Poverty Reduction

Country Poverty Assessments (CPAs)

ADB’s 2004 Enhanced Poverty Reduction Strategy emphasizes the need for greater country focus to be able to address country-specific elements of poverty. Links are provided below to publicly available reports, papers, studies, and other documents relevant to poverty reduction at the country level.

Central and West Asia

Afghanistan

• Poverty Assessment and Socioeconomic and Macroeconomic Statistical Capacity Building (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 73kb | 15 pages ]

Kyrgyz Republic

• Support to the Development and Implementation of National Poverty Reduction Strategy-II (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 172kb | 14 pages ]
• Support to the Development and Implementation of the National Poverty Reduction Strategy II (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 114kb | 14 pages ]

Pakistan

• Determinants and Drivers of Poverty Reduction and ADB's Contribution in Rural Pakistan (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund) (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 290kb | 13 pages ]
• Poverty in Pakistan: Issues, Causes, and Institutional Responses [ PDF: 2,845kb | 87 pages ]

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South Asia

Bangladesh

• Anti-Poverty in Bangladesh: Which Way to Go (Oct 2003)
• Strengthening the National Accounts and Poverty Monitoring System (Technical Assistance Completion Reports) [ PDF: 72kb | 2 pages ]
• Bangladesh: Progress in Poverty Reduction* [ PDF: 863kb | 30 pages ]
• Addressing Poverty in Bangladesh [ PDF: 1,767kb | 56 pages ]

Bhutan

• Bhutan Poverty Assessment (Feb 2005)

India

• India Poverty Assessment (2007)
• Participatory Poverty Assessment at the State Level (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 49kb | 15 pages ]
• Participatory Poverty Assessment at the State Level, Part II (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 77kb | 14 pages ]

Maldives

• Poverty Reduction in the Maldives: Issues, Findings, and Approaches [ PDF: 466kb | 38 pages ]

Nepal

• Poverty Reduction in Nepal: Issues, Findings and Approaches [ PDF: 233kb | 56 pages ]

Sri Lanka

• Poverty Assessment and Information Management (Financed by the National Poverty Reduction Strategies Fund) (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 146kb | 16 pages ]
• Sri Lanka: Perceptions of the Poor [ PDF: 452kb | 134 pages ]
• Rural, Urban, and Subregional Linkages in the Mekong Region: A Holistic Approach to Development and Poverty Reduction (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 298kb | 16 pages ]

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Southeast Asia

Cambodia

• Participatory Poverty Assessment in Cambodia [ PDF: 1,843kb | 85 pages ]
• Indigenous Peoples/ Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction - Cambodia [ PDF: 3,025kb | 52 pages ]

Indonesia

• Indigenous Peoples / Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia [ PDF: 3,210kb | 72 pages ]
• Revisiting Growth and Poverty Reducation in Indonesia: What Do Subnational Data Show? [ PDF: 445kb | 38 pages ]
• Managing Regional Disparity in Economic and Poverty Reduction Programs Under Decentralization (Phase I) (Technical Assistance Completion Reports) [ PDF: 68kb | 2 pages ]
• Managing Regional Disparity in Economic and Poverty Reduction Programs under Decentralization (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 297kb | 16 pages ]
• Developing Proxy Indicators of Poverty (ACCSF) (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 75kb | 13 pages ]

Lao, People’s Democratic Republic of

• Lao Poverty Assessment (2006)
• Public Expenditure Planning for National Growth and Poverty Eradication (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 351kb | 15 pages ]
• Institutional Strengthening for Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 432kb | 13 pages ]

Philippines

• Poverty, Vulnerability and Family Size: Evidence from the Philippines* [ PDF: 187kb | 24 pages ]
• Strategic Private Sector Partnerships for Urban Poverty Reduction in Metro Manila (STEP-UP) [ PDF: 191kb | 28 pages ]
• Is Economic Openness Good for Regional Development and Poverty Reduction? The Philippines [ PDF: 103kb | 10 pages ]
• Indigenous Peoples / Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction in the Philippines [ PDF: 3,203 | 103 pages ]

Viet Nam

• Support to Implementation of Poverty Reduction Program (Environment-related Documents) [ PDF: 96kb | 19 pages ]
• Support to Thua Thien Hue and Quang Tri Provinces for Sustainable Poverty Reduction and Growth Programs (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 121 | 15 pages ]
• Results-based Monitoring of Poverty Reduction and Growth (Financed by the Managing for Development Results Cooperation Fund) (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 213kb | 16 pages ]
• Support the Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Program II (Reports and Recommendations of the President) [ PDF: 841kb | 75 pages ]
• Indigenous Peoples / Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction in Viet Nam [ PDF: 1,768kb | 57 pages ]

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East Asia

China, People’s Republic of

• Urban Poverty Strategy Study II (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund) (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 305kb | 26 pages ]
• Nongovernment Organization-Government Partnerships in Village-Level Poverty Alleviation (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 305kb | 26 pages ]
• Participatory Poverty Reduction Planning for Small Minorities (Financed by the Cooperation Fund in Support of the Formulation and Implementation of National Poverty Reduction Strategies) - China, People's Republic of (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 376kb | 21 pages ]
• Developing a Poverty Monitoring System at the Country Level (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 77kb | 14 pages ]

Mongolia

• Participatory Poverty Assessment and Monitoring (Financed by the Cooperation Fund in Support of the Formulation and Implementation of National Poverty Reduction Strategies) (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 72kb | 15 pages ]

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The Pacific

• Poverty Assessment in Pacific Developing Member Countries (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 46kb | 11 pages ]

Kiribati

• Strengthening Development Strategies and Supporting Poverty Reduction (Technical Assistance Completion Reports) [ PDF: 58kb | 2 pages ]

Papua New Guinea

• Papua New Guinea Poverty Assessment
• Poverty Analyses for Socioeconomic Development Strategies (Technical Assistance Completion Reports) [ PDF: 64kb | 2 pages ]
• Priorities of the Poor in Papua New Guinea [ PDF: 871kb | 20 pages ]

Marshall Islands

• Priorities of the People: Hardship in the Marshall Islands [ PDF: 1,332kb | 11 pages ]

Samoa

• Priorities of the People: Hardship in Samoa [ PDF: 304kb | 20 pages ]

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Others/Regional

• Study of Pro-Poor Economic Growth and Institutional Constraints on Poverty Reduction in the Developing Member Countries (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 33kb | 12 pages ]
• Building a Poverty Database (Technical Assistance Completion Reports) [ PDF: 36kb | 2 pages ]
• Building a Poverty Database (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 77kb | 17 pages ]
• Consultation Workshops on Poverty Reduction Strategies in Selected Pacific Developing Member Countries (Technical Assistance Completion Reports) [ PDF: 82kb | 2 pages ]
• Capacity Building for Indigenous Peoples/Ethnic Minority Issues and Poverty Reduction (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 1973kb | 13 pages ]
• Identifying Disability Issues Related to Poverty Reduction (Technical Assistance Completion Reports) [ PDF: 67kb | 2 pages ]
• Improving Disability Issues Related to poverty Reduction (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 37kb | 13 pages ]
• Social Protection Index for Committed Poverty Reduction (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund and the Cooperation Fund in Support of the Formulation and Implementation of National Poverty Reduction Strategies) (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 55kb | 13 pages ]
• Building Capacity for Participatory Approaches to Poverty Reduction in ADB Operations (Cofinanced by the Cooperation Fund in Support of the Formulation and Implementation of National Poverty Reduction Strategies and by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fu (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 78kb | 18 pages ]
• Mainstreaming Gender into Poverty Reduction Strategies in Four Central Asia Republics (Cooperation Fund in Support of the Formulation and Implementation of National Poverty Reduction Strategies) (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 2,389kb | 17 pages ]
• Innovative Information and Communications Technology in Education, and Its Potential for Reducing Poverty in the Asia and Pacific Region (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 120kb | 15 pages ]
• Technical Assistance Scaling Up of the Social Protection Index for Committed Poverty Reduction (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 61kb | 13 pages ]
• Mainstreaming Managing for Development Results in Support of Poverty Reduction in South Asia (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 244kb | 16 pages ]
• Reviewing the Poverty Impact of Regional Economic Integration in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 156kb | 19 pages ]
• Preparation of National Poverty Reduction Strategies in Pacific Developing Member Countries (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 79kb | 21 pages ]
• Governance and Poverty Forums (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 26kb | 8 pages ]
• Poverty Reduction in Upland Communities in the Mekong Region through Improved Community and Industrial Forestry (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 171kb | 14 pages ]
• A Review of the Asian Development Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 37kb | 10 pages ]
• NGO Partnerships for Poverty Reduction (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund) (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 55kb | 12 pages ]
• Promoting Partnerships to Accelerate Agriculture Development and Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Technical Assistance Reports) [ PDF: 65kb | 15 pages ]
• Promoting Urban Poverty Reduction Through Participation in the Cities Alliance (Technical Assistance Completion Reports) [ PDF: 63kb | 2 pages ]