The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has achieved remarkable growth and development sinceThe People's Republic of China (PRC) has achieved remarkable growth and development since initiating economic reforms in 1979. Sustained growth has fuelled unprecedented poverty reduction, with hundreds of millions of people lifted out of poverty in the past 30 years. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is proud ...

Universal access to safe, reliable eenergy is a necessary condition for providing the poor with safe water and sanitation, for maintaining adequate standards of living, and for achieiving any of the Millennium Development Goals. The Asian Development Bank recognizes the importance of electricity and water access for the poor and has committed to providing such access by establishing the Energy for ...

"The private sector contributes to economic development by generating jobs and incomes, as well as through investments, new technologies, knowledge transfer, and enhanced productivity. This is particularly true in Asia and the Pacific, where much of the recent success in reducing poverty has been due to robust economic growth stimulated by the private sector. The development challenges and investment ...

This Annual Report covers the period January to December 2013 and presents the performance for the year against the annual work program and the cumulative performance as of 31 December 2013 measured against its revised Design and Monitoring Framework. Established on 29 November 2006, the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF) aims to provide additional financial and knowledge resources from ...

These Guidelines for Implementing ADB’s Second Governance and Anti-corruption Action Plan (referred to as ‘The Guidelines’) are intended to provide guidance to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) staff on the implementation of ADB’s Second Governance and Anti-corruption Action Plan (GACAP II). The overall aim of GACAP II is to improve ADB’s performance in helping strengthen national governance systems ...

Private sector investment is widely recognized as the engine of economic growth. The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) long-term strategic framework 2008-2020 (Strategy 2020) identifies private sector development and private sector operations as one of five drivers of change to pursue its vision and agenda. ADB's private sector operations aim to promote broad-based and inclusive growth in Asia and the ...

"This fourth annual progress report of the Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI) documents the second phase of PSDI, which the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved in December 2009. PSDI is a regional technical assistance facility cofinanced by the Australian Agency for International Development. It is designed to support efforts by ADB Pacific developing ...

As of 30 June 2010, the total ADB investment projects and number of beneficiaries leveraged by the Facility stand at $4.1 billion and 47 million people, respectively. This semiannual progress report covers the period January to June 2010 and presents the performance of the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF) for the year against the annual work program and the cumulative performance as of ...

The 2009 approved allocations are contributing about $560 million in ADB water investments bringing to $3.3 billion the estimated cumulative investments as of end 2009 that the Water Financing Partnership Facility is able to leverage. This Annual Report covers the period January to December 2009 and presents the performance of the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF) for the year against the ...

This Annual Report covers the period January to December 2011 and presents the performance of the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF) for the year against the annual work program and the cumulative performance as of 31 December 2011 measured against its Design and Monitoring Framework (DMF).