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Presentation: Disinfection and Waste Management in the ETU

6 April 2020
A lecture on disinfection and waste management in the ETU to prepare healthcare workers to work in Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs) in Africa.

Urban Governance, Gender, and Markets

26 April 2018
Both urban governance and urban markets, and the relation between the two have important gender dimensions. Urban Governance refers to the general manner in which a city is governed. It includes both the formal structures of urban government and administration and the practises of exercising…

Design, Build and Operate (DBO) of a 24 MLD Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plant at Thalaiyadi, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka

7 December 2017
Design, Build and Operate (DBO) of a 24 MLD Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plant at Thalaiyadi, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka

Design, Build and Operate (DBO) of a 24 MLD Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plant at Thalaiyadi, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka

7 December 2017
This document shares the lessons learned in the Design, Build and Operate (DBO) project of a 24 MLD Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plant at Thalaiyadi, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It also shares risk mitigation strategies that can facilitate project implementation.

Using ICT for Development to Engage Stakeholders

31 July 2017
Building ways to provide feedback when crowdsourcing data can lead to improvements in underlying applications or surveys; stakeholders are shifted from just users of information to creators of relevant content and technology. This report, through selected case presentations, shares key findings on…

Social Marketing and Behavior Change for Environmental Protection

10 November 2016
By following a set of customized sequential actions, Rare integrates behavior change communication early in its project design. This report discusses in detail Rare’s behavioral change approaches and the elements of its “pride” campaign that resulted in effective behavior adoption.

SRI: Comparative Analysis of Sri Lanka’sLegal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement: Indigenous Peoples

31 October 2016
The term Indigenous Peoples is used in a generic sense to refer to a distinct, vulnerable, social and cultural group possessing the following characteristics in varying degrees: (i) self-identification as members of a distinct indigenous cultural group and recognition of this identity by others; (…

A Regional Gender Assessment of Energy Policies and Programmes in South Asia

10 April 2016
The Asian Development Bank implemented a project that aimed to increase rural poor women’s access to affordable, reliable, and clean renewable energy sources and technologies in its three developing member countries in South Asia: Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. This report presents the findings of…

Improving Gender Inclusive Access to Clean and Renewable Energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka

10 April 2016
Energy is a critical factor in any poverty reduction strategy. It is also essential for generating production, income, and employment. The Asian Development Bank rolled out a project in three of its developing member countries in South Asia—Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka—to help increase rural poor…

Exploring Factors that Enhance and Restrict Women’s Empowerment through Electrification: Scoping Study Report

30 March 2016
This report examines how policy and practice may enhance women’s empowerment though electrification in rural areas in the South. It presents the results of a desk study in which empirical literature on women’s empowerment from electrification and international initiatives and national electricity…