The images in this brochure compare and contrast night sky views of Asia and the Pacific from 1992 and 2009 - a 17-year span. As modern energy powers development and economic growth, the expansion of brightly lit areas and the increased brightness of existing areas show how access to electricity has increased across Asia and the Pacific. Conversely, there are areas that remain dark, despite the fact ...

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 ...

This annual report is a financial profile of The Asian Development Bank. The Asian Development Bank is a strongly capitalized, multilateral development bank, dedicated to reducing poverty in the Asia and Pacific region through pro-poor, sustainable economic growth, inclusive social development, and good governance. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in 1966 under the Agreement ...

This annual report is a financial profile of The Asian Development Bank. The Asian Development Bank is a strongly capitalized, multilateral development bank, dedicated to reducing poverty in the Asia and Pacific region through pro-poor, sustainable economic growth, inclusive social development, and good governance. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in 1966 under the Agreement ...

This annual report is a financial profile of The Asian Development Bank. The Asian Development Bank is a strongly capitalized, multilateral development bank, dedicated to reducing poverty in the Asia and Pacific region through pro-poor, sustainable economic growth, inclusive social development, and good governance. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in 1966 under the Agreement ...

The Japan Special Fund (JSF) was established in 1988 when Japan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed to provide financial support for ADB's technical assistance program in the form of an untied grant. It aims to help ADB's developing member countries: • restructure their economies in light of the changing global environment • broaden the scope of opportunities for new investment • prepare loan ...

"The Japan Fund for Public Policy Training was established in March 2004 as a trust fund to enhance developing member countries’ capacity building for public policy management, focusing on regional economies in transition. Since its inception, the Government of Japan has contributed more than $22 million. The country director of the Asian Development Bank’s Viet Nam Resident Mission acted as the ...

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 ...