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2 May 2013
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Asia's Way Forward: Improving Skills, Creating Jobs

Investing in training and practical education will stimulate and diversify the jobs market in Asia - creating the basis for an expanding middle class. asia...
11 May 2012
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Giáo dục Ngoài luồng: Học thêm và Ý nghĩa của nó đối với các Nhà hoạch định Chính sách ở châu Á

Tại tất cả các khu vực của châu Á, các hộ gia đình đang dành một khoản chi tiêu đáng kể cho học thêm. Việc học thêm có thể góp phần vào những thành tích đạt được của học sinh nhưng đồng thời nó cũng duy trì và và làm cho bất bình đẳng xã hội thêm trầm trọng, làm chuyển hướng các nguồn lực vốn được dùng cho mục đích khác và có thể góp phần vào sự không hiệu quả của các hệ thống giáo dục...
7 May 2012
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Shadow Education: Private Supplementary Tutoring and Its Implications for Policy Makers in Asia

In all parts of Asia, households devote considerable expenditures to private supplementary tutoring. This tutoring may contribute to students’ achievement, but it also maintains and exacerbates social inequalities, diverts resources from other uses, and can contribute to inefficiencies in education systems. Such tutoring is widely called shadow education, because it mimics school...
4 May 2012
News

Inclusive, Green, Knowledge-Based Growth Keys to Asia's Future

Inclusive, Green, Knowledge-Based Growth Keys to Asia's Future Growth in the Asia and Pacific region is strong, but growth alone is not enough for the region to succeed in an era of global change, ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said in his annual address to the ADB Board of...
2 May 2012
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ADB Secures More Than $12 Billion to Help Asia's Poorest

ADB Secures More Than $12 Billion to Help Asia's Poorest The funds will help improve the lives of millions of Asia's poorest through inclusive, sustainable growth. MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has secured...
31 Jul 2007
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PRC, India Lagging in Economic Well Being, Living Standards - Study

PRC, India Lagging in Economic Well Being, Living Standards - Study The People's Republic of China and India - the two economic powerhouses in developing Asia and the Pacific - are lagging in terms of economic well-being and living standards of their population, a new study...
30 Jul 2007
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South Asia Needs to Refocus on Education and Health: ADB Report

South Asia Needs to Refocus on Education and Health: ADB Report South Asian countries must meet the rapidly changing educational and health needs of their people if the region is to remain an engine of economic growth in Asia and the rest of the world, a new report by the Asian...
16 Oct 2006
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Many Asian Countries Falling Short of MDG Targets, Joint Report Says

Many Asian Countries Falling Short of MDG Targets, Joint Report Says The Asian and Pacific region as a whole is on track to achieve most of the Millennium Development Goals, but progress in many individual countries is slow and performance on some vital targets is unsatisfactory,...
16 Aug 2006
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Inequality a Major Hurdle to Education, Health MDGs, Says ADB

Inequality a Major Hurdle to Education, Health MDGs, Says ADB Many countries in Asia and the Pacific will not meet the Millennium Development Goal targets for universal primary enrollment and a two-thirds reduction in child mortality unless governments rapidly intensify efforts to...
23 Feb 2006
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ADB Grant to Support Use of Innovative ICT in Education

ADB Grant to Support Use of Innovative ICT in Education A US$1 million technical assistance grant will support the use of innovative information and communications technology in education in developing countries. MANILA, PHILIPPINES - A US$1 million...