 Bridge for the Future
For several decades when farmers and traders from the agricultural district of Kulon Progo brought their produce to the market in the city, they had to stop at the foot of a bridge that crosses the Progo River in south-central Java, Indonesia. |
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 Clean Water Lightens Women's Load
Deep in the hills of southern Nias, an hour’s trek from the nearest country road, lies the village of Onohondro. For centuries, the task of carrying bucket loads of water from well to home has fallen on the shoulders of the village's women. |
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 Dam Good: Farmers Reap Rewards of Water Project
The life of an Indonesian rice farmer is a backbreaking routine. Early mornings, long grueling days in the equatorial sun, and a meager income are but a few of the hardships farmers regularly contend with. |
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 Farm-to-Market Road Paves Way to Prosperity
In Belanting village, on the Indonesian island of Lombok, 40-year-old farmer Mr. Maca has seen his life change since an Asian Development Bank-financed country road was built in place of the narrow footpath farmers used to haul their produce to market. |
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 Harnessing the Earth's Power to Light Cities
An environment-friendly geothermal plant quietly provides eco-friendly energy to the residents of the capital city of North Sulawesi. |
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 Papua New Guinea Water Management
A community-based water management project has started in Kimbe Bay and the Vitu Islands. |
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 Philippines, Greener Motocycles
In 2005, the City of Puerto Princesa introduced a project to reduce the air and noise pollution from tricycles through cleaner technologies and a 50% cut in tricycles. |
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 ADB, Roads and HIV/AIDS
HIV preventation in the infrastructure sector is one of the Asian Development Bank’s priorities, ADB ensures that HIV/AIDS awareness and education play an essential role in its infrastructure projects. |
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 Anhui Environmental Improvement Project in the People's Republic of China
In 1996, ADB extended two loans to reduce air, wastewater and solid waste pollution in Hefei and Chaohu, the cities embracing Chao Lake. In 2005, the project was rated successful. Industrial wastewater discharged was reduced and municipal wastewater treatment was increased. Water quality in Chao Lake was improved. But can these environmental problems be fully addressed by one project? |
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 Kazakhstan: The New Silk Road
The Great Silk Road is the popular name given to the system of caravan trade routes that lasted for many centuries and linked Eastern and Western civilization between the Ancient and
Middle Ages. The Silk Road was not static; the routes changed over time. |
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 Pasig River Ferry Launch
The new Pasig River Ferry offers air-conditioned transportation service along the Pasig River. Initially, five stations bring passengers between the cities of Manila and Makati. ADB has supported the construction of ferry stations for the new service and has contributed to the efforts to rehabilitate the river. |
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 Cambodia's Young: Urban Life
Almost half of Cambodia’s population is less than 15 years of age. This demographic anomaly was caused by the death of many adults during the civil war. The social and economic problems associated with the need to care for large numbers of children is straining the government’s efforts to build a solid foundation for future generation. |
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 Upgraded Davao City International Airport is Ready for More Passengers & Bigger Aircraft
Upgraded Davao City International Airport is ready for more passengers and bigger aircraft. The airport terminal can easily accommodate up to two million passengers a year. The upgraded and expanded runway can accommodate wide-bodied aircraft of major airlines, even 747s, and has four boarding bridges. |
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 ADB, AusAID, and NZAID Boosting Infrastructure in Solomon Islands
ADB, AusAID, and NZAID are boosting infrastructure in Solomon Islands through Post Conflict Emergency Rehabilitation Project (PCERP). The civil unrest in 1999 left many of Honiara’s urban roads and bridges in disrepair, but are being restored by PCERP. |
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 Kazakhstan in Transition As Central Asian Economy Turns Corner
After difficult times following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, the largest economy with half the region’s gross domestic product, is spurring Central Asian growth as a center for investment and job creation. Modern buildings go up in Almaty, Kazakhstan, against snow-topped mountains, and gray monolithic government buildings from the Soviet era are giving way to new structures. |
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 Tourists are "Fast-Tracked" to Samarkand on an ADB-assisted railway
In Uzbekistan, the mosques and madrasas from the Silk Road era are a major draw for tourists. A fast modern train – on a railway rehabilitated with ADB assistance – carries tourists and business people between the capital of Tashkent and Samarkand, the fabled city restored by Tamerlane in the 14th century after the Mongol invasion. |
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 All-weather road links north and south of Kyrgyz Republic
ADB-financed 650 km road project links the capital of Bishkek in the north and Osh, the largest city of the south. The former camel trail winds through icy mountains that used to be inaccessible during the winter. |
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 Aftermath of the 8 October Earthquake in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
The once picturesque city of Muzaffarabad was in a state of ruins. Thousands had lost their homes, leaving them helpless against the arrival of winter. In some parts of Pakistan, the entire young generation was lost due to the quake. Schools, health facilities and other vital public infrastructure were damaged. |
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 From 'HOME ALONG DA RILES' to 'DREAMLAND'
With the US$1 million grant from the Asian Development Bank’s Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, financed by the Government of Japan, informal settlers living near the Muntinlupa railways, are now in “dreamland.” They no longer risk life and limb and hear the incoming screech of trains, but have their own homes and livelihood in Dreamland Heights, San Pedro, Laguna. |
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 People's Republic of China: Cleaning Shanghai's Suzhou Creek
An environmental cleanup of a river that once oozed through Shanghai has spurred urban renewal. The Suzhou Creek cleanup has taken years and millions of dollars but the river now has piped wastewater collection and treatment system, control gates, polluting factories relocated, oxygen pumps and urban land renewal. |
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 Philippine Vice President At STEP-UP 3rd Anniversary
Vice President Noli de Castro graces the 3rd Anniversary and Recognition Day of the Strategic Private Sector Partnership for Urban Poverty Reduction (STEP-UP) Program, funded by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which was recently held in the ADB headquarters in Mandaluyong City. |
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 Tradition and Modernity Sit Side by Side in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is largely a desert country where displaced tribes roamed only a century ago. Even today, traditions such as carpet weaving and horse breeding run deep in a society where the camel is a sacred animal. Rich reserves of natural gas beneath its sands, however, have provided export revenues that have also brought new buildings and wide streets to the capital of Ashgabat. |
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