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Health Sector Development In Bhutan: Improving Disease Detection
The Health Sector Development Program, supported by the ADF facility and additional ADF grant funding for a total of $20 million, is improving primary health care delivery and information systems in Bhutan.
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Climate Change and Disasters: Protecting Townships in Bhutan
A major focus of the Phuentsholing Township Development Project is to provide a safer space in which the town can grow by helping develop a new urban center with raised ground levels in an area sheltered by the embankments.
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How SOE Reform Has Transformed Timor-Leste's First Commercial Bank
BNCTL has come a long way since it began its gradual journey transforming into Timor-Leste’s first commercial bank with help from ADB and the Government of Australia.
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The Pacific Islands: Connecting Countries to Each Other and the World
Connectivity in the Pacific has two components: the physical and the digital. ADB has been working with development partners to help people and businesses overcome their isolation.
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The Pacific Islands: The Push for Renewable Energy
A structural shift is taking place in the Pacific islands, as countries move away from fossil fuels in favor of more climate friendly forms of energy.
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Using Output-Based Aid to Increase Access to Domestic Sanitation in Manatuto
To complement the ADB-funded District Capitals Water Supply Project, Timor-Leste’s National Directorate of Basic Sanitation proposed a PDA on designing a scheme that will use performance-based subsidies to attract donors and investors in supporting sanitation projects for low-income communities in the urban area of Manatuto, a district in the central part of the country. This design will go beyond just toilets, and instead improve sanitation using a proposed system that includes collecting both human excreta and greywater through underground pipes that lead to safe treatment and disposal away from households, thereby enhancing wastewater management and basic sanitation as well as reducing health risks due to exposure to water-borne diseases.
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Unlocking the Economic Potential of Women in the Pacific
Doing business in the Pacific is hard, but it’s a lot harder for women. Fortunately, sweeping reforms across the Pacific are creating an enabling environment for business and opening up opportunities for women.
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Making It Easier to Do Business in the Pacific
It is now easier to register a business in many Pacific island countries following a successful pilot program in the Solomon Islands.
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Bringing Power to Bhutan's Villages and Beyond
An ADB-supported project in Bhutan has brought electricity to the country’s poor and will earn revenues for the government from exporting electricity to India.
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Upcoming Hydropower Plant Already Helping Families in Bhutan
Due to become operational in mid 2014, the Dagachhu Hydropower Plant in southwestern Bhutan is already boosting incomes and providing opportunities for communities in the area.
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Bhutan Hydropower Plant to Avoid Fossil Fuel Emissions, Earn Carbon Credits
In Bhutan's Dagana District, the 126 megawatt Dagachhu Hydropower Plant is contributing to environmentally sustainable development both at home and abroad.
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Bhutan: Basic Skills Development Project and Rural Skills Development Project - 2011
The objective of the Basic Skills Development Project (BSDP) was to improve the quality and relevance of the TVET system to ensure that training is provided in the basic skills required for employment in Bhutan.
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Bhutan: Rural Electrification and Network Expansion Project: Rural Electricians Training Program - 2011
This project was ADB’s third loan-financed rural electrification project in Bhutan. The purpose of the project was to assist the government in providing electricity to 8,000 new rural consumers, as well as to hospitals, schools, and other public facilities.
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Bhutan: Road Improvement Project: Improving the Well-being of Road Workers - 2011
The goal of the Road Improvement Project (RIP) was to contribute to poverty reduction in Bhutan by providing employment opportunities to the poorest segment of the country’s population, thereby improving their quality of life.
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Bhutan: Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Sector Development Program - 2011
The goal of the Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Sector Development Program (MSMESDP)2 was to stimulate growth of the MSME sector, and overall private sector development in Bhutan.
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Helping Women through Microfinance in Timor-Leste
ADB assistance helped the Institute of Microfinance of Timor-Leste become the country's first locally owned national commercial bank.
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Promoting Vocational Training in Bhutan
Expanded vocational training fills a yawning gap in indigenous skills, so that vulnerable people can earn the expertise to keep pace with Bhutan's fast-growing economy.
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Lighting Up the Countryside in Bhutan
A broad approach to Bhutan's complex power challenges has kept people healthier, allowed children to learn better, and fueled a nascent tech boom.
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Giving Small Businesses a Boost in Bhutan
Entrepreneurialism has a vital role to play in Bhutan's economic development, and loans can increase the chance of small business success.
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Modernizing Financial Services in Bhutan
Bhutan's financial system is a fundamental building block for both the private sector and economic growth.