Two ADB Loans for Port Moresby Power Supply Signed in Delhi

Two ADB Loans for Port Moresby Power Supply Signed in Delhi

ADB and Government of Papua New Guinea have today signed two loans that will help boost electricity access rates in Port Moresby to 74% and extend the city’s power grid to an estimated 3,000 low-income households. The loans were signed at ADB’s 46th Annual Meeting in New Delhi, India.

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1 May 2013
Year: 
2013

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Asian Development Fund
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Energy
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ASEAN Infrastructure Fund Readies $1 Billion Pipeline for Lending Operations

ASEAN Infrastructure Fund Readies $1 Billion Pipeline for Lending Operations

The ASEAN Infrastructure Fund Limited is set to begin its lending operations in the second half of 2013, with a pipeline of around $1 billion in projects for the next three years.

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1 May 2013
Year: 
2013
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Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
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ADB administration and governance
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Meetings and seminars
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Regional cooperation and integration
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ADB Supports Hydro and Wind Power Plants in India with Equity Investment

ADB Supports Hydro and Wind Power Plants in India with Equity Investment

ADB is investing $30 million equity in NSL Renewable Power Private Ltd. (NRPPL), a leading renewable energy company in India, to support hydropower and wind power projects that will generate 530 gigawatt-hours every year, and reduce carbon dioxide emission by 400,000 tons annually from 2017 onward.

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1 May 2013
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2013
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India
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ADB funds and products
Subject: 
Private sector (Non-sovereign) financing
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Energy
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Hydropower
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Renewable energy
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Participants Gather for ADB's 46th Annual Meeting

Participants Gather for ADB's 46th Annual Meeting

Delegates have begun arriving today at the India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida, Delhi National Capital Region, to register for ADB's 46th Annual Meeting of its Board of Governors, which begins May 2nd.

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1 May 2013
Year: 
2013
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India
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2nd Mongolia Trade & Commodity Finance Conference

14 May 2013
Venue: 
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Subject: 
Finance
Subject: 
Trade Finance
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Industry and trade
Subject: 
Industry and trade sector development
Country: 
Mongolia
Keywords: 
trade finance asia
trade financing asia
export industry asia
trade and supply chain
trade finance credit
trade finance mongolia
mongolian trade
mongolian market
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English
Year: 
2013
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30 Apr 2013

Deepening Divide: Can Asia Beat the Menace of Rising Inequality?

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English
Type: 
Serials
Series: 
Development Asia
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In this issue, Development Asia examines Asia’s widening inequality from many different perspectives. We look at the role of globalization in producing inequality, and consider the disputed relationship between inequality and economic growth.

Date: 
April 2013
ISSN (print): 
1998-7528
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Cambodia
China, People's Republic of
India
Indonesia
Keywords: 
developing asia
development issues
economic development
economics
equal opportunities
inclusive growth
inequalities
development magazines
income inequalities
inequality of opportunities
rural and urban inequality
social inequality
Subject: 
Gender
Subject: 
Gender equality
Subject: 
Poverty
Subject: 
Inequality and Access
Subject: 
Social development and protection
Subject: 
Urban development
Table of Contents: 
  • Asia's Inequality Challenge
  • Situation Report: A roundup of topical development news
  • On the Record: What opinion makers are saying
  • On the Web: Development sources and tools onliine
  • The Wealth Gap
  • Inequality Illustrated
  • The Reformer: Palaniappan Chidambaram
  • The Growth Conundrum
  • Opinion: Now for the Hard Part by Justin Yifu Lin
  • Less Unequal Than Others
  • Raising Cambodia
  • In Search of a Cure
  • Slums Reconsidered
  • Digital Dollars
  • Review
  • Results First
  • Development Agenda
  • Black & White
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2013
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Partnering for Development: Donor Report 2012

Language: 
English
Type: 
Statutory Reports and Official Records
Series: 
Donor Reports
SKU: 
RPS135331
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The Donor Report 2012 explains a wide range of financing options available to partners seeking to expand their commitment to developing the Asia and Pacific region. Cofinancing highlights and statistics show ADB’s overall cofinancing performance as well as country and sector concentration.

Date: 
April 2013
ISBN (print): 
978-92-9254-018-0
ISBN (electronic): 
978-92-9254-019-7
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Keywords: 
donor report 2012
donor report
development partners
cofinancing
adb donor Report 2012
regional partnerships
bilateral partners
multilateral partners
framework cofinancing arrangements
Subject: 
ADB funds and products
Subject: 
Public sector (Sovereign) financing
Subject: 
ADB administration and governance
Table of Contents: 
  • Foreword
  • Development Partnership Results
  • Partnering: The Way Forward
  • Facts and Figures 2012
  • 2012 Milestones
  • Partnering in the Regions
  • Increasing Financing Partnership Efficiency
  • Bilateral and Multilateral Financing Partners
  • Office of Cofinancing Operations Contacts
  • Framework Cofinancing Arrangements
  • Trust Funds
  • Statistical Annexes
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2013
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Development Asia Magazine Probes Region's Rising Inequality

Development Asia Magazine Probes Region's Rising Inequality

The future prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region is threatened by a deepening divide between rich and poor, according to the latest issue of Development Asia magazine, which examines in a series of articles the causes and consequences of rising inequality, and options for governments to close income gaps.

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30 April 2013
Year: 
2013

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Poverty
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New ADB President Takehiko Nakao Assumes Office

New ADB President Takehiko Nakao Assumes Office

Takehiko Nakao assumes office as the ninth President of ADB today.

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28 April 2013
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2013
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Takehiko Nakao Elected New ADB President

Takehiko Nakao Elected New ADB President

Takehiko Nakao has been unanimously elected President of ADB by its Board of Governors.

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26 April 2013
Year: 
2013
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