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Mainstreaming Climate Change in ADB Operations: Climate Change Implementation Plan for the PacificMainstreaming Climate Change in ADB Operations: Climate Change Implementation Plan for the Pacific

This study describes the areas of focus for the ADB Pacific Department's operations, identifies key gaps between country and ADB actions, as well as opportunities for scaling up ADB's assistance related to mitigation, adaptation and associated crosscutting needs. The CCIP will evolve through periodic updates to effectively guide ongoing and future programs, technical assistance, and project designs.

Taking Control of Oil: Managing Dependence on Petroleum Fuels in the PacificTaking Control of Oil: Managing Dependence on Petroleum Fuels in the Pacific

Taking Control of Oil provides a comprehensive assessment of recent global oil price trends, the exposure of PDMCs to oil price increases and its implications for social and economic development in the region. It also offers a number of policy options for managing risks associated with heavy dependence on oil imports and proposes a path for diversifying the energy mix in PDMCs.

Operational Plan for Sustainable Food Security in Asia and the PacificOperational Plan for Sustainable Food Security in Asia and the Pacific

The Strategy 2020 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) recognizes sustainable food security as a crucial element of its long-term strategic framework. The Operational Plan for Sustainable Food Security in Asia and the Pacific identifies ADB's role and contributions in addressing the barriers to achieving the goal of food security by focusing on three areas of influence-productivity, connectivity, and resilience. The plan aims to increase the impacts of ADB's multisector operations on food security, particularly for the poor and disadvantaged, through greater synergy and value addition.

ADB's NGO Annual ReportADB Cooperation with Civil Society: Annual Report 2008

This report details ADB's increasingly meaningful and collaborative engagement with civil society. The year saw more countries receiving loans that feature elements of civil society involvement and more technical assistance (TA) projects that include CSO participation.

ADB: Reflections and Beyond

In 2009, ADB interviewed senior and younger personnel, both past and present, on their struggles and triumphs in ADB, working for the development of Asia and the Pacific region, and ADB's evolution as an institution. ADB: Reflections and Beyond captures their memories and experiences and provides a very personal and human perspective on dealing with the challenges of the development world. Interspersed with the critical elements of ADB work–from project formulation to making tricky judgment calls–are also the interviewees' recollections of past and present colleagues, first days at ADB, friendships forged, and more.

ADB Sustainable Development Working PapersTransport and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Forecasts, Options Analysis, and Evaluation

This paper discusses the relevance of measuring greenhouse gas emissions from transport and presents a simple methodology for measuring emissions from the sector. It aims to guide transport authorities in Asia with a better understanding of the available tools and methodologies for measuring emissions and thus strengthen formulation and implementation of policies and measures that can reduce and prevent future emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gas.

ADB's Our People StrategyOur People Strategy: Skills and Passion to Improve Lives in Asia and the Pacific

Our People Strategy defines the principles ADB will follow to recruit, retain, and develop staff and managers and to improve its workplace environment.

ADB's Pacific Approach 2010-2014ADB's Pacific Approach 2010-2014

ADB's approach to assisting the Pacific (The Pacific Approach) addresses challenges and opportunities common to ADB's Pacific developing member countries, and seeks to identify where and how regional approaches and common guidelines can be used to improve the effectiveness of development assistance.

Development Effectiveness Country BriefsDevelopment Effectiveness Country Briefs

The development effectiveness briefs present how ADB's operations help improve people's lives in developing member countries and the challenges ADB and the countries face in pursuing agreed development goals. The briefs complement the annual Development Effectiveness Review in reporting on ADB's performance using the ADB Results Framework indicators.

Strengthening Pacific Fragile States: The Marshall Islands ExampleStrengthening Pacific Fragile States: The Marshall Islands Example

The publication tells the story of how a country strategy was formulated to help government and civil society respond to the development challenges of a Pacific island's fragile state. By consistently focusing on identifying and building on the ownership and effective demand for change through consultative and participatory processes, the strategy reveals how the operations of a fragile state can be strengthened.

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Economic Growth and Environmental Regulation: The People's Republic of China's Path to a Brighter Future Economic Growth and Environmental Regulation: The People's Republic of China's Path to a Brighter Future

The book, a joint publication of ADB and Routledge, examines the role of environmental regulation as a means for solving existing problems and creating better futures in rapidly developing economies.

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Upcoming Titles
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  • Effectiveness of Central Banks and the Role in the Global Financial Crisis: Case of Selected Economies
  • Ho Chi Minh City Adaptation to Climate Change
  • Rural Biomass Energy Development in the People's Republic of China
  • Multilateral Concessional Financing
  • The Dragon and the Elephant: Emerging Lessons from the People's Republic of China and India
  • Satisfying Central Asia's Hidden Hunger: ADB's Central Asia Regional Food Fortification Initiative
  • City Cluster Economic Development
  • For Life, With Love: Training Tool for HIV Prevention and Safe Migration in Road Construction Settings and Affected Communities
  • Dealing with Multiple Currencies in Transitional Economies - The Scope for Regional Cooperation in Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam
  • Small Remains Beautiful: Energizing Rural Poor in Asia with Small Wind Power System
  • Integrated Ecosystem Management of Dryland in the PRC: Lessons from Building Capacity for the PRC-GEF Partnership
  • Review of ADB Assistance for Public–Private Partnerships in Infrastructure Development (1998–2008)