 17 November 2006
Major Air Pollution, Poverty, and Health Study Launched in Ho chi Minh City ADB 10 October 2006
2005
ADB Supporting Implementation of Pakistan's Gender Reform Action Plans ADB July 2005
ADB TA to Help Improve Financial Services to Rural Poor in Two PRC Provinces ADB 01 March 2005
Regional Technical Assistance on Pilot Testing Participatory Assessment Methodologies for Sustainable and Equitable Water Supply and Sanitation ADB Gender Network News Jan - Mar 2005
Regional Technical Assistance on Mainstreaming Gender into Poverty Reduction Strategies in Four Central Asian Republics ADB Gender Network News Jan - Mar 2005
TA to Develop Solar Power in Remote Communities of Rural Afghanistan ADB 19 January 2005
2004
ADB Garment Industry Project Builds Competitiveness and Create Employment Opportunities ADB October 2004
ADB to Strengthen Nonformal Education and Basic Literacy in Punjab, Pakistan ADB 29 October 2004
'Mom Killers' and Convents* Philippine Daily Inquirer 25 October 2004
ADB Program for Uzbekistan to Focus More on Reducing Poverty ADB 19 October 2004
TA to Boost Service Response to Poor and Women in Nepal's Agriculture Sector ADB 4 October 2004
Laos Gets Funds to Promote Women’s Rights The Washington Times 20 Aug 2004
ADB to Study Gender Equality Among Ethnic Minorities in Lao PDR ADB 19 Aug 2004
More NGOs to Fight Poverty in Fiji, Vanatu The Washington Times 18 Aug 2004
Increasing Civil Society Participation in Budgeting Processes in the Pacific ADB 16 Aug 2004
TA to Help the Poor Gain Better Access to Health Care in Viet Nam ADB 16 July 2004
Increasing Civil Society participation in Government Processes to Improve Public Services ADB 2 July 2004
TA to Help Improve Planning of Road Network Projects in PRC ADB 24 June 2004
ADB Gives $350,000 to see Poverty Reduction* The New Nation 9 June 2004
Helping Bangladesh Monitor Poverty Reduction Programs ADB 9 June 2004
TA to help Build Understanding of Poverty around Tonle Sap, Cambodia ADB 4 June 2004
Protecting Female Garment Workers in Bangladesh ADB 3 June 2004
HIV/AIDS Prevention in Western Yunnan (p25) [ PDF ] ADB Review May - June 2004
ADB Supporting Research Drivers of Rural Poverty Reduction In Pakistan ADB 26 April 2004
ADB Grant for Research on Poverty Reduction* Dawn - National 24 April 2004
Supporting Early Childhood Development for Viet Nam's Poor ADB 26 March 2004
2003
Violence and the Poor: A study is looking at the rising tide of violence in Asia's cities - and what can be done to stop it ADB November - December 2003
Community Forestry: Benefits to the Poor – Strategies are being identified to increase the food and livelihood security of smallholder farm families ADB November – December 2003
Reaching the Poorest - Reducing poverty while maintaining macroeconomic stability - can a balance be struck in poor countries? ADB November - December 2003
Information Technology for rural population* Daily News 2 December 2003
ADB approves grant for AIDS prevention in Yunnan* China View 19 November 2003
Improving Poverty Reduction Potential of Community Forestry in Mekong's Upland Areas ADB 3 November 2003
Helping Cambodia's Female Garment Workers Adjust to Joining WTO ADB 24 October 2003
Promoting NGO Support for Poverty Reduction in Greater Mekong Subregion ADB 23 October 2003
Grant to St Up Community Information Networks for poor Districts of Sri Lanka ADB 2 July 2003
Landmark Assistance for NGOs to Design and Implement Innovative Projects ADB 4 June 2003
New Funding Source for NGOs ADB Review May - June 2003

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