Country Sector and Thematic Assessments

This private sector assessment for the Cook Islands identifies priority policy areas and recommends the most important, strategic steps that the government should focus on to improve the business environment.

Despite progressive reforms in a number of key areas, several barriers to productivity and growth remain for Samoa.

This country report assesses Viet Nam’s experience in reforming its power sector for insights that other Asian developing economies could find useful when pursuing their own power sector planning and policy and strategy formulation.

This country report assesses Sri Lanka’s experience in reforming its power sector for lessons and insights that other economies could find useful when pursuing their own power sector planning and policy and strategy formulation.

Timor-Leste presiza setór privadu ne'ebé buras hodi dezenvolve no diversifika ninia ekonomia. Ho polítika no programa ne'ebé promove dezenvolvimentu setór privadu, nasaun ne’e sei masimiza ninia oportunidade sira hodi jere fonte rikusoin ne'ebé sustentável no seguru.

Timor-Leste needs a vigorous private sector to grow and diversify its economy. By putting in place policies and programs that promote private sector development, the country will maximize its opportunities to generate sustainable and secure sources of wealth.

This report examines three economies in different parts of Asia—Georgia, Sri Lanka, and Viet Nam—that introduced power sector reforms in recent years to create a commercially viable and efficient power sector.

This country report on Georgia’s power sector examines reform measures and attempts to quantify their outcomes in the postreform period using a set of commonly agreed and internationally accepted indicators.

To ensure sustainable and inclusive growth, Papua New Guinea needs ongoing reform so that the benefits of future resource exports benefit the entire economy.

This sector assessment, strategy, and road map documents ADB’s current assessment of Viet Nam’s financial sector and outlines strategic investment and reform priorities of the government and ADB.