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- Two pressing questions that most urban development practitioners often ask are: what resources are required to address infrastructure deficits, and what can make our cities more livable?
- COVID-19 hit Mongolia's economy hard, especially micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. ADB's technical assistance project empowered MSMEs in the Ger Areas of Ulaanbaatar to build their businesses and make them more resilient to economic shocks.
- Bengaluru, capital of the southern state of Karnataka, is India’s fourth most populous and economically productive city. It is also the world’s fourth largest technology cluster.
- Infrastructure in the region of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (collectively known as ASEAN+3) will continue to be a key driver of economic development as its members work toward addressing the underinvestment in healthcare, education, and digital and social infrastructure, as exposed by the coronavirus disease pandemic.
- A $450,000 grant project awarded by ADB to LocationMind, Inc. will support the development of a poverty impact and vulnerability evaluation (PIVE) tool designed to assist policymakers, planners, and other stakeholders in disaster management and urban planning.
- This webinar will spotlight University of Waikato development economist and Asian Development Review Editor-in-Chief John Gibson, who will discuss growing evidence on the importance of secondary towns for poverty reduction.
- The Urban Resilience Trust Fund (URTF) will be a new multi-donor trust fund under the Urban Financing Partnership Facility (UFPF) to improve sustainable urban development in ADB’s developing member countries.
- The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated urban vulnerabilities that have existed for decades. ADB and its partners are working to make cities more sustainable, livable, and resilient.
- ADB has approved a $448 million investment program to support green and inclusive development of Mongolia’s aimags (provinces) and soums (subprovinces).
- Азийн Хөгжлийн Банк (АХБ) өнөөдөр Монгол Улсын аймаг, сумдын хүртээмжтэй, ногоон хөгжлийг дэмжихэд чиглэсэн 448 сая ам.долларын санхүүжилттэй хөрөнгө оруулалтын хөтөлбөр баталлаа.
- The growth rates of Bangladesh’s urban population—widely disbursed across more than 500 smaller cities and towns—have been twice the national rate for decades. Secondary towns, known as pourashavas, represent more than 40% of the total urban population.
- This working paper shows how Maldives can boost recycling to strengthen its solid waste management strategy, protect its blue ocean economy, and create green business opportunities to support its long-term sustainable growth.
- This 12-day training program for select policy makers from developing Asia and experts will examine city-wide inclusive sanitation policy and innovation challenges and opportunities in the region.
- This report presents case studies that highlight how ADB's teams are working together to design innovative urban projects across the Asia and Pacific region that leverage its value-added services and support sustainable economic growth.
- Increased spillover tax revenues should be shared with the local government and private investors.
- The project preparatory technical assistance (TA) aimed to support the preparation of the proposed multitranche financing facility (MFF) for the Delhi Water Supply Improvement Investment Program (DWSIIP) to improve the existing water supply system in the North of Delhi and enhance the institutional and financial management capacity of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).
- The expected impact of the technical assistance (TA) was improved provision of infrastructure and delivery of service in additional Indian states (previously not covered by Asian Development Bank TA projects) at state, urban local body, line ministry, and sector department levels. The outcome was improved public sector capacity to develop, implement, and monitor infrastructure public–private partnership (PPP) projects. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is less than successful.
- Mass transit infrastructure can have a wide range of development benefits—many of which are not captured in traditional cost-benefit analysis.
- Welcome speech by Ashok Lavasa, ADB Vice President for Private Sector Operations and Public-Private Partnerships, at the High-Level Workshop on "Financing Cities of Tomorrow", 16 January 2023, Maharashtra, India
- Bangladesh’s third-largest city, Khulna, is home to an estimated 1.5 million people. More than a thousand slums proliferate on the outskirts of the coastal city, beyond the reach of reliable public utility service, including supply of safe, drinking water.