Project Results and Case Studies

Kolkata Municipality, with a population of 4.5 million people, is the most densely populated inner core area of the Kolkata Metropolitan Area. The project aimed to enhance the quality of life of the people of Kolkata Municipality by improving the urban environment and providing equitable access to municipal services, especially by the poor.

Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project II (RIIP-II) aims to contribute to poverty reduction by expanding the economic opportunities of the rural poor in Bangladesh. 

ADB assists the government and civil society in reforming the primary vocational education (PVE) system and increasing training opportunities for adults and out of school youth in the Kyrgyz Republic. 

Postsecondary education and skills training programs are helping to put Maldivians back in control of their own future.

The 2005 earthquake in Pakistan created thousands of widows who had to quickly learn to provide for their family and community. ADB's assistance programs included special provisions to help women, especially widows and other heads of household, who suddenly found themselves thrust into new roles of responsibility.

Technology that can turn animal waste into gas is changing daily life for the better in rural PRC.

Waste management and housing assistance make life more livable in the townships and slums outside Bangalore, India's information technology (IT) hub.

An ADB-financed health project in Mongolia has helped halve the maternal mortality rate and substantially reduce infant and child mortality, improving the lives of Mongolian women.

An integrated, participatory rural development project improves incomes and delivers critical infrastructure and training to women and members of ethnic minority communities in remote upland areas.

An infrastructure project in Nepal gives women a chance to earn much needed cash incomes by offering job opportunities usually considered 'men's work.'