| Region |
Title |
Country |
PRF Contribution
(in US$) |
Status |
| Central and West Asia |
Poverty Reduction & Rural Renewable Energy Development (PRCF) |
Afghanistan |
750,000 |
Completed |
| Natural Resources Management 7 Poverty Reduction |
Afghanistan |
810,000 |
Completed |
| Study on Pricing Systems and Cost Recovery mechanisms for Irrigation in the Kyrgz Republic |
Kyrgz Republic |
300,000 |
Completed |
| A Study of the Impact of Land Reform on Agriculture, Poverty Reduction and Environment |
Kyrgz Republic |
530,000 |
Completed |
| Enhancing Capacity for Resource Management and Poverty Reduction in Punjab |
Pakistan |
230,000 |
Completed |
| Supporting Poverty Reduction Initiatives in Pakistan |
Pakistan |
63,500 |
Completed |
| Determinants and Drivers of Poverty Reduction and ADB's Contribution in Rural Pakistan |
Pakistan |
580,000 |
Completed |
| Non-Formal Primary Education and Functional Literacy for Rural Women in Selected Barani Areas of Punjab |
Pakistan |
400,000 |
Completed |
| Implementing the Public Safety Reforms in Four Districts of the Punjab Province |
Pakistan |
950,000 |
Completed |
| Support to Implementation of Gender Reform Action Plans (GRAPs) |
Pakistan |
800,000 |
Completed |
| Remittance and Poverty in Central Asia and South Caucasus |
Sub-regional |
1,000,000 |
Completed |
| Development of Community Based Micro-Hydropower Supply in Remote Rural Areas |
Tajikistan |
800,000 |
Completed |
| Rural Development Project |
Tajikistan |
150,000 |
Completed |
| Farm Analysis & Awareness-Raising for Debt Resolution |
Tajikistan |
800,000 |
Completed |
| Implementation & Monitoring of Policy Reforms in the Agriculture Sector |
Uzbekistan |
600,000 |
Completed |
| East Asia |
Urban Development Housing Project |
Mongolia |
250,000 |
Completed |
| Preventing HIV/AIDS on Road Projects in Yunnan Provinces |
People's Republic of China |
800,000 |
Completed |
| Fund for Strategic Policy Conferences and Studies for Poverty Reduction |
People's Republic of China |
400,000 |
Completed |
| Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for the Rural Poor |
People's Republic of China |
400,000 |
Completed |
| Policy Study on Poverty Reduction Strategy- Trends, Challenges and Future Directions |
People's Republic of China |
146,387 |
Completed |
| Capacity Strengthening of PRC's National Development Planning Process |
People's Republic of China |
352,241 |
Completed |
| Poverty Reduction in Key Forestry Conservation Programs |
People's Republic of China |
400,000 |
Completed |
| Poverty Reduction in Grassland Improvement Program |
People's Republic of China |
400,000 |
Completed |
| Poverty Impact of Areawide Road Networks |
People's Republic of China |
1,000,000 |
Completed |
| Rural Income and Sustainable Development |
People's Republic of China |
900,000 |
Completed |
| Heating Supply for Urban Poor in Liaoning Province |
People's Republic of China |
500,000 |
Completed |
| Rural Finance Reforms and Development of Microfinance Institutions (Rural Credit Cooperatives Development) |
People's Republic of China |
1,000,000 |
Completed |
| Developing a Poverty Monitoring System at a County Level |
People's Republic of China |
300,000 |
Completed |
| Poverty Reduction in Coal Mine Areas in Shanxi Province |
People's Republic of China |
500,000 |
Completed |
| Nongovernment Organization-Government Partnerships in Village-Level Poverty Alleviation |
People's Republic of China |
1,000,000 |
Completed |
| Alternative Energy Supply for Rural Poor in Remote Areas |
People's Republic of China |
500,000 |
Completed |
| Alternative Livelihood Operations to Facilitate Coal Sector Restructuring |
People's Republic of China |
300,000 |
Completed |
| Urban Poverty Strategy Study II |
People's Republic of China |
300,000 |
Completed |
| Facility for Policy Reform and Poverty Reduction |
People's Republic of China |
- |
Completed |
| Pacific |
Increasing Ownership and Effective Demand for Improved Urban Waste Management and Disposal |
Mashall Islands |
300,000 |
Completed |
| Pacific Fund for Strategic Poverty Analysis |
Sub Regional |
48,209 |
Completed |
| Strengthening Poverty Analysis and Strategies in the Pacific |
Sub Regional |
400,000 |
Completed |
| Making Resource Allocation Pro-poor and Participatory in the Pacific |
Sub Regional |
500,000 |
Completed |
| Strengthening Pro-poor Policies in the Pacific |
Sub Regional |
925,000 |
Completed |
| Regional |
Fifth Agriculture and Natural Research at CGIAR Centers--Breeding Iron-Rich Rice to Reduce Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Asia (Supplemental) |
Inter Regional |
905,000 |
Completed |
| Developing Tools for Assessing the Effectiveness of ADB Operations in Reducing Poverty |
Inter Regional |
260,388 |
Completed |
| Strengthening and Collection of Purchasing Power Parity Data in Selected Developing Member Countries |
Inter Regional |
800,000 |
Completed |
| NGO Partnerships for Poverty Reduction |
Inter Regional |
1,000,000 |
Completed |
| Developing a Social Protection Index for Committed Poverty Reduction |
Inter Regional |
300,000 |
Completed |
| Study of Urban Violence in Asia: Towards More Effective Urban Upgrading |
Inter Regional |
150,000 |
Completed |
| Pilot Project on Institutionalizing Civil Society Participation to create Local Pro-Poor Budgets |
Inter Regional |
400,000 |
Completed |
| Building Capacity for Participatory Approaches to Poverty Reduction in ADB Operation |
Inter Regional |
300,000 |
Completed |
| Establishing Legal Identity for Social Inclusion |
Inter Regional |
575,000 |
Completed |
| Pilot Testing Participatory Assessment Methodologies for Sustainable and equitable Water Supply and Sanitation Services |
Inter Regional |
550,000 |
Completed |
| Legal Empowerment of Women and Disadvantaged Groups |
Inter Regional |
550,000 |
Completed |
| Facilitating Knowledge Management for Pro-Poor Policies and Projects |
Inter-Regional |
980,000 |
Completed |
| Innovative Information and Communications Technology in Education and its Potential for Reducing Poverty in the Asia and Pacific Region |
Inter Regional |
800,000 |
Completed |
| Development of Catastrophe Risk Insurance Mechanisms |
Inter Regional |
150,000 |
Completed |
| Socio-economic Impact of Road Crashes on the Poor |
Inter Regional |
925,000 |
- |
| Developing Pro-Poor Governance Capability and Knowledge |
Inter Regional |
875,000 |
Completed |
| Scaling up the Social Protection Index for Committed Poverty Reduction |
Inter-Regional |
900,000 |
Completed |
| Asian Development Community Broadcasting Initiative |
Inter-Regional |
150,000 |
Completed |
| South Asia |
Strengthening Capacities for Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation |
Bangladesh |
350,000 |
Completed |
| Social Protection of Poor Female Workers in the Garment Sector in the Context of Changing Trade Environment |
Bangladesh |
420,000 |
Completed |
| Participation of Urban Poor in Municipal Governance |
Bangladesh |
480,000 |
Completed |
| Second Command Area Development Project |
Bangladesh |
350,000 |
Completed |
| Promoting Pro-poor and Gender Responsive Service Delivery Project |
Nepal |
200,000 |
Completed |
| Education Sector Development I |
Nepal |
150,000 |
Completed |
| Reaching the Most Disadvantaged Groups in Mainstream Rural Development |
Nepal |
685,000 |
Completed |
| Enhancing Poverty Reduction Impacts of Road Projects |
Nepal |
350,000 |
Completed |
| Economic and Social Inclusions of the Disadvantaged Poor through Micro-Irrigation and Other Livelihood Enhancement Initiatives |
Nepal |
450,000 |
Completed |
| Enabling the Private Sector to Undertake Poverty-Focused Water Distribution in Kathmandu Valley |
Nepal |
570,000 |
Completed |
| Mainstreaming MFDR in Support of Poverty Reduction in South Asia |
Regional |
1,800,000 |
Completed |
| Community Information Services for the Poor |
Sri Lanka |
800,000 |
Completed |
| Psycho-social Health in Conflict-affected Areas |
Sri Lanka |
400,000 |
Completed |
| Sri Lanka Post Tsunami Needs Assessment Preparation for Emergency Assistance Implementation Strategies |
Sri Lanka |
500,000 |
Completed |
| Microinsurance Sector Development |
Sri Lanka |
600,000 |
Completed |
| Southeast Asia |
Sustainable Employment Promotion for Poor Women |
Cambodia |
400,000 |
Completed |
| Engagement of a Poverty Consultant at the Cambodia Resident Mission |
Cambodia |
78,500 |
Completed |
| Preventing Poverty and Empowering Female Garment Workers Affected by the Changing International Trade Environment |
Cambodia |
507,319 |
Completed |
| Participatory Poverty Assessment of the Tonle Sap (PRCF) |
Cambodia |
425,000 |
Completed |
| Capacity Building for the Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction Initiative |
Cambodia |
500,000 |
Completed |
| Community Self-Reliance and Flood Risk Reduction |
Cambodia |
500,000 |
Completed |
| Developing Cambodia Business Initiative in Rural Development (C-BIRD) |
Cambodia |
150,000 |
Completed |
| Developing Deposit Services for Rural Cambodia |
Cambodia |
600,000 |
Completed |
| Dormitories and Learning Center for Secondary Girls |
Cambodia |
800,000 |
Completed |
| Social Protection in the Lao PDR: Issues and Options |
Lao PDR |
69,788 |
Completed |
| Integrating the Poor in Regional Trade through Standard-Setting for Private Sector Development (Phase 1) |
Lao PDR |
148,175 |
Completed |
| The Extent and Impacts of Gender Inequality in Women?s Access to Land, Forests and Water Resources on Poverty Reduction in Lao PDR |
Lao PDR |
250,000 |
Completed |
| Marketing Support of Organic Produce of Ethnic Minorities |
Lao PDR |
600,000 |
Completed |
| Capacity Building for Smallholder Livestock Systems |
Lao PDR |
550,000 |
Completed |
| Poverty Reduction Through Land Tenure Consolidation, Participatory Natural Resources Management and Local Communities Skills Building |
Lao PDR |
974,300 |
Completed |
| Revitilizing Community Demand for Imunization |
Lao PDR |
140,000 |
Completed |
| Transport Services Networks for the Poor |
Viet Nam |
350,000 |
Completed |
| Early Childhood Development for the Poor |
Viet Nam |
450,000 |
Completed |
| Support to Poverty Reduction Activities in Viet Nam |
Viet Nam |
73,000 |
Completed |
| Developing Social Security System in Viet Nam |
Viet Nam |
750,000 |
Completed |
| Support for Pro-poor Health Policies in Viet Nam |
Viet Nam |
550,000 |
Completed |
| Supporting the Preparation of the Law on Gender Equality |
Viet Nam |
370,000 |
Completed |
| Developing Agricultural Insurance (PRCF) |
Viet Nam |
600,000 |
Completed |
| Implementing the Regulatory and Supervisory Framework for Microfinance |
Viet Nam |
250,000 |
Completed |
| Capacity Building Support to Dak Nong Province for Improving Poverty Reduction and Growth Performance |
Viet Nam |
650,000 |
Completed |
| Devoloping Benefit Sharing Mechansms for People Adversely Affected by Power Generation Projects |
Viet Nam |
150,000 |
Completed |
| Strengthening Institutional Capacity of Local Stakeholders for Implementation of Son La Livelihood and Resettlement Plan |
Viet Nam |
1,000,000 |
Completed |
| Air Pollution, Poverty and Health Effects in Ho Chi Minh City |
Viet Nam |
600,000 |
Completed |
| Preventing the Trafficking of Women and Children and Promoting Safe Migration in the Greater Mekong |
Sub Regional |
700,000 |
Completed |
| Core Environment Program and Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion |
Sub-regional |
550,000 |
Completed |
| Making Markets Work Better for the Poor |
Sub-regional |
385,000 |
Completed |
| Poverty Reduction in Upland Communities in the Mekong Region through Improved Community and Industrial Forestry |
Sub Regional |
974,300 |
Completed |
| Promoting NGO Support for Poverty Alleviation in the GMS Subregion (Phase 1) |
Sub Regional |
150,000 |
Completed |
| Strengthening Malaria Control for Ethnic Minorities in the GMS |
Sub-regional |
750,000 |
Completed |
| HIV/AIDS Vulnerability and Risk Reduction among Ethnic Minority Groups through Communication Strategies |
Sub-regional |
700,000 |
Completed |
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