Water
Infrastructure for Irrigation
Life begins with clean water and access to this most precious commodity is more important than ever to the billions of people across Asia and the Pacific. Quality infrastructure can bring lasting relief to struggling communities as this page shows.
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Management of Water Resources-- Self study about the sustainability of water resources, and the fundamentals of water supply and sanitation, water governance, and climate proofing.
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Measuring Water Use with Remote Sensing
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-05-30)
Remote sensing technology is a powerful tool that revolutionizes understanding of basin water resources. Water accounting—knowing how much water is available and who is using how much—is critical at a time when Asia is facing increasing water insecurity. ...
Water Management through the Lenses of Gender, Ethnicity and Class: A Comparative Case Study of Upstream and Downstream Sites on the Mekong River in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2017-02-03)
Issues related to water resources upstream (Tan Ho Co commune) and downstream (Dai An commune) of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam were studied. The role of gender, ethnicity and class in water management was ascertained. Social qualitative research, using ...
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Realizing the Potential of Public–Private Partnerships to Advance Asia’s Infrastructure Development
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-01-15)This publication highlights how public–private partnerships (PPPs) can be effective to meet Asia’s growing infrastructure needs. It shows how governments and their development partners can use PPPs to promote more inclusive and sustainable growth. The ... -
The Belt and Road Initiative in Malaysia: Case of the Kuantan Port
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2019-01-15)This article examines the expansion of Kuantan port and its strategy to create additional demand for the new port’s facilities as well as key challenges in moving forward. -
India and ADB: Three Decades of Enduring Partnership
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-12-30)This publication examines how operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have improved the lives of people in India. It also looks at the challenges that ADB and India face in pursuing agreed development goals. The ADB Results Framework indicators ... -
Sustaining Harbor Operation and Maintenance in Maldives
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-12-30)In 2016, the Government of Maldives received a grant amounting to $9.69 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to construct a new passenger and cargo harbor as an expansion of the existing multipurpose harbor on Kulhudhuffushi Island. For the ... -
Creating an Enabling Environment for Public–Private Partnerships in Waste-to-Energy Projects
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-12-30)As Asia and the Pacific continues to experience rapid urbanization with high population density, there is an increasing need to better manage municipal solid waste (MSW). One solution is to convert the waste to energy to reduce waste volume and minimize ... -
Pacific Transport Update 2018
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-12-30)This publication provides an update of transport projects and assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the Pacific as of 2018. ADB continues to assist in the development of the transport sector in 14 Pacific countries through technical assistance, ... -
Investment in Research and Development for Basmati Rice in Pakistan: Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Division, Central and West Asia Department
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-12-30)This paper presents the argument that Pakistan needs to increase its investments in agriculture research and development. It identifies strategies to show how a Basmati rice development program can achieve sustainable funding and effective oversight ... -
Strategic Environmental Assessments for Power Sector Planning in the Greater Mekong Subregion
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-12-15)Since 2006, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been providing technical assistance through the GMS Core Environment Program (CEP) to help mainstream the use of SEAs in the GMS countries, including for power development planning. This publication ... -
NSC Highlights - # 11
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2018-12-15)NSC Highlights is our quarterly newsletter to showcase the vast array of work by our scholars from a variety of disciplines such as history, art history, linguistics and archaeology. This variety of disciplines attests to the NSC’s broad mission. ... -
Institutional Mechanisms for Sustainable Sanitation: Learning from Successful Case Studies
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-12-15)Even though access to improved sanitation facilities has improved, progress in access to safely managed sanitation services is still slow. Globally, 4.5 billion people still lack access to safely managed sanitation (UNICEF and WHO 2017). Such inappropriate ...