Poverty Reduction in ADB

• Nepal: The Power of Wind to Empower the Poor
• Mainstreaming the Adaptations and Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor due to Climate Change*
• Improving Access of Mongolia's Out-of-School Children to Primary Education
• Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Areas Development Investment Program
• Replacing Lost Crops and Cash-for-Work Schemes Key to Rebuilding Lives After Floods
• Strengthening Equitable Provision of Public Employment Services in Sichuan Province, PRC

• Gender Impacts of Social Protection in the Philippines
• Social Security and Labor Migration in ASEAN*
• A Comparison of the Industrialization Paths for Asian Services Outsourcing Industries, and Implications for Poverty Alleviation*
• Pakistan Floods (2010) Damage and Needs Assessment: Completion Report [ PDF ]
• Successful Enagement weith Civil Society Organizations: An Evaluation [ PDF ]

Toward Higher Quality Employment in Asia

Asia's policy makers must take decisive steps to generate high quality, productive jobs if the region is to sustain and broaden the benefits of its economic expansion of the past two decades.

Women and Labour Markets in Asia: Rebalancing for Gender Equality

A successful transition from public to private sector-led growth, domestic-led growth of consumption and investments in place of export-led growth, shifts to green jobs and green enterprises, and deeper Asian regional integration requires mainstreaming gender equality considerations.

Paths to 2015: MDG Priorities in Asia and the Pacific

The Asia-Pacific MDG Report 2010/11, launched at the World Poverty Summit in New York, is the fifth in the series published by ESCAP, ADB and UNDP on MDG achievement. It is a resource which policy makers, development practitioners and other stakeholders should find useful in addressing the remaining challenges in achieving the MDGs.

Social Impact of the Crisis

This book features selected papers from the Ha Noi conference on the social and environmental impact of the global economic crisis on Asia and the Pacific. It suggests that policy makers must use the current rebound from the crisis as an opportunity to make the region's future growth more inclusive. View related conference papers. Watch the video*.

Understanding Poverty in India

The book provides a comprehensive poverty profile for India under its new "inclusive growth" strategy. It discusses the government's specific poverty reduction programs, as well as the impact of its social, financial, and physical infrastructure programs on poverty reduction and inclusive growth. The studies in this book were conducted by the India Development Foundation and the National Council of Applied Economic Research, in cooperation with ADB.