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9 Apr 2013
Publication

Asian Development Outlook 2013: Asia's Energy Challenge

Asian Development Outlook Video : ADB Chief Economist Changyong Rhee discusses the highlights of ADB's Asian Development Outlook 2013 and the forecast for developing Asia. ADB's Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2013 estimates that regional economic growth in the Asia Pacific region will pick...
9 Apr 2013
News

亚洲未来繁荣需仰仗能源利用的重大转变

亚洲未来繁荣需仰仗能源利用的重大转变 中国香港（2013年4月9日迅）—亚洲开发银行（亚行）最新报告称，亚洲正沿着一条危险而不可持续的能源路径前进，如果这条路径得不到重大改变，将导致环境灾难以及穷国和富国在获取能源方面的巨大差距。 Video : Developing Asia - World's Largest Energy Consumer in Two Decades 中国香港（2013年4月9日迅）—亚洲开发银行（亚行）最新报告称，...
8 Apr 2013
News

Asia's Future Prosperity Requires Major Change in Energy Use

Asia's Future Prosperity Requires Major Change in Energy Use Asia is moving along a dangerously unsustainable energy path that will result in environmental disaster and a gaping divide in energy access between rich and poor unless the region dramatically changes course, says a...
6 Mar 2013
Publication

Economics of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in South Asia: Options and Costs

South Asia is considered vulnerable to the impacts and consequences of climate change, including sea level rise, melting Himalayan glaciers, and increased frequency of typhoons. Notwithstanding these challenges, sustained and rapid economic growth is necessary for the region to achieve significant poverty reduction, uplift the economic well-being of its people, and increase its resilience to...
4 Mar 2013
News

Clean Technologies Could Cut South Asia Emissions by a Fifth by 2020 at Little Cost

Clean Technologies Could Cut South Asia Emissions by a Fifth by 2020 at Little Cost Five countries of South Asia – Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka - could slash greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth by 2020 at little long-term cost by introducing a variety of...
26 Dec 2012
Institutional Document

South Asia: Regional Cooperation Operations Business Plan (2013-2015)

The regional cooperation operations business plan (RCOBP), 2013–2015 for South Asia updates the RCOBP, 2012–2014 and is the second RCOBP under the regional cooperation strategy (RCS), 2011–2015. The proposed regional operations for 2013–2015 are consistent with the priorities of the RCS. In 2013–2015, operations will continue to focus on (i) improving regional connectivity, (ii) boosting cross-...
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Bhutan: Rural Electrification and Network Expansion Project: Rural Electricians Training Program - 2011

Background The Rural Electrification and Network Expansion (RENE) Project was ADB’s third loan-financed rural electrification project in Bhutan. The purpose of the project was to assist the government in providing electricity to 8,000 new rural consumers, as well as to hospitals, schools, and other public facilities. When completed, half the government’s target of electrifying an...
16 Oct 2012
News

ADB to Open Bhutan Office in Early 2013

ADB to Open Bhutan Office in Early 2013 ADB will open an office in the South Asian nation of Bhutan in early 2013 to more efficiently manage a growing portfolio focusing on transport, energy and urban development. MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian...
27 Sep 2012
Institutional Document

Bhutan: Interim Country Partnership Strategy (2012-2013)

The Interim Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), 2012–2013 for Bhutan is consistent with Strategy 2020, and will continue the overarching goal of the CPS, 2006–2010 that is poverty reduction through economic diversification. It will extend the validity of the CPS, 2006–2010 and its strategic approach to guide ADB operations for the remainder of the 10th plan for the country...
11 Apr 2013
Video

Asian Development Outlook 2013 Official Launch

ADB Chief Economist, Changyong Rhee, presents the Asian Development Outlook 2013 to representatives of the international media gathered at Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club. asia pacific...