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Lower Mekong Workforce Skills Gap Analysis and Implications for Regional Growth.
This report, commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Education Data for Decision Making (EdData) II Program, focuses on ways...
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Asian Development Outlook 2015: Financing Asia's Future Growth
To achieve the steady growth envisaged in this report, policy makers in developing Asia need to be vigilant of potential risks. Risks to Asia’s growth prospects could come from...
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Asia-Pacific Aspirations: Perspectives for a Post-2015 Development Agenda
The Asia-Pacific region as a whole has had considerable success with the MDGs, particularly in reducing levels of poverty. Nevertheless, the region is off track when it comes to...
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The World's Cities in 2016: Data Booklet
This data booklet highlights current and future trajectories of populations in cities around the globe, drawing on population estimates and projections published in World...
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Urban Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion
This publication on urban development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)—a first of its kind—reflects recognition of the greater potential roles of urban development,...
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Women in the Workforce: An Unmet Potential in Asia and the Pacific
This report shows that the low labor force participation of women is intimately related to how they allocate time between market and nonmarket activities. Indeed, in deciding...
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Making SDGs Work for Climate Change Hotspots
The impacts of climate change on people's livelihoods have been widely documented. It is expected that climate and environmental change will hamper poverty reduction, or even...
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Joint Statement of the Implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production in ASEAN
Statement of the Ministers of Environment of the ASEAN member countries on implementing sustainable consumption and production.
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ABC of SCP: Clarifying Concepts on Sustainable Consumption and Production
This publication “ABC of SCP” aims to clarify the main terms and concepts related to sustainable consumption and production, and other terms associated with sustainable...
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Measurement to Assess the Effectiveness of System-level and SDG Investing
The report examines how investors can chart a course to assess system-level issues (like those contained in the SDGs) appropriate for their specific situation, and then...
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Documenting Customary Tenure in Myanmar: a guidebook
Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG)'s first edition guidebook to customary tenure in Myanmar provides conceptual, legal and practical tools and resources to help civil society...
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Mekong-India Economic Corridor (Concept Paper)
The Mekong-India Economic Corridor (MIEC) involves integrating the four Greater Mekong Countries viz. Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam (here-in after referred as Mekong...
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Promoting Sustainable Development Through Disaster Risk Management
Despite considerable advances in disaster risk management (DRM) understanding and know-how over the past few decades, there has been no evidence of a long-term decline in loss...
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Greeen Solutions For Livable Cities
This publication is authored by a multidisciplinary technical assistance team of experts. It shares solutions emerging from the GrEEEn Cities Initiative of the Asian Development...
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Asian Development Bank Member Fact Sheet: Myanmar
ADB supports Myanmar in promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, with focus on infrastructure, education and training, and agriculture and rural development.
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Disaster Risk in Asia and the Pacific Assessment, Management and Finance
Globalization and technology deepen value chains and production networks to the great benefit of producers and consumers—both domestic and foreign. But it also means that, above...
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2015 Clean Energy Investments Project Summaries
While ADB’s renewable energy investments were slightly under a billion dollars in 2015, the overall renewable energy market is healthier than ever. Bloomberg New Energy Finance,...
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Nature-Based Solutions For Building Resilience in Towns and Cities
This publication summarizes the rich seven-volume “Resource Kit on Building Resilience and Sustainability in Mekong Towns.” It includes the principles of green infrastructure...
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Environmental Issues, Climate Changes, And Energy Security in Developing Asia
Four environmental dimensions of energy security—climate change, air pollution, water availability and quality, and land-use change—and the environmental impact of 13 energy...
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Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems Applications in ADB Projects
To promote more effective applications in the field of sustainable development, sharing best practices is very important. This report provides an overview of the space...