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This paper examines the level of services trade integration in Asia in comparison with Europe and North America.

This paper takes an efficiency analysis perspective to analyze, on the basis of the data of the 2009 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey, the determinants of scholastic performance in five Asian countries (Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Thailand).

The global financial crisis has once again stimulated discussions to reform the international financial architecture. This paper proposes that establishment of regional settlement currencies can contribute positively to this reform agenda.

A contingent valuation survey from the Water Supply and Sanitation Project of the Asian Development Bank in Cebu, Philippines is used to show that tariff structures with a low one-time connection price and price differentiates based on wealth measures can result in a five-fold increase in the take-up of water services by poor households over the base tariff structure.

This publication highlights OAI’s efforts in 2012 to ensure that ADB’s development funds are used with regard to value for money for their intended purposes, and not usurped through fraudulent or corrupt practices.

This document summarizes the Project Completion Report and Technical Assistance Completion Report programs and achievements of the Asian Development Bank in the past five years.

Three in four nations in Asia and the Pacific face water security issues, with many of them being threatened by an imminent crisis unless immediate action is taken.

Findings from this survey suggest that trade finance gaps exist and need to be addressed because of the strong links between trade finance, business expansion, and job creation.

This paper outlines ADB’s interventions to improve water supply and sanitation services in Armenia through the initial project and the additional financing.

This report highlights how people work together to secure water for all through innovative approaches in basins.