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Building the Evidence Base on Urban Transport Interim Results from ADB-supported Impact Evaluations in Lahore, Pakistan

23 April 2018
The poor have limited access to cars and public transport. The case is true in Pakistan, especially for women who are more restrained because of social norms and safety concerns. In this presentation, Duke University’s Kate Vyborny shares the results of an impact evaluation of mass transit on…

Care Foundation: Changing Lives through Education

12 December 2017
Pakistan has the second largest population of out-of-school children in the world. As a pioneer of public and private school partnerships, CARE Foundation contributes to resolving Pakistan’s education crisis by endeavoring to provide quality marketable education to all through its Government School…

Synergy of Poverty Reduction and Environmental Protection: UN Case Studies and Lessons Learned

9 December 2017
What key lessons can the UN offer to solve the poverty-environment issues of the People’s Republic of China? Green development and poverty reduction—these are important itineraries common in both the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the People’s Republic of China’s national…

Opportunities and Challenges of Eco-compensation in the People’s Republic of China

8 December 2017
Eco-compensation has developed rapidly in the People’s Republic of China, with eco-compensation mechanisms being integrated into ecological civilization reforms and poverty reduction programs. At least 20 provinces have already issued their respective provincial policy paper on the implementation…

Eco-compensation in Chongqing Municipality: Experiences and Future Priorities

25 November 2016
Ye Chengli, deputy director of the Economic Cooperation Division of the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, briefly presented the relevant work on ecological compensation in Chongqing Municipality. Chongqing implemented the development strategy of establishing five functional…

Market Based Eco-Compensation Mechanism for Forest Carbon Sink

25 November 2016
In the PRC, around 90% of climate change-sensitive areas are found in poverty-stricken regions. Reducing poverty through market mechanism is crucial to poverty-relief programs and to coping with the climate change challenge. ADB’s technical assistance project for the “Market-based Eco-compensation…

Toward a National Eco-compensation Regulation in the People’s Republic of China

24 November 2016
National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Deputy Director General Xiao Weiming and ADB East Asia Department Director General Ayumi Konishi opened the event and also launched the publication, Toward a National Eco-compensation Regulation in the PRC.…

Setting the Social and Environmental Agenda in China: Why is it Important?

24 November 2016
Prof. Zuo Ting of the China Agricultural University and the China Center for Poverty Reduction and Development discussed three main topics: (i) the general situation of poverty in the PRC; (ii) poverty incidence in poverty-stricken areas and environmental sensitive areas; and (iii) eco-protection…

Punjab Community Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project

1 January 2016
Are drinking water and better toilets finally available in Punjab? Learn how ADB has been working on bringing these services to one of Pakistan's poorest provinces. Large-scale development projects, particularly infrastructure, have long life cycles from conceptualization to design and development…