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August 2013

ADB Perceptions Survey: Multinational Survey of Stakeholders 2012

The 2012 ADB Perceptions Survey gauges and tracks stakeholders’ perceptions of the mission of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help reduce poverty and contribute to development in Asia and the Pacific. The survey, the third of its kind since 2006, was carried out among 900 opinion leaders in 31 member countries, drawn from a broad cross section of stakeholders in government, media, civil society, academia, the private sector, and development partners.
July 2013

Climate-Related Disasters in Asia and the Pacific

This paper considers three main disaster risk factors behind the increased frequency of intense natural disasters—rising population exposure, greater population vulnerability, and increasing climate-related hazards.
June 2013

e-Quarterly Research Bulletin - Volume 4, Number 2

In this issue of e-Quarterly Research Bulletin: Are Government-linked Corporations Crowding Out Private Investment in Malaysia?; The Service Sector in Lower-income Asian Economies; and Sovereign Risk, Elections, and Contagion.
July 2013

Determinants of Urbanization

In light of the United Nation’s latest urbanization projections, particularly with respect to the People’s Republic of China and India, a good understanding is needed of what drives aggregate urbanization trends. Taking advantage of the latest UN World Urbanization Prospects, we use an instrumental variables approach to identify and analyze key urbanization determinants.
July 2013

Determinants of Financial Stress in Emerging Market Economies

This study finds that financial shocks originating from both advanced and emerging economies exert significant influence on domestic financial stress of emerging market economies using a financial stress index (FSI), with regional relative to non-regional financial shocks having a greater impact on domestic financial stress in the case of emerging Asia.
July 2013

Asian Development Outlook 2013 Supplement: Softening Growth Prospects for Developing Asia

Although advanced economies have largely met expectations so far in 2013, developing Asia has not achieved the momentum envisaged in the Asian Development Outlook. This Supplement trims 0.3 percentage points from the region’s growth forecasts, to 6.3% in 2013 and 6.4% in 2014.
July 2013

История в рассказах: Гендер и вода в Узбекистане

This brochure shows how ADB’s water supply and sanitation projects, narrated by project beneficiaries, are addressing gender issues related to water supply and sanitation.
July 2013

Corporate Planning in the Public Sector: A Guide for Pacific Policy Makers

This policy brief discusses ADB's support for corporate planning reforms in Pacific developing member countries.
July 2013

Gender Equality and Food Security—Women’s Empowerment as a Tool against Hunger

The report shows that while equality of treatment between women and men and food security are mutually supportive, gender equality remains an elusive goal in many parts of Asia and the Pacific.
July 2013

Development Imperatives for the Asian Century

Despite Asia’s remarkable economic success in the last half century, income inequality has worsened substantially and the region has become the world’s leading emitter of greenhouse gases. Should Asia simply continue on its established growth path? How can Asian governments pursue growth strategies that are socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable?