Publications

From the Ground Up: Case Studies in Community Empowerment

The book is a collection of colorfully written stories about eight projects with strong participatory components. Drawing extensively on the uplifting personal stories of project beneficiaries, the book reveals the challenges confronted when adopting a participatory approach toward the use of public resources. Yet it also points to the substantially positive results that can be achieved when those challenges are overcome through the involvement and commitment of motivated beneficiaries, nongovernment organizations, governments at different levels, and international development agencies.

From the Ground Up brings attention to the accomplishments of communities that have seized the opportunity to improve their situation, stimulates appreciation for the rich potential of bottom-up approaches to development, and inspires thinking about how practices featured in the publication can be usefully applied in other contexts. Projects in the following countries are featured: India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, People's Republic of China, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, and Viet Nam.

More Safety: A Resource Manual for Health and Safety in Infrastructure

More Safety: A Resource Manual for Health and Safety in Infrastructure is a practical easy to use guidebook for preventing HIV/AIDS in infrastructure.

This manual gives straightforward HIV prevention tools and skills to project managers, occupational health and safety officers, worksite health workers, and other managers on the worksite responsible for the health and well being of workers.

My Mekong

At the core of the Mekong region are the 320 million people who share a common culture and are nourished by the same great river. More connected than ever before, lives are changing as the meaning of community expands beyond borders. The photographs in My Mekong take us into the heart of that community, as seen through the eyes of its young people.

Emerging Asian Regionalism

As Asia grows and prospers, its economies are increasingly vital to each other — and to the world. Led by a team of ADB staff, scholars, and advisers to regional policy makers, this study highlights what is at stake the emerging Asian regionalism and lays out the ground for further discussion on how to move forward.

Energy Conservation in the People’s Republic of China: Fiscal Measures

The Policy Note covers broad discussions on major issues relevant to the introduction and implementation of fiscal measures to improve energy efficiency in PRC, Asia's largest energy producer and consumer.