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Installation and Operations Manual for Maldives’ Grid-Connected Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems
This manual aims to support the implementation of grid-connected rooftop photovoltaic (PV) projects in Maldives.
Environmental Safeguard Monitoring Field Kit: Project Implementation Directorate, Nepal
This publication is designed as a field kit to help Nepal’s Kathmandu Upatayaka Khanepani Ltd. (KUKL) follow standard environmental planning, monitoring, and reporting in its work to supply water and sanitation to the Kathmandu Valley.
Guidebook for Utilities-Led Business Models: Way Forward for Rooftop Solar in India
This guidebook analyzes India’s plans to use rooftop solar power to boost its renewable energy, explains the benefits it offers, and details why new business models and market mechanisms would drive greater adoption.
Guidebook for Demand Aggregation: Way Forward for Rooftop Solar in India
This guidebook shows how India plans to meet its ambitious rooftop solar energy targets and why identifying new business models, better engaging utilities, and developing new market mechanisms will speed up its adoption.
Strengthening Oxygen Systems in Asia and the Pacific: Guidance Note
This guidance note provides a comprehensive overview of medical oxygen production, distribution, and use in Asia and the Pacific region, and explores how to improve systems over the medium and long term.
Socioeconomic Surveys for Urban Development and Water Projects: A Guidebook
This guidebook provides practical tips and resources for conducting quality socioeconomic surveys to enhance the effectiveness of urban development and water projects.
Guidance Note on State-Owned Enterprise Reform for Nonsovereign and One ADB Projects
Under Strategy 2030, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in its developing member countries (DMCs).
Inclusive Education with Differentiated Instruction for Children with Disabilities: A Guidance Note
This guidance note explains how policymakers and practitioners can more effectively integrate children with disabilities into mainstream education and give them the individualized support they need.
Road Map for Developing an Online Platform to Trade Nonperforming Loans in Asia and the Pacific
This report examines the feasibility of establishing an electronic marketplace for trading nonperforming loans (NPLs) in Asia and the Pacific and explains how this would benefit financial stability in the region.
Accelerating Gender Equality in the Renewable Energy Sector
This tip sheet aims to help private sector companies operating in the renewable energy sector to accelerate gender equality.
Applying the Asian Development Bank’s Approach to Gender Mainstreaming in Private Sector
This tip sheet provides an overview of how ADB mainstreams gender into private sector projects and the business case for advancing gender equality.
Accelerating Gender Equality in the Finance Sector
This tip sheet is designed to help private sector companies operating in the finance sector to accelerate gender equality.
Accelerating Gender Equality in the Agribusiness Sector
This tip sheet is designed to help private sector companies operating in the agribusiness sector to accelerate gender equality.