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January 1993

The Eastern Islands of Indonesia: An Overview of Development Needs and Potential

This report presents a brief economic profile of the "Eastern Indonesian region" and discusses some of the more important development issues confronting the region.
December 1992

Informal Finance: Some Findings from Asia

Published for ADB by Oxford University Press (OUP) in 1992, this book is based on a research project that examined informal finance in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand. Issues such as regional diversity within countries and differences between rural and urban areas are discussed.
November 1992

Poverty in the People's Republic of China: Recent Developments and Scope for Bank Assistance

This paper identifies several issues in addressing poverty in PRC. Keeping these issues in view, as well as some operational constraints in PRC, scope for channeling Bank assistance for poverty alleviation has been outlined.
June 1992

Recent Trends and Prospects of external Debt Situation and Financial Flows to Asian and Pacific developing Countries

The aims of this paper are to review the recent trends of debt situation and resource flows to APDCs under the new international environment and to provide some projections on debt indicators and resource flows for the next two years.
February 1992

A Framework for Justifying Bank-Assisted Education Projects in Asia: A Review of the Socioeconomic Analysis and Identification of Areas of Improvement

The overall objective of this paper is to review the Bank's policies and practices regarding the socioeconomic analysis of education projects.
December 1991

Disaster Mitigation in Asia and the Pacific

A companion volume to Disaster Management, this book presents the results of an ADB study which represents a pioneering effort in the disaster mitigation field in the Asian and Pacific region, with the objective of widening and deepening the pace of disaster mitigation in the region, and thus contributing to the welfare of its people.
November 1991

External Finance and the Role of Multilateral Financial Institutions in South Asia: Changing Patterns, Prospects and Challenges

The paper analyzes the changing pattern and future prospects of external finance to South Asia and reviews the role of external finance, particularly that of multilateral financial
September 1991

Financial Sector and Economic Development: A Survey

This paper attempts to survey the literature on the role of the financial sector in economic development.
June 1991

The Completion of the Single European Community Market in 1992: A Tentative Assessment of its Impact on Asian Developing Countries

This paper presents an overall positive impact with respect to Asian developing Countries (ADCs) trade with European Economic Community (EC).
June 1991

Economic Analysis of Investment in Power Systems

The main purpose of the paper is to design an approach which will indicate how information available from current practices in investment planning in the power sector can be exploited to conduct rigorous cost-benefit analysis.