ADB’s strategic objective and priorities. The CPS has four strategic pillars: (i) accelerate competitiveness and economic diversification; (ii) strengthen human capital and lifelong learning; (iii) foster green, sustainable, and inclusive development; and (iv) improve governance. The CPS will deliver on these priorities by (i) offering policy advice; (ii) supporting reforms; (iii) strengthening ...

Urbanization and industrialization draw people from rural areas to migrate to cities in search of a better standard of living. In fast-developing countries like India, the large flow of migrants to major cities puts much pressure on city infrastructure especially on the water supply and sanitation system and particularly on sanitation infrastructure such as the wastewater collection network, treatment ...

The Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors is an opportunity to provide guidance on the administrative, financial, and operational directions of ADB. The meetings provide opportunities for member governments to interact with ADB staff; nongovernment organizations; media; and representatives of observer countries, international organizations, academe, and the private ...

Georgia is geographically located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Its overall development strategy—Freedom, Rapid Development, Prosperity: Government Platform 2016–20201 (hereafter, “Government Program 2016–2020”)—recognizes this unique spatial advantage and calls for the country’s closer market integration with the rest of the world, including the European Union (EU). However, Georgia has not ...

ADB’s strategic objectives and priorities. The Nepal country partnership strategy (CPS), 2020–2024 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has three objectives: (i) improved infrastructure for private sector-led growth, (ii) improved access to devolved services, and (iii) environmental sustainability and resilience. ADB will support renewable energy, road and air transport, logistics, and trade facilitation ...

ADB strategic objectives and priorities. The strategic objectives of the country partnership strategy (CPS), 2019–2023 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are to foster economic diversification and reduce spatial and social disparities. The CPS will focus on three strategic priorities: (i) dynamic economic reforms to foster a resilient and diversified economy, (ii) improved connectivity to provide ...

ADB strategic objectives and priorities. The country partnership strategy (CPS) will foster diversified growth and wider inclusiveness with sovereign and nonsovereign financing for (i) priority infrastructure investments in transport, energy, and urban development; (ii) knowledge and policy-based assistance and investments for service delivery reforms in education, health, and financial services; ...

The proposed Asian Development Bank (ADB) country partnership strategy (CPS) for Indonesia, 2020–2024 aims to support inclusive, competitive, and sustainable development. It is geared toward helping Indonesia emerge stronger from the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on three strategic pathways: (i) improving well-being—by strengthening the health care system, expanding social protection, advancing ...

The economic spillover effect relates to ancillary benefits from development projects beyond their intrinsic values. For citywide fecal sludge management (FSM) projects, such benefits could be increased property values and tax revenues as the environmental health of the city improves over time. Other potential ancillary benefits include (i) increased tourism as the water quality of bays, beaches, ...

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