Project Results and Case Studies

This Pilot and Demonstration Activities (PDA) identified and selected appropriate domestic and industrial wastewater collection and treatment system and implemented a pilot wastewater treatment plant project.

Sudhamnagar residents made the big leap from defecating in the open until 2007 to having household latrines in 2009, proving that once people understand what they are missing, they will find ways to get it.

By teaching children proper hygiene practices, a teacher educates and improves the health of poor river communities.

This follow-up Pilot and Demonstration Activities (PDA) will refine the management, operation and maintenance (O&M) system, and financing mechanisms already set up through the earlier PDA, which identified and selected appropriate domestic and industrial wastewater collection and treatment system and implemented a pilot wastewater treatment plant project.

This Pilot and Demonstration Activities (PDA) tested the Kanchan Arsenic Filter as a suitable and viable arsenic mitigation solution in rural areas.

The legal system in Pakistan is changing, thanks to an ADB-supported program that makes it easier for poor people, especially poor women, to access justice.

Indonesia's US$250 million road rehabilitation project built a bridge that connected east and west Yogyakarta, boosted trade, and preserved local culture.

An improved east-west corridor spreads wealth from the capital, Baku, through the countryside, as Azerbaijan develops its fledgling non-oil industrial base.

Tata Power is using wind to reduce India's electricity shortages and, with ADB support, is becoming a major player in clean, renewable energy.

In Lao PDR, a hydroelectric project builds dams that address environmental and social problems and steer revenue toward the country's poorest people.