Social Development and Poverty: Project Results and Case Studies
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Viet Nam: A Dream Fulfilled in the Remote Mountains
A partnership between Viet Nam and ADB is helping the country’s poorest children get into school and stay until graduation. -
Bangladesh: Throwing a Lifeline to Small Businesses
A partnership between Bangladesh and ADB provided loans to rural and women-owned businesses that struggled to access the credit needed to expand their operations. -
Livelihood Support for the Poorest of the Poor in the Philippines
On the island of Samar, some of the most impoverished communities in the Philippines are getting cash grants through an ADB-supported livelihood program to meet their basic needs. -
Cash Transfer Gives Poor Children in the Philippines Chance of a Good Education
In the Philippine island of Bohol, cash grants from an ADB-supported project are helping the Ewican family support their children through school, and learn how to be more responsible citizens who are aware of their rights and those of others. -
Urban Health Project Reaches Out to Dhaka’s Poor
A maternity clinic run under a public-private partnership provides a model for delivering primary health care to the urban poor in Bangladesh. -
Food Stamp Program Focuses Aid on Poorest Families in Mongolia
Mongolia is now better able to identify and assist the poorest people in the country. -
Linking Vocational Education to Better Jobs in Indonesia
An ADB-supported project in Indonesia is helping people get the skills needed to find well-paying jobs. -
Tajikistan Flooding and Disaster Preparedness
Tajikistan’s mountainous terrain and climatic extremes mean flooding is common but flood prevention infrastructure is helping provide a more secure base for rural livelihoods. -
Viet Nam's Song Bung 4 Hydropower: Health Care and Education
A hydropower energy project in Central Viet Nam has disrupted the lives of an isolated ethnic minority, but offers better health care and educational opportunities for a bright future. -
Viet Nam's Song Bung 4 Hydropower: Impact on Women
Though the Song Bung 4 hydropower dam and energy project relocated Co Tu minority in Viet Nam’s central region, it also offered new income opportunities and empowered local women.