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Year	Country	Project Title
2005	China	Nanjing Water Utility Long Term Capital Finance in Commercial Markets Developing sustainable access of Nanjing utilities to private long-term capital finance markets by, among other things, assisting in management structuring, development of corporate governance best practices, and overall capacity building for Nanjing Water Services Group Limited as a newly formed integrated water utility increasing the transparency of approval procedures for future utility bond issuers through ongoing dialogue between Nanjing bond issuer and central Government agencies structuring a utility bond issuance for distribution to a multiple and diversified private investor base
	Lao PDR	Operationalization of the Northern Region Development Strategy Facilitating the alignment of Strategy/Socio-Economic Development Plan’s prospective provincial investment programs with the Northern Region Development Strategy, focusing on the prioritization of public expenditure programs to meet the local provincial needs and the overall budget constraints
	Pakistan	Agribusiness Development Project Expediting project implementation and the establishment of the Agribusiness Support Fund
2004	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.
	China, People's Republic of	Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Credit Guarantee Companies Formulating strategies and implementing concrete programs to facilitate SME access to finance by expanding the business scope of SME credit guaranty company (CGC) and establishing an effective policy, regulatory, and operational framework for SME CGCs
		Capacity Strengthening of Power Planning Process Helping State Grid Corporation improve network development to optimize the use of existing power generation capacity and accommodate future power generation development by strengthening its grid system planning capacity and identifying a priority list of least-cost projects for the 11th Five-Year Plan.
	India	Preparing the Agri-Business Development Support Project Preparing economically and financially viable investments in market facilities and infrastructure, and support services for agribusiness development and commercialized farming
		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
	Kazakhstan	Financial Sector Governance Strengthening of the monetary framework by developing an inflation-targeting regime to ensure overall financial stability.
	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Integrating the Poor in Regional Trade through Industrial Standard Development, Phase II Supporting the Government in developing an internationally recognized standards regulatory framework and in training stakeholders along the process, and training producer groups from poverty-stricken pilot districts in quality control, occupational health, and environment safety
	Maldives	Commercialization of Agriculture and Mariculture Promoting opportunities for employment through capacity building and promotion of investments in areas linked to agriculture and mariculture subsectors in the context of Maldives.
	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
	Micronesia, Federated States of	Legislation for Private Sector Development Supporting the governments in the following: enactment and promulgation in each of the states and at national level of legislation for foreign direct investment; long-term leasing of land mortgage; and mortgage-secured lending at least one public enterprise transformed in each of the 4 states and at national level
	Philippines	Enhancing Access of the Poor to Microfinance Services in Frontier Areas Supporting the development of a sound and viable financial system that can provide efficient and sustainable microfinance services for the poor, enabling them to pursue economic opportunities and income-generating activities
		Strengthening Small and Medium Enterprise Credit Management System Expanding and improving the quality of lending operations of Small Business Guarantee Corporation while lowering risk, and mainstreaming market acceptance of nontraditional collateral
	Regional	Asian Bonds Online Website Improving information flows for Asian bond markets through the establishment of an Asian Bonds Online Web Site
		Capacity Building of Selected Credit Rating Agencies in Asia (Phase III) Continuing ADB’s support for strengthening the institutional and technical capacities of Asian domestic CRAs to develop the region’s capital markets (particularly bond markets)
		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
		Developing a Database on Cross-Border Trade and Investment in BIMP-EAGA
		Pacific Regional Transport Analysis Enhancing economic development in PDMCs by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of transportation services through reform of public sector operations and policies and increased private sector participation in service provision
		Small and Medium-Size Enterprise (SME) Growth and Development, Phase II Stimulating the development of private sector SMEs in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam by facilitating SMEs’ access to financing sources and enhanced business and TA services improving business environments through research and policy advocacy
	Samoa	Privatization Support Improving the environment for the private sector by rationalizing the Government's SOE portfolio, in support of the Government's policy for SOE ownership, performance and divestment. Output includes the privatization of up to three fully-owned SOEs.
	Solomon Islands	State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) Reforms and Private Sector Participation Assisting the Government to improve SOE ownership arrangements, accountability, and performance
	Sri Lanka	Implementing Products and Services for the Domestic Debt Market Strengthening the domestic debt market (and, thus, the financial system) on the basis of identified needs, as outlined in the previous section The technical assistance cluster will support 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.
	Tonga	Youth Micro-enterprise Development Building, testing, and evaluating models for the development of youth microenterprises that are capable of and ready for implementation on a larger scale
	Viet Nam	Improving Risk Management in the Viet Nam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Assisting VBARD to establish a credit rating system for corporate customers and individual borrowers, establish a system to measure credit portfolio risk and set exposure limits, and establish a loan classification and provisioning system consistent with international accounting standards
2003	Indonesia	Facilitating Private Sector Participation in Ports Infrastructure under Decentralization Assisting the Government in promoting private sector participation (PSP) in the ports sector under local government jurisdiction. The TA will explore avenues to select priority representative port locations, types, and functions most suitable for PSP initiatives, considering legal, financial, and institutional requirements.
		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 statements of corporate intent formulating a program for implementation of regulatory frameworks in infrastructure industries commercializing public service obligations.
	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.
	Regional	Subregional Economic Cooperation in South and Central Asia Assisting Afghanistan, Pakistan, and neighboring countries in Central and South Asia in jointly identifying and prioritizing subregional cooperation projects and programs.
	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
	Tonga	Business Development Services Improving the performance of existing and budding/start-up micro and small enterprises through their utilization of BDS
2002	Bhutan	Strengthening the Capacity of the Royal Monetary Authority and Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan Strengthening the autonomy and supervisory function of Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), and provide the required legal and regulatory framework for the development of insurance and capital markets, as well as RMA's supervision of the overall financial sector. It also includes building capacity within RMA and Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan (RSEB) for good governance.
		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
	Cambodia	Improving Insurance Supervision Aiming to upgrade the legal and regulatory framework for insurance based on international best practices build capacity of insurance supervisory staff help restructure Cambodia National Insurance Company (CAMINCO) by developing a restructuring strategy and action plans.
	India	Preparing Inland Waterway Sector Development Program Assessing the technical, economic and financial feasibility of inland water transport in the corridors served by the three current and five potential national. The second phase will be to prepare a sector development strategy and to prepare inland waterway transport investment projects for ADB loan financing
	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.
	Philippines	Capacity Building of the Mindanao Economic Development Council to Enhance Private Sector Activity in the Philippine EAGA Building the capacity of the MEDCo private sector-SME development unit that will be set up for enhancing private sector and SME development efforts in Mindanao
	Regional	Prioritizing Strategic Directions for the BIMP-EAGA Supporting the participating countries in preparing a development blueprint for reviving and sustaining economic cooperation in BIMP-EAGA, with refocused thrusts and priorities in response to the changing environment and emerging challenges
	Uzbekistan	Preparing the Amu Zhang Water Resources Management Project Assisting the Government to formulate and carry out a feasibility study for an investment project aimed at protecting and improving the livelihoods of rural communities within the Amu Zhang irrigation scheme
2001	Indonesia	Preparing the Private Sector Participation (PSP) Development Facility for Urban Infrastructure Project Helping formulate, design, and prepare a TA loan project for local governments to finance consultancy services for soliciting and managing PSP in urban infrastructure projects
	Papua New Guinea	Gas Pipeline Development Project Accelerating economic growth through private sector-led development of gas exports by assisting the Government to ensure that the Project optimizes the benefits for PNG.
	Philippines	Microfinance for Rural Development Assisting the Government in undertaking a quantitatively oriented review of the microfinance subsector, and to prepare a microfinance project for rural development aimed at poverty reduction.
	Regional	Expanding the Strategy for SME Development in the East ASEAN Growth Area Supporting the revival of economic activities in BIMP-EAGA through cooperation by promoting the coordinated development of SMEs in the subregion. This is a study aiming to identify the constraints to and opportunities for SME development through cooperation in EAGA. It is focusing on the economic linkages of Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam and with other EAGA subregions to complement the results of the recently completed strategy for SME development in EAGA, which focused on Indonesia and the Philippines.
		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
		Strengthening Subregional Cooperation in the Transport Sector in BIMP-EAGA and IMT-GT Regions Supporting local economic development in the rural provinces by improving critical national and provincial transport links within the project area
	Samoa	Implementation of State-Owned Enterprise Reforms supporting to achieve higher economic growth by restructuring the public sector stimulating private sector activities 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.

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Year	Country	Project Title
2005	Fiji	Alternative Livelihhods Development Project Increasing sustainable livelihoods, on- and off-farm, to at least replace those lost during the course of sugar industry restructuring by: maintaining a healthy agriculture sector with viable alternatives to sugarcane farming generating sustainable off-farm and self-employment opportunities for people exiting the sugar sector and for other rural poor providing access to savings and credit services in rural communities to facilitate livelihood activities and improve the quality of life, and providing critical farm access infrastructure for rural communities
2004	Afghanistan	Afghanistan Investment Guarantee Facility Assisting Afghanistan in its reconstruction efforts and stimulate growth and employment, by facilitating foreign direct investment through a risk mitigation facility that will address key investor concerns
	Viet Nam	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	Uzbekistan	Gain Productivity Improvement Promoting economical and sustainable systems of wheat production to improve farm income.
2002	Indonesia	Small and Medium Enterprise Export Development Facilitating the development and promotion of SME exports by helping to increase value added, diversifying SME businesses, and fostering backward and forward linkages nationwide through term loans to SME exporters.
	Pakistan	Local Government Performance Enhancement Supporting federal and provincial agencies and local governments to build capacities in core planning, financial management, procurement, and audit functions necessary for efficient and equitable service delivery.
	Sri Lanka	Aquatic Resource Development and Quality Improvement Supporting aquatic resource development and quality improvement to enhance food security and reduce poverty by encouraging community-based and private-sector participation.
	Uzbekistan	Small and Microfinance Development Project Creating a viable and sustainable institutional framework and mechanism for effective delivery of financial services, particularly to poor, low-income households, and small and micro-enterprises. It also includes mobilizing domestic savings and improving financial intermediation to promote economic growth and reduce poverty.
2001	India	Western Transport Corridor removing capacity constraints on a critical section of the western transport corridor enhancing road safety enhancing the corporate finance capability of National Highways Authority of India increasing private sector participation in the development, and O&M of the national highway system.
	Indonesia	State-owned Enterprise Governance and Privatization Program Supporting the reform of SOEs, involving transfer of ownership and management to improve resource allocation in the public sector, increase profitability of Indonesia’s SOEs, and promote private sector participation in all commercial activities of SOEs.
	Papua New Guinea	Nucleus Agro-Enterprises Helping overcome the difficulties in mobilizing finance for agriculture sector activities by identifying and preparing a pipeline of subprojects based on NE and smallholder development that could be packaged into a series of projects for financing by ADB and/or other financing agencies
	Sri Lanka	Colombo Port Efficiency Expansion Project Assisting the Government in realizing the potential of Colombo Port to become a major internationally competitive port in South Asia by expanding private sector participation in the port sector commercializing public sector operations and thereby improving efficiency adopting a strategic approach to enlarging Colombo Port and maximizing private sector funding

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