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Year	Country	Project Title
2005	Cambodia	Cambodia Business Initiative in Rural Development Promoting a participatory and sustainable approach to poverty reduction, and socioeconomic development by getting business organizations to partner with government institutions, NGOs and poor villages in rural development efforts
	India	A Study on the Development of an Agency to Facilitate Issuance of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Developing a mechanism for issuance of “true sale” residential mortgage-backed securities in India for providing matched funding to both bank and nonbank institutions to ensure sustainability of important delivery channels, including those that specialize in low-value, highvolume lending segments, through setting up of a credit enhancement agency/secondary mortgage institution (Agency), similar to Fannie Mae in the US
	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
	Nauru	Reform of the Nauru Phosphate Corporation Restructuring of NPC by advising on viable institutional, technical, and financial options for providing water and electricity services, including, providing the Government with options for public-private sector participation for a reformed and independent water and power utility to improve performance examining a transparent and explicit subsidy mechanism providing a time-bound plan for phasing out subsidies over time providing technical options to address the low revenue collection
	Pakistan	Agribusiness Development Project Expediting project implementation and the establishment of the Agribusiness Support Fund
2004	Bangladesh	Promoting Private Sector Participation in the Energy Sector Addressing issues constraining sector development through continuing policy reform, institutional restructuring and priority investments that would facilitate private sector participation
	China, People's Republic of	Development of Small and Medium-Enterprise (SME) Credit Guarantee Companies (CGCs) Helping the Government formulate strategies and implement concrete programs to facilitate SMEs’ access to finance by expanding the business scope of SME CGCs and establishing an effective policy, regulatory, and operational framework for SME CGCs
	India	Preparing the Agri-Business Development Support Project Assisting the Government in designing an investment project suitable for external financing that will focus on enhancing income and employment opportunities through increased and sustainable commercialization of agriculture and development of agribusiness.
	Indonesia	Gas Transportation Project Through Public-Private Partnership Supporting the Government's strategy for promoting the domestic use of natural gas in the interest of sustainable economic growth by reviewing gas transportation options for Java in the context of the Government's energy resource allocation/energy mix policy, formulating a gas transportation plan, and selecting the priority gas transportation scheme preparing the gas transportation project
		Preparing the Urban Nutrition Project (UNP) Helping the Government identify and prepare a project in six cities, comprising (i) integrated nutrition programs for urban poor communities through public-private partnerships and community-based schemes; (ii) programs and policies to address urban malnutrition, especially by strengthening and reinforcing food fortification and food safety; (iii) support for institutional and human resource capacity development of central Government and regional governments to plan and manage integrated urban nutrition programs; and (iv) provision of social infrastructure and equipment to implement urban nutrition programs.
	Marshall Islands	Enhancing the Environment 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
	Pakistan	SSTA for Facilitating PPP Initiative in National Highway Development Designing appropriate mechanisms for accelerating National Highways (NH) and motorway development through increased private sector financing in Pakistan
	Philippines	Intermodal Transport Development Formulating an intermodal transport development project that will improve access to southern Philippines and contribute to reduce poverty in this area by preparing an integrated transport development plan for Mindanao and Palawan formulating recommendations on priority areas for ADB intervention and a program of subprojects suitable for an ensuing ADB-financed project supporting the preparation of the selected subprojects
		Institutional Strengthening of Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and Privatization of National Power Corporation (NPC) Gaining investors confidence by enhancing ERC’s efficiency and independence, and provide the necessary financial and technical advice to Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation for the privatization of NPC
		Strengthening Governance of Securities Trading Markets Aiming to contribute to the development of the Philippine capital market through the strengthening of corporate governance and improving regulation of PSE and other securities trading markets.
	Regional	Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation (Phase II) Supporting phase II of the RTFCCP and complementing other modalities of support (such as program and project loans) that achieve concerted customs legal reforms and harmonized customs procedures strengthened regional customs cooperation
		Facilitating Cross-Border Trade and Investment in the 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
		Leadership Enhancement and Advancement Program (LEAP) Promoting and sustaining sound development management in the Pacific developing member countries by designing training courses to enhance the leadership and managerial skills of midlevel and senior managers in governments, private sectors, and civil society building and reinforce partnerships and strengthen cooperation among regional and national institutions in relation to implementing LEAP
2003	Indonesia	Public Health and Nutrition Assisting the Government to design a model of public-private partnership operations for improved nutrition management in urban areas and to prepare a project proposal focusing on improved nutrition management.
	Pakistan	Preparing the Public-Private Infrastructure Financing Facility Helping design appropriate mechanisms for accelerating infrastructure development through increased private sector participation in Pakistan that will promote economic growth and reduce poverty.
	Philippines	Rehabilitation and Renewable Energy Projects for Rural Electrification and Livelihood Development Ensuring the sustainability of new and renewable energy (NRE) projects through pilot testing rehabilitation of unsuccessful NRE projects combined with income generating livelihood development.
	Regional	Infrastructure Development in East Asia The study will generate 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.
	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	Rationalization of Public Enterprises Assisting the Government to implement the public enterprise reform envisaged under the Public Enterprise Act 2002, in particular, to: formulate a comprehensive policy framework including competition and regulatory arrangements review all existing government commercial investments and activities prepare a sequenced set of processes and a timetable for implementing public enterprise reforms
2002	India	Preparing National Highway Corridor (Sector) Project Facilitating National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) preparation of the proposed 2003 project focusing on the areas of NHAI's relative weakness. Additional assistance will be provided to facilitate the participation of private sector investors in the development of the project roads
	Pakistan	Gender Reform Program Strengthening the capacity of the Government to reform institutions and systems dealing with the issues of gender and development.
	Regional	Feasibility Studies of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan Natural Gas Pipeline Project Along with the other listed studies, this will be used by the governments of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and, possibly, India as a basis for the intergovernmental framework agreement required to implement project construction, operation, and gas sales gas sales and purchase contracts between Turkmenistan and the purchasers of gas from the Dauletabad field transportation contract between Turkmenistan and the gas pipeline consortium.
		Regional Initiative to Eliminate Micronutrient Malnutrition in Asia through Public-Private Partnership Aiming to identify regional issues and actions required to accelerate production of micronutrient-fortified foods support regional dialogue on issues related to food standards, regulations, trade, and surveillance create a framework for regional fortification of certain essential staples (salt, wheat flour, cooking oil, and complementary foods) develop a comprehensive social marketing and communications plan link fortification policies and programs to poverty reduction and human development in the region develop country investment plans (CIPs) for the participating DMCs.
2001	India	National Highway Corridor Public-Private Partnership Project Setting out an overall road map to be followed under the programmatic approach for India's road subsector Providing expert advice to NHAI to facilitate the preparation of the proposed NHC Project
	Indonesia	Commercialization of Public Service Obligations Identifying alternative, more efficient provision mechanisms, including opening of business opportunities for private sector companies to provide PSOs.
		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 Reducing the consumption of imported and exportable substitute fuels, and the environmental impacts associated with the use of such fuels Promoting increased small-scale production and use of natural gas including CBM
	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.
	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. The study will identify the constraints to and opportunities for SME development through cooperation in EAGA, particularly focusing on the economic linkages of Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam and with other EAGA subregions. It will complement the results of the recently completed strategy for SME development in EAGA, which focused on Indonesia and the Philippines.
		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

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Year	Country	Project Title
2005	Lao PDR	GMS Nam Thuen 2 Hydroelectric Project Promoting economic growth in the region by developing hydroelectric power resources. The project is structured as a build-own-operate-transfer, with a concession period of 31 years
2004	Sri Lanka	Road Project Preparatory Facility Helping the Government efficiently develop the road network by providing a readily accessible pool of funding to conduct road project preparatory work.
2003	India	National Highway Corridor (Sector) I Project Rehabilitating and widening priority sections of the E-W Corridor, with emphasis on 662 km of existing highway in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh as part of the Government's National Highway Development Program.
	Nepal	Public Sector Management Program Loan Improving public expenditure management and governance by addressing key policy and institutional constraints to strengthen the Government's resource position over the medium term. It includes facilitating the Government's withdrawal from public enterprise management and ownership.
	Philippines	MWSS New Water Source Development Project providing Manila Waterworks Sewerage System with a facility to engage consultants to prepare public and private sector projects for new water source development suitable for financing from ADB, the private sector, or other sources providing capacity building for MWSS in the field of financial management.
2002	India	East West Corridor Promoting public private partnerships to rehabilitate and widen E-W Corridor to four lanes.
	Philippines	Electricity Market and Transmission Development Improving the accessibility, quality, affordability, and sustainability of the national electricity supply by facilitating the establishment of a spot market so that electricity generation is dispatched on a competitive basis to meet the power demand at a lower cost, and reinforcing and upgrading the critical transmission lines and substations in Luzon and Mindanao to ensure a reliable power supply and provide capacity for rural electrification.
2001	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 increasing profitability of Indonesia's SOEs promoting private sector participation in all commercial activities of SOEs.

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