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Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption into Climate Finance

30 October 2015
Anti-corruption mainstreaming aims to reduce corruption to achieve certain goals, for instance, mitigating the impact of climate change. While mainstreaming anti-corruption into climate finance has its own set of challenges, the key is to adapt anti-corruption approaches to sector characteristics…

ADB e-Procurement Strategy

15 October 2015

e-GP in ADB Operations: Opportunities and Challenges

5 October 2015

Snapshot of e-GP Development in Asia and Pacific: ADB's e-GP Survery Results (2014)

5 October 2015

Indonesia: e-Procurement Policy and Implementation Strategy

5 October 2015

Guangdong Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Investment Program, Tranche 1: Providing Additional Power Capacity through Energy Savings

1 October 2015
Rapidly growing demand has outstripped power generation capacity in Guangdong Province in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), resulting to a host of energy security and environmental concerns. In 2008, the PRC and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) embarked on an energy efficiency program that…

Green Power Development Project: Bringing Benefits to Bhutan and Beyond

1 October 2015
The Kingdom of Bhutan is one of a few countries in Asia with large, unexploited hydropower resources. Despite the surplus power, many rural households lacked access to electricity in the early to mid-2000s. The Government of Bhutan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) turned this challenge into an…

Biomethane: The Potential of Waste-to-Fuel in Asia and the Pacific

21 September 2015
Biomethane, a purified form of biogas produced from different waste streams, is considered as compressed natural gas that can fuel transportation. In Sweden, biomethane has been used for public transport for over four decades. This presentation looks at biomethane application in other countries and…

Waste-to-fuel History and Implementation in the Republic of Korea

21 September 2015
Understanding waste-to-fuel technologies begin with becoming familiar with the different organic waste treatment such as anaerobic digestion, composting and incineration, among others. As mentioned in earlier presentations, waste-to-fuel technologies proliferated in Sweden, Germany and France. In…

Green City Development Tool Kit

18 September 2015
The Green City Development Toolkit outlines a three-step city assessment framework and provides a summary of existing tools and resources for sustainable development. Users will gain greater understanding of key issues that will assist in the preparation and design of green city development…