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- This online workshop for select policy makers from Asia and the Pacific aims to convey messages on best practices and innovative approaches for long term financing of the water and sanitation sector, using PPP model in a local context.
- ADB and Lhoopa, Inc. have signed a loan agreement of up to $20 million to help deliver affordable housing for average-income earners in the Philippines, improving their quality of life and reducing the country’s housing shortage.
- The technical assistance (TA) aimed to provide knowledge and technical support among development member countries (DMCs) on how to integrate climate-resilient, low-carbon urban development objectives in their respective city planning to support their country’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This will be demonstrated in two selected DMC cities.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED's overall assessment is successful.
- ADB is working extensively with the Government of Mongolia and the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar to respond to the urgent demand for basic urban services and infrastructure in the congested capital city.
- The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to strengthen green urban planning for aimag (provincial) centers in Mongolia by delivering the following outputs (i) review of good practices for green urban planning, (ii) update of green urban planning process, and (iii) preparation and dissemination of green urban plans. The TA addressed the need for updates of the planning system, codes, and regulations, which were last updated in 2004 and no longer aligned with the government’s development strategy.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
- Municipal waste (or solid waste) production in the Philippines has significantly increased due to rapid urbanization and increasing concentration of people and business activities.
- The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to enhance low-carbon development and climate resilience in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The TA was expected to define a municipal climate finance development strategy and an urban climate finance roadmap for selected pilot cities to support municipal governments in undertaking climate-positive investments and unlock new climate financing sources.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is successful.
- A proposed 4-day study tour will showcase these mechanisms, offering international exposure and talent development opportunities for universities.
- The program was intended to enable a longer-term horizon to implement politically sensitive reforms including developing an appropriate regulatory environment and cost-based tariffs for wastewater operations (WWO). The program’s envisaged outcome was Palau Public Utilities Corporation's (PPUC’s) financial sustainability improved.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the program. IED overall assessment: Successful.
- ADB and the Government of Indonesia launched the Nusantara Sustainable Development Goals Voluntary Local Review Baseline today at the 11th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development. The report, which ADB helped to prepare, will contribute to efforts by the Nusantara Capital Authority to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into all aspects of the city’s development.
- The technical assistance (TA) aimed to strengthen the design and implementation of integrated flood risk management (IFRM) solutions and enhance knowledge and application of IFRM strategies in ADB developing member countries (DMCs). The TA aimed to provide targeted support to selected DMCs in program and project preparation in flood risk management and climate change adaptation and promote more holistic, basin-scale IFRM solutions that incorporate nonstructural and nature-based solutions (NBSs).This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
- The objective of the technical assistance (TA) project was to design, pilot, set up, and operationalize the ADB Ventures Facility—a multi-donor trust fund that would deploy and scale technologies and business models throughout the developing Asia and the Pacific in order to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is highly successful.
- The expected outcome of the technical assistance (TA) was technical, financial, and legal due diligence conducted for two to three projects for possible ADB nonsovereign lending in selected cities in India. It aimed to scale up urban infrastructure financing for economically and environmentally critical basic urban infrastructure projects in the selected cities.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is less than successful.
- In today's rapidly evolving world, data has become the fuel driving innovation and decision-making. Nowhere is this more evident than in the field of geospatial information, where the integration of diverse datasets has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of our surroundings.
- This online workshop for policy makers from Asia and the Pacific aims to convey the key messages from the edited volume and share knowledge on best practices and innovative approaches for developing resilience in urban infrastructure in Asia.
- In the past decades, urbanization has been one of the critical drivers of economic development and has lifted millions of populations out of poverty in the People’s Republic China (PRC).
- The Government of Mongolia and ADB signed loan and grant agreements totaling $168.2 million for the first tranche of an investment program to support green and inclusive development of Mongolia’s aimags (provinces) and soums (subprovinces).
- The objective of this knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) was to develop and improve climate change policies, institutional arrangements, and governance in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This would be achieved by (i) planning climate-proofing and resilient adaptation for existing urban areas; (ii) planning climate-resilient new urban areas, which integrates land use, transport, and green open space using an ecosystem-based adaptation approach; and (iii) improving city-level early warning systems.
- The program aimed to facilitate policy reforms in Bangladesh to help strengthen institutional arrangements and governance and improve sustainability of investments for the delivery of essential urban services in the city corporations and the municipalities. The outcome was the establishment of sustainable public and environmental health services in seven city corporations.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the program. IED overall assessment: Less than successful.
- In the Asia and Pacific region, accessing clean water and sanitation is a constant challenge for residents of informal settlements. Informal service providers, or intermediaries, have emerged in response to this significant essential service gap.