ADB Forum - Volume 14 no.1

Marcia R. Samson

ADB Forum - Volume 14 no.1

Samson, Marcia R. | March 2006

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ADB Forum is the staff magazine of the Asian Development Bank. Opinions expressed in Bank Forum do not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. There’s so much to learn and share. We hope that you will find every issue of the Forum informative and enjoyable. Noteworthy events of the past few months of interest to all staff are also featured in this issue.

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Samson, Marcia R.. 2006. ADB Forum - Volume 14 no.1. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/4970. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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The Asia and Paciﬁc region has recorded remarkable achievements in growth and poverty reduction in recent decades. From 1990 to 2010, the average annual growth rate of the gross domestic product (GDP) for developing Asia reached 7.0% in terms of 2005 ...

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