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Regional Cooperation and Integration in Asia and the Pacific: Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic and “Building Back Better”
This report explores how regional cooperation and integration (RCI) can be enhanced in Asia and the Pacific to help the region build back resiliently and sustainably from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Fostering Regional Cooperation and Integration for Recovery and Resilience: Guidance Note
This guidance note explains how wider, deeper, and more open regional cooperation and integration in Asia and the Pacific can support resilience and recovery from the pandemic.
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Lessons Learned from Compliance Reviews of the Asian Development Bank (2004–2020): Integrated Citarum Water Resources Management Investment Program–Project 1 in Indonesia
This publication focuses on learnings from ADB's compliance review of the Integrated Citarum Water Resources Management Investment Program–Project 1 in Indonesia under the 2003 Accountability Mechanism Policy.
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Asian Development Bank and Tonga: Fact Sheet
ADB’s program in Tonga includes COVID-19 assistance and improvements to health systems, transport infrastructure, climate resilience, disaster recovery, renewable energy generation, and urban development.
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Asian Development Bank and Austria: Fact Sheet
Established in 1966, ADB has committed $323.17 billion in loans toward the vision of an Asia and Pacific region free of poverty. Austria is a founding member of ADB.
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Building Resilience of the Urban Poor in Indonesia
This report identifies climate resilience solutions for urban poor in Indonesia and their enabling factors, building on national policies and programs and taking into account the priority sectors for climate-resilient development.
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A Practical Guide to Concrete Pavement Technology for Developing Countries
This practical and comprehensive guide sets out key considerations in using concrete pavement for roads.
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Fair Shared Green and Recreational Spaces—Guidelines for Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Design: Tbilisi Municipality
These guidelines recommend development features and design specifications for inclusive green space provision in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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Approaches to Eradicate Absolute Poverty in Guangdong Province, the People’s Republic of China
This paper focuses on measures adopted by Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China to eradicate absolute poverty by the end of 2020.
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Sustainable Tourism After COVID-19: Insights and Recommendations for Asia and the Pacific
This publication examines tourism in Asia and the Pacific, the impacts on it of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and how it might be reset to contribute more effectively to the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Multidimensional Evolution of Rural Development Policy in the People’s Republic of China
This report provides an overview of the evolution and profile of rural areas in the People's Republic of China, in comparison with the trends in benchmark countries.
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Contingent Valuation of Nonmarket Benefits in Project Economic Analysis: A Guide to Good Practice
This guide explains how to measure people's willingness to pay for goods and services, such as improved air quality, that are not traded in a market. It aims to help improve the assessment of potential investment projects.
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Intrahousehold Responses to Imbalanced Human Capital Subsidies: Evidence from the Philippine Conditional Cash Transfer Program
This paper looks at investments in children's health and education among participants of the Philippine conditional cash transfer program. It suggests reforms to incentivize more balanced investments in all the children of each family.
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Strengthening Predeparture Services for Labor Migrants in Tajikistan Post-COVID-19
This brief explores how Tajikistan can improve its support for migrants before they leave to work in other countries. It draws on insights from predeparture services in Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka.
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Review of Opportunities for the Pacific WASH Sector
This publication reviews the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector in the Pacific. It proposes recommendations to strengthen the sector to help address the pandemic and build long-term resilience and sustainability.
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Gender-Inclusive Legislative Framework and Laws to Strengthen Women’s Resilience to Climate Change and Disasters
This report provides guidance on how to integrate gender equality in laws and policies on climate change and disaster management in Asian Development Bank's developing member countries.