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Climate Finance in the Energy Sector

27 June 2017
ADB remains committed to scale up its climate financing to US$6 billion by 2020. Half of the US$6 billion will be in the Energy Sector, largely renewables and energy efficiency. This target requires a robust, consistent, and sound methodology for counting climate finance, which is discussed in this…

Climate Finance Tracking: Joint Multilateral Development Bank Approach

27 June 2017
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) recognize the need to work together to avert the danger of climate change by mobilizing public, private, bilateral, multilateral, and alternative finance sources. In 2012, MDBs worked together to develop methodologies for tracking their mitigation and…

Bringing Finance and Planning Together to Deliver the Sustainable Development Goals Towards 2030: A Nepalese Perspective

16 June 2017
The Government of Nepal makes use of development financing contributed by the public, private, and cooperative sectors as a funding strategy to implement the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Findings of the Development Finance Assessment in Nepal show that while finance is one of the…

Investment Assessment and Application of High-Level Technology for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific

15 June 2017
High-level technology for agriculture may be the key to food security in Asia. An ADB project is studying investment options and priorities. In 2016, ADB approved the Investment Assessment and Applications of High-Level Technology for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific project to promote the use…

Investment Requirements to Achieve Food Security in Asia and the Pacific in 2030

15 June 2017
The People's Republic of China and Indonesia require more investments for high-level technology in agriculture. The International Food Price Research Institute, through an ADB project, is studying the investment requirements of the People's Republic of China and Indonesia to boost ICT use in the…

Financing for Agriculture: Role of Public-Private Partnerships

15 June 2017
Financial risks in agriculture hinder investments in the sector. Can public-private partnerships make a difference? Access to finance is critical for the growth of agriculture, but many financial institutions are reluctant to accept the risks prevalent in the sector. ADB’s Arup Chatterjee explains…

The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture

15 June 2017
Public-private-farmer partnership is crucial in promoting knowledge-intensive agriculture. A clearly conducive interphase between the private and public sector to promote knowledge-led agricultural growth is yet to emerge. There is no ideal model developed, let alone being practiced, to distribute…

Effective Partnerships for Development Results

15 June 2017
Using results-based management as its strategy, the Government of Paraguay was able to put in place responsible and sustainable public policies for achieving development. Strengthening the country’s public financial management and budgeting systems resulted to an increase in public spending…

Effective Partnerships for Development Results (Spanish)

15 June 2017
Using results-based management as its strategy, the Government of Paraguay was able to put in place responsible and sustainable public policies for achieving development. Strengthening the country’s public financial management and budgeting systems resulted to an increase in public spending…

Networking Practices of Sustainable Cities in Asia-Pacific - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

13 June 2017
Junichi Fujino shares initiatives on sustainable cities and city-to-city networking from the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).