(10 October 2008) - The Asian Development Bank and the Government of Samoa entered into a new Country Partnership Strategy 2008 - 2012 which focuses on improved delivery of power, water, sanitation, and education services through private sector participation. Read the full story
(8 October 2008) - The Asian Development Bank will provide Cambodia's poorest families with $35 million in emergency food assistance as they struggle to cope with rising food and fuel prices. Read the full story
(7 October 2008) - The Asian Development Bank and the Government of Tuvalu have entered into a new Country Partnership Strategy that will support budget management and good governance. Read the full story
(7 October 2008) - The Asian Development Bank is extending 800 million yuan (about US$116.9 million) in a partial credit guarantee program that will support private sector-led energy efficiency projects in the People's Republic of China. Read the full story
Empowering very poor communities so they can lift themselves out of poverty is finding increasing acceptance in Asia and the Pacific, even among countries with traditionally centralized decision making systems, according to a collection of case studies assembled by the Asian Development Bank. Read the full story
When Vang Thi Bich and her family were relocated to the Huoi Long resettlement site in Lai Chau province in Viet Nam in 2005 to make way for the Son La hydropower project, much of their way of life changed. Read the full story
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