The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has sup­ported development of small-scale freshwater aquaculture in a number of countries in the region and accumulated considerable experience in inter­ventions that have as their objective poverty reduc­tion as well as increasing fish production. This special evaluation study (SES) was designed to identify and assess the major channels of effects through which ...

This study reviews the development effectiveness of the operations of the Asian Development Fund (ADF) approved during ADF VIII and ADF IX (2001-2008) and reports on progress in the first 2 years of implementing ADF X (2009-2010). It identifies key issues, and offers recommendations for strengthening ADF operations in ADB's developing member countries.

Poverty reduction was the overarching objective in the COSs of two countries (Bangladesh and Nepal), while the COSs in the other three countries focused on economic growth as the best means for reducing or pre-venting poverty (Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, and Philippines). In spite of this commitment to poverty reduction goals, none of the COSs contain comprehensive poverty reduction strategies. Two ...

Aquaculture, or fish farming, is the fastest growing animal food-producing sector in the world. In Southeast Asia, tilapia farming is a major factor in this phenomenon and has developed mainly around one species, Nile tilapia. Tilapia farming in Asia began to prosper in the 1970s and was accompanied by region-wide advances in hatchery technology and pond husbandry. Unlike in land animal farming, ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) views nutrition in the broad sense as important to national development in its developing member countries (DMCs). From 1985 to mid-2004, ADB financed 31 regional technical assistance (RETA) projects in the related fields of health, nutrition, population, and early child development. Nutrition is integral to the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on hunger and ...

This study assesses ADB’s achievement in mainstreaming the Managing for Development Results agenda within ADB, with a view to track progress, identify lessons, and make recommendations for ensuring better development effectiveness of operations in the future.

In 1988, when the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the education policy paper,1 it officially recognized, for the first time, basic education as a human right. It also acknowledged that investment in the sector should extend far beyond ADB’s traditional focus on technical-vocational and higher education. In the following decade, the region and ADB experienced enormous change. Education is now ...

An internal progress report (this Review) was provided for at the time of the reorganization’s approval, to be undertaken 1 year after its implementation. This Review examines progress in implementing the reorganization. It covers the main features of rganizational change, status of implementation, attainment of organizational changes in achieving major objectives, and issues that have emerged. An ...

The main objective of the study is to recommend ways to accelerate development of regional bond markets to increase sources of longterm investment funds for the private and public sectors. During the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the mismatch in maturity and currency was a key factor in worsening the crisis. Although the Asian region has substantially recovered, the absence of long-term sources of ...

Well functioning settlement systems are a prerequisite for efficient securities markets. To understand how regional settlement systems can be used to facilitate greater bond market transactions in the ASEAN+3 region, this report reviews existing settlement systems examines existing regional and international links between settlement systems identifies the different types of cross-border settlements ...