Small Idea, Big Results: Private Sector Right-skilling the Workforce

An online learning start-up that prepares people to get a job in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry proves that with focus and creativity the private sector can help bridge the jobs-skills gap for workers. Read More

12 Things to Know in 2012: Green Justice in Asia and the Pacific

The judiciary plays a key role in promoting sustainable development in Asia by upholding environmental laws. Read More

Practical Guide to Capacity Development in a Sector Context

The Practical Guide to Capacity Development in a Sector Context provides ADB staff and other development practitioners with a set of tools and instruments that can be used to facilitate capacity development processes. Read More

Can Skill Diversification Improve Welfare in Rural Areas?

This paper investigates the short-term effects and determinants of participation in a vocational skills training program in Bhutan intended to diversify incomes outside of agriculture. Read More

A Growing Priority

Capacity development is a high priority for ADB, which has long supported the growing international consensus that the capacity of countries to manage their own affairs is vital to public sector performance and sustainable development.

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FAST FACTS

$1.12 billion(2007-2010)
ADB technical assistance projects classified under capacity development

65% (2007-2010)
share of total technical assistance projects

News

17 May 2012
ADB Welcomes Passage of Secured Transactions Act

3 May 2012
Make the Financial Markets Work for Asia's Poor - ADB Seminar

27 Apr 2012
Assess and Adjust to Flood Risk, Reap Benefits -- ADB Report

29 Jul 2011
ADB Supports Mongolia's Push for More Relevant Higher Education

22 Jul 2011
ADB $200 Million Road Loan to Support Growth in India's Northeast

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Featured Projects

Promoting Inclusive Financial Services for the Poor in Mongolia

Community-Based Early Childhood Care and Development in Viet Nam

Reducing Child Malnutrition through Social Protection

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Publications

Apr 2013
APEC Financial Regulators Training Initiative Brochure

Dec 2012
Greater Mekong Subregion: Regional Cooperation Operations Business Plan (2013-2014)

Dec 2011
Maldives: Country Operations Business Plan (2012-2014)

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