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Features
17 Apr 2013
Though the Song Bung 4 hydropower dam and energy project relocated Co Tu minority in Viet Nam’s central region, it also offered new income opportunities and empowered local women.
17 Apr 2013
While the Song Bung 4 Hydropower project disrupted the lifestyle of the Co Tu ethnic group in central Viet Nam, it also became an opportunity for its members, especially women and children, to gain better education, health care, and improve their income opportunities.
15 Apr 2013
An urban water and sewerage system project in the Indian state of Karnataka is improving people’s health and making cities like Mangalore more livable.
27 Mar 2013
Three women share how their lives have been changed as beneficiaries of and contributors to the success of development projects aimed at the most vulnerable in society.
18 Mar 2013
Community-based associations that put Indian farmers in control of water for irrigation—the heart of their livelihoods—nearly foundered until an ADB-supported project stepped in, engaging farming families.
8 Mar 2013
In the month of March, ADB celebrates women's contribution to family, community and national life throughout the Asia and the Pacific region.
8 Mar 2013
A community-based early childhood development project has helped improve women's and children's health in rural communities of the Kyrgyz Republic.
8 Mar 2013
For many poor girls and their families in rural and remote areas of Nepal, a secondary education support project has put them on the right path to realizing their "dreams of a better future".
8 Mar 2013
Bringing potable water and better sanitation to rural communities in Uzbekistan improves people's lives and empowers women to take charge of their lives.
14 Feb 2013
Empowering women in South Asia can help address the twin issues of gender and urban poverty, say ADB's senior social development specialist Francesco Tornieri and urban development specialist Ron Slangen.