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Year	Country	Project Title
2005	China	NGO-Government Partnerships in Village-Level Poverty Alleviation Formulating and demonstrating replicable models and mechanisms for NGO participation in government-funded village-level poverty alleviation efforts
	Tajikistan	Preparing the Tax Administration Modernization and Governance Enhancement Project Aiming to enhance revenue collection and improve efficiency and governance of tax administration
2004	Afghanistan	Capacity Building for Agriculture Policy Reform
	Azerbaijan	Institutional Strengthening of the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in Secondary Towns
		Capacity Building for Ministry of Economic Development Supporting the Government's efforts to create a policy environment conducive to broad-based, socially equitable, and sustainable economic growth by building capacity for economic policy analysis and advice at Center of Economic Reforms
		Developing Collateral Framework and Microfinance Regulations Promoting the development and outreach of commercial banks and microfinance institutions
	Bangladesh	Preparing the Power Sector Development Program II Preparing a program that will address issues constraining sector development through continuing policy reform and restructuring of the sector and complementary investments in priority projects.
		Support to Roads & Highways Department for Safeguard Policy Compliance Strengthening the capacity of RHD to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the social and poverty, resettlement, and environmental impacts of large-scale highway projects remove China: Policy Reform in Road Transport
	Bhutan	SME Development Formulating a focused and sustainable framework for SME promotion, consistent with the broad vision of the Government on SME development. Outputs include a full sector assessment, identifying the key constraints on SME development; a diagnostic analysis and time-bound action plan tailored to Bhutan; and a comprehensive framework and strategy for SME promotion including business development services and enhancing SME access to credit for the medium and long-term.
	Cambodia	Small and Medium-Enterprise (SME) Sector Development Building capacity for SME development by providing technical, legal, and policy-related assistance to the reform agenda based on international experience institution building activities, including fostering good governance and pilot implementation of new systems new approaches to training and information dissemination
	China, People's Republic of	Energy Development Strategy for the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Providing policy recommendations to develop Inner Mongolia as a state strategic energy base, and to harmonize energy sector development with overall development of the economy and the environment
		Facility for Policy Reform Supporting the Government in addressing concerned issues and soon-to-be implemented reforms, with focus on introducing international and domestic best practices. The issues can be related to fiscal and monetary policies, financial reforms, governance and state-owned enterprise reform
		Heating Supply for the Urban Poor in Liaoning Province Helping the government of Liaoning Province (GLP) provide adequate, affordable heating for the urban poor by helping the GLP implement pro-poor national heating tariff guidelines and improve heating tariff collection; design heating assistance programs for the poor; and develop an effective monitoring, supervision, and evaluation system at the provincial and local levels
		National Food Safety Regulatory and Strategic Framework Formulating and building consensus on a comprehensive framework covering food safety policies, laws and regulations, and standards, as well as cross-agency coordination to ensure their effective implementation
		WTO - Policy Reform Support to the Ministry of Railways Helping the Ministry of Railways review potential impacts of the PRC accession to WTO Assessing MOR's preparedness to address these impacts, and recommend action and policy reform support to meet these challenges.
	India	Preparing the Northeastern States Trade & Investment Creation Initiative Developing an investment framework that will enable northeastern India to better position itself to participate in global and regional markets, and reap the considerable gains from specialization, decentralization, and agglomeration economies
		Preparing Small-and Medium Enterprise Finance Sector Development Project Preparing an SME project aimed at improving SME growth and competitiveness and at developing SME finance in collaboration with the Government and other key stakeholders
	Indonesia	Development of an Anti-Money Laundering Regime II Strengthening the anti-money laundering regime and combat money laundering effectively in order to strengthen the financial system and its governance
	Kyrgyz Republic	Improving Road Maintenance and Strengthening the Transport Corridor Management Department
	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Preparing the Private Sector Development Program Formulating a focused and sequenced policy reform framework to enhance the regulatory environment for private sector development enhance private enterprises’ access to finance facilitate foreign investment and trade promote public-private partnerships and business development services
	Marshall Islands	Enhancing the Environment for Private Sector Development (formerly Support for Private Sector Development) Creating an environment conducive to private investment and productive employment by freeing up assets that are currently underutilized due to lack of a movable property registry
	Mongolia	Agriculture Sector Strategy Study Helping the Government promote agriculture sector growth by developing a comprehensive sector strategy and program of investments, TAs, and policy reforms
		Establishing an Effective Anti-Money Laundering Regime Promoting the stability and soundness of the financial system in Mongolia by assisting in the drafting of the implementing rules and regulations of the Anti-Money Laundering law and establishing an effective suspicious transaction monitoring system
		Third Education Development Exploring the possibility of taking a sector-wide approach to coordinate government and externally supported activities in the education sector
	Pakistan	Punjab Resource Management Program Continuing and further developing broadly based policy reforms in Punjab through the preparation of Subprogram 2. Policy reforms under the Punjab Resource Management Program are divided into the three thematic program areas of (i) fiscal and financial management, (ii) processes and institutions for pro-poor service delivery, and (iii) private sector development
	Philippines	Strengthening Governance of Securities Trading Markets Contributing to the development of the Philippine capital market through the strengthening of corporate governance and improved regulation of PSE and other securities trading markets
	Regional	ASEAN+3 Regional Guarantee Mechanism Assist Working Group on Guarantee Mechanism in the identification of ways to improve better utilization of guarantee mechanisms to support the development of domestic and regional bond markets
		Asian Bonds Online Web Site Improving information flows for Asian bond markets through the establishment of an Asian Bonds Online Web Site
		Decentralization in Social Sectors Developing the service delivery capacity of social sector and local government agencies by strengthening the managing for development reforms orientation of social sector and local government agencies in three gradually decentralizing countries, namely, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Mongolia establishing mechanisms for knowledge management and exchange within and between the three countries
		Diagnostic Studies for Secured Transactions Reforms in the Pacific Region Designing and agreeing with Government on a sound secured transaction reform package in each participating Pacific development member country and preparing them for implementation with the ultimate goal of improving the access of the private sector to affordable credit
		Facilitating Cross-Border Trade and Investment in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Promoting the competitiveness of GMS enterprises by supporting a revitalized organizational model of the GMS Business Forum to facilitate a mainstreamed, institutionalized, and systematic policy dialogue between governments and the private sector on ways to promote trade and investment in the GMS undertaking a study of the trade logistics network along selected economic corridors for review by the GMS Business Forum and the GMS working groups strengthening the development of sustainable, pro-business services in the GMS Business Forum
		Fourteenth Tax Conference Developing human resources for economic growth and poverty reduction by offering a capacity building opportunity through the exchange of views, experiences and new knowledge in international taxation for policy design and administration providing a forum that will encourage mutual understanding and cooperation among tax policymakers and senior officials from DMCs of the region, in particular, on emerging issues of taxation.
		Support for Strategizing Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia Supporting regional economic cooperation in Southeast Asia through strengthening policy formulation and project identification. The main TA output components are a high-level forum for regional cooperation, aiming at identifying emerging regional and global challenges faced by the region expert studies in transport, energy, and ICT identification of regional cooperation projects and programs through the high-level forum and in-country consultation in priority sectors
	Samoa	Strengthening State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) Corporate Governance Creating a conducive environment for sound corporate governance of 24 Samoan SOEs
	Sri Lanka	Implementing Products and Services for the Domestic Debt Market (Cluster TA) Supporting implementation of some of the necessary financial reforms for long-term sustainability by providing awareness campaigns, capacity building, and on-site training through "learning by doing" from international institutions.
	Tajikistan	Community Participation and Public Information Campaign for Health Improvement
	Vanuatu	Development of a Medium-Term Strategic Framework Developing a medium-term strategic framework that will create a basis for setting priorities of sector development plans, corporate plans, departmental budgets, and project proposals.
		Secured Transactions Reforms Assisting the Government in establishing a well-functioning secured transactions framework tailor-made for the Vanuatu context by establishing the legal and regulatory framework for secured transactions operationalizing an Internet-based notice filing archive for secured transactions building supplemental capacity in relation to the economic and legal application of the secured transactions framework, as well as public awareness with respect to credit based on the expanded use of collateral
	Viet Nam	Capacity Building for SME Development (formerly SME Development/ Microfinance) Supporting the implementation of the SME Development Program Loan as well as the Government's efforts to enable the development of SMEs by: fostering an enabling business environment enhancing SMEs' access to needed financial and physical resources improving the legal framework on technical standards to support the SME's efforts to enter world markets
		Support for Official Development Assistance (ODA) Management and Implementation Supporting the Ministry of Planning and Investment in its efforts to improve ODA management and implementation, with special focus on ADB assistance, covering areas such as disbursement, project processing, and possible borrowing from ADB from its Ordinary Capital Resource
		Upper Secondary and Professional Teacher Development Developing teachers for general and professional education at upper secondary level, addressing (i) the quality and efficiency of teacher development by strengthening selected existing facilities; (ii) access to preservice teacher training for people from disadvantaged areas; and (iii) a policy and institutional framework for teacher development.
2003	China, People's Republic of	Advisory Support for the National Council for Social Security Fund Establishing a sound risk management framework supported by an efficient management information system to prudently manage external investment managers and custodians, and to examine the soundness of allocating non-tradable state shares to National Social Security Fund.
		Capacity Strengthening of PRC's National Development Planning Process Enabling the Development Planning Department (DPD) of National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) to produce a more consensus-driven, poverty reduction-supporting five-year plan (FYP) that has been derived from an improved public consultation process involving citizens and civil society.
		Policy and Institutional Support for the Social Insurance Administration Improving operational efficiency of social security services by adopting standardized operational procedures with well-defined performance criteria, supporting human resource development through effective training programs and training materials, and recommending policy choices and steps leading toward the consolidation of SIAs.
		Power Pricing Strategy: Tariff Setting and Regulation Assisting State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) develop a power pricing strategy a reform action plan focusing on tariff setting and tariff regulation.
	India	TA to India for the Development of High Density Corridors under the Public-Private Partnership Facilitating the implementation of the High Density Corridor (HDC) Program by establishing institutional arrangements necessary for project management and financing mechanisms elaborating the concept of the entire HDC Program to provide an overall plan for its implementation.
	Indonesia	State-Owned Enterprise Reform Program II Assisting the Ministry for State-Owned Enterprises (MSOE) in continuing the reforms of SOE that include assessing of the potential for further corporate restructuring and privatization of SOEs, including public private partnerships in the plantation industry identifying weaknesses in the new system of corporate governance for SOEs and recommending improvements to be made, including capacity building in MSOE for evaluation of SCIs formulating a program for implementation of regulatory frameworks in infrastructure industries commercializing PSOs
	Micronesia	Strengthening of Public Sector Management and Administration Assisting the Government in realizing its dream of economic self-sufficiency and security at the end of the period of the amended Compact.
	Pakistan	Institutional Capacity Building of the National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited Undertaking institutional capacity building of National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) with the objective of preparing it to professionally manage the power transmission, dispatch, and trading activities stipulated by its license.
	Philippines	Promoting Good Governance in the Restructured Power Sector Ensuring the quality, reliability, security, and affordability of electricity supply in the Philippines by strengthening DOE in order to fulfill its new mandate in the restructured power sector promoting good governance to sustain the achievements of the power sector restructuring program
	Regional	Capacity Building in Environmental Information Management Systems in Central Asia Enhancing regional cooperation in addressing transboundary environmental issues by strengthening national environmental management capacities with specific reference to environmental information and knowledge management harmonized environmental standards across the region against the most critical environmental indicators a nationally driven strategic program of implementation for existing environment related action plans with a timeframe and budgetary commitments
		Infrastructure Development in East Asia Generating practical guidance for policy makers, multilateral development banks, and other financing agencies on how to engage in infrastructure service provision and financing in the context of individual DMCs and in light of the lessons learned.
		Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program for the Pacific Creating an environment that will enable the development of a market-based rural energy sector, in which mature renewable energy and energy efficiency applications play a key and increasing role
	Sri Lanka	Private Sector Development Program (Subprogram II) Supporting private sector development as well as assisting in implementing reforms and removing barriers to private sector development as outlined in Regaining Sri Lanka, in particular, continuing support to foster a competitive capital market and nonbank financial sector reducing Government intervention in commercial activities by accelerating the privatization of SOEs and commercializing government owned assets further strengthening corporate governance to enhance market discipline, and to implement international best practices for corporate governance in the public and private sectors supporting deregulation activities and streamlining regulations that undermine economic growth
	Uzbekistan	Strengthening the Legal and Policy Framework for Foreign Direct Investment Assisting the Government in its efforts to effectively promote FDI by creating a conducive policy environment for FDI establishing a legal framework to ensure protection of foreign investors strengthening capacity of government agencies concerned
2002	Bhutan	Institutional Development of Bhutan Development Finance Corporation Enabling BDFC to define its future role in the context of its multipurpose lending operations Strengthening BDFC to make it sustainable through the development of a sustainable strategic plan for future operations by providing it with the appropriate institutional setup and organization structure
	China, People's Republic of	Fiscal Management Reforms Strengthening fiscal management in the PRC by improving macroeconomic and fiscal coordination to meet national strategic priorities leading to a fair and equitable distribution of growth across the provinces instituting sound internal control systems to ensure that the budget is executed effectively
		Socioeconomic Assessment of Road Projects Developing analytical tools to assist in predicting the direct and indirect effects of roads Identifying the effective linkages between the expressway investment and the flow of benefits to the poor Strengthening a baseline socioeconomic assessment framework to effectively monitor these linkages
	India	Policy Research Networking to Strengthen Policy Reforms Providing catalytic assistance to develop policy research networking capacity to build support for and consolidate the reform process. In particular, the TA will support high-level policy dialogue, as well as civil-society policy discourse and constituency building for reform, based on sound policy research in priority areas
	Indonesia	Strengthening Business Development Services for Small and Medium Enterprises Promoting the growth and development of SMEs by strengthening their capacities for managing their businesses efficiently and improving facilitation through simplification of regulations as well as access to credit
	Maldives	Transport Master Plan Developing a transport master plan that identifies the general transport policies, strategies, legal and regulatory framework, investment programs, and activities necessary for ensuring a nationwide integrated transport network, including a detailed action plan, financing plan, and timetable for implementing these new transport sector policies and development programs
	Marshall Islands, Republic of	Mobilizing Land Encouraging additional investment in private sector enterprises leading to an increase in employment opportunities for Marshall Islanders, a higher rate of economic growth, revenue generation, and the reduction of poverty or hardship.
	Regional	Development of a Framework for SME Support Reviewing SME development strategies and support mechanisms in DMCs and other relevant countries and, on the basis of the assessment, develop a framework for designing and monitoring ADB-financed SME development programs.
	Thailand	Pension Systems Design Assisting the Government in reforming pension law and pension liability management during the first phase of the design and implementation of the reformed pension system in Thailand.
	Vietnam	Preparing the Small- and Medium-Enterprise Sector Development Program Supporting the preparation of the SME Development Program Loan 2004 (SDPL) by formulating a focused and sustainable framework for SME promotion
2001	Indonesia	Preparing a Gas Sector Development Plan Preparing a comprehensive GSDP that will guide and promote the development of Indonesia's gas infrastructure over the next five years so as to meet the expected increased domestic demand for natural gas; reduce the consumption of imported and exportable substitute fuels, and the environmental impacts associated with the use of such fuels; and promote increased small-scale production and use of natural gas including CBM
	Micronesia	Economic Policy Reform and Capacity Building, Phase I Strengthening and developing the institutional capacity for economic policy-making required during the transitional phase covering about two years.
	Philippines	Capacity Building for the Regulatory Office of the Metropolitan Waterworks Sewerage System Strengthening Metropolitan Waterworks Sewerage System-Regulatory Office (MWSS-RO) capabilities to efficiently execute the concession agreements, and to identify, for other water utilities and their operators, good practices for regulatory work in specific functional areas.
	Regional	A Study on Regional Integration and Trade: Emerging Policy Issues for Selected Developing Member Countries Assisting ADB's DMCs in policymaking through the analysis of policy issues raised by the likely launching of a new round of multilateral trade negotiations under WTO and the rapid proliferation of PTAs within and outside the Asia and Pacific region Raising the DMCs' capacities in trade negotiations and policy analysis
		South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC), Phase II Institutionalizing sector working groups and the participation of senior officials to help further develop the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal (BBIN) subregional cooperative dialogue
	Samoa	Implementation of State-Owned Enterprise Reforms Restructuring the public sector; stimulating private sector activities; and enhancing the corporate governance, efficiency, and profitability of SOEs.
	Viet Nam	Framework for Microfinance Development Assisting the Government in preparing a framework to develop a sustainable pro-poor financial system to efficiently provide services to a larger segment of PHs developing corresponding policy, legal, and regulatory guidelines enhancing the institutional capacity of SBV for implementing the framework.
		Roadmap for Power Sector Reform Defining a clear and more detailed vision of the desired future power sector and market structure 5 and 10 years ahead, and establishing the steps to accomplish the reform objectives and implement restructuring with specific timetables and responsibilities assigned.

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Year	Country	Project Title
2005	Pakistan	Agribusiness Development Addressing constraints that impede development of the sector, and exploit domestic and export market opportunities in the agribusiness sector, thereby contributing to increased economic growth and rural employment
2004	Bangladesh	SME Sector Development Program Strengthening the policy environment for SMEs, and improving access by SMEs to credit and related support services
	Cambodia	SME Development Program Supporting the Government’s efforts to create an environment that is conducive to business development by improving opportunities for SME development
	Indonesia	Support for State Audit Reforms Enhancing governance, and the efficiency, economy and effectiveness of public sector audit through strengthened audit institutions operating to internationally accepted standards
	Sri Lanka	Financial Markets Program for Private Sector Development Facilitating participation of the private sector including small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Sri Lankan economy by supporting government reforms to eliminate impediments to and develop opportunities for their involvement
	Viet Nam	Financial Sector Program Loan (II) Supporting the Government’s efforts to enable the development of alternative channels of market-based financial intermediation
		SME Development Program Loan (II) Supporting the Government’s efforts to create a business environment that is conducive to economic growth and employment generation by enhancing the policy and regulatory framework improving SMEs’ access to resources (finance and land use rights) facilitating SMEs’ access to international markets (industrial/technical standards)
2003	Pakistan	SME Sector Development Improving SME's competitiveness and facilitate their participation in the formal economy access to business support services access to improved public and private sector support institutions.
		Punjab Resource Management Program Supporting Punjab in implementing fiscal devolution, decentralized social service delivery, financial reporting and to achieve the development targets as outlined in the federal Government's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper.
	Philippines	Nonbank Financial Governance Program II Promoting the development of the NBF sector by strengthening the regulatory and policy framework for developing viable institutions and properly functioning financial markets continuing to strengthen SEC's enforcement capacities, supervisory skills, and practices improving transparency to protect investors from fraud, insolvency, or misconduct facilitating the mobilization of domestic savings to increase supplies of funds while ensuring investor protection.
	Uzbekistan	Gain Productivity Improvement Promoting economical and sustainable systems of wheat production to improve farm income.
2002	Cambodia	Financial Sector Program (Subprogram II) Promoting the development of a sound, market-based financial system to support enhanced resource mobilization and sustainable economic growth by establishing a foundation for the banking and insurance industries as well as financial markets.
	Kyrgyz Republic	Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program Promoting good governance of the institutional structure that deals with trade facilitation and customs modernization for greater diversification in trade. This will eventually support the transformation of the weak industrial base in the economies of Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.
	Lao	Banking Sector Reform Program Loan Supporting Government efforts to foster efficient financial intermediation and ensure a sound banking system capable of supporting growth and rural outreach.
		Strengthening Governance for Banking Sector Reform Fostering improvements in the governance of the state-owned commercial banks (SOCBs) by introducing modern banking policies and procedures and reversing the financial performance of the SOCBs.
	Pakistan	Strengthening of Pension, Insurance and Savings Systems Strengthening of policy frameworks for pensions as well as the institutional capacity of key government institutions involved in the management of pensions, insurance, and savings.
		Strengthening Regulation, Enforcement and Governance of Financial Markets Strengthening standards and enforcement capacity for corporate governance, transparency in information disclosure, and sustainable risk management to improve protection of investors and policyholders.
	Tajikistan	Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program Promoting good governance of the institutional structure that deals with trade facilitation and customs modernization with the objective of promoting greater diversification in trade, which will eventually support the transformation of the weak industrial base in the economies of Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.
	Vietnam	Financial Sector Development II (Program Loan) Supporting the Government's efforts to build an enabling environment for developing alternative channels of market-based financial intermediation.
2001	Cambodia	Financial Sector Program Promoting the development of a sound, market-based financial system to support enhanced resource mobilization and sustainable economic growth by establishing a foundation for the banking and insurance industries as well as financial markets.
		Education Sector Development Program Supporting nationwide policy reforms related to education sector financing, removal of access barriers to education for poor students, improved learning, more efficient and transparent education service delivery, and decentralized management; and provide investment funds to support the implementation of policies designed to improve equitable access for underserved and disadvantaged populations as well as improved quality of education.
	Kyrgyz	Corporate Governance and Enterprise Reform Program II Enhancing investor confidence by strengthening corporate, financial, and judicial governance and taking steps to improve the efficiency and viability of the enterprise sector.
	Maldives	Information Technology Development Project Improving the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of public sector management by networking government agencies and electronically providing information and services for the public.
	Micronesia	Private Sector Development Program Promoting economic growth by expanding the private sector through a policy framework and actions that will improve the policy and legal environment for private sector development and strengthen capacity to manage land, labor and capital resources an investment project aimed at improving performance of the public services to promote private sector development.
	Pakistan	Access to Justice Program Supporting five interrelated governance objectives: providing a legal basis for judicial, policy, and administrative reforms improving the efficiency, timeliness, and effectiveness of judicial33 and police services supporting greater equity and accessibility in justice services for the vulnerable poor improving predictability and consistency between fiscal and human resource allocation and the mandates of reformed judicial and police institutions at the Federal, provincial and local government levels ensuring greater transparency and accountability in the performance of the judiciary, the police, and administrative justice institutions
	Philippines	Nonbank Financial Governance Program Supporting the process of capital formation through improved corporate governance in the nonbank financial sector, in particular: enhancing and strengthening the governance of SEC modernizing the governance and regulatory structure of PSE strengthening market oversight, compliance, and enforcement facilitating diversification and innovation of corporate financing
	Sri Lanka	SME Sector Development Program Facilitating a more competitive and diversified economy that relies on a dynamic business sector that can respond freely to market signals, in particular, introducing reforms that will reduce regulatory impediments, lower transaction costs, improve access to credit, and enhance capacities in private sector firms and financial institutions.

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