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ADB e-Procurement Strategy

15 October 2015

Indonesia: e-Procurement Policy and Implementation Strategy

5 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

The Pay-as-You-Go Off-Grid Project in India: Addressing Energy Poverty One House at a Time

1 October 2015
Many rural villages in India are energy poor, with 289 million people lacking access to electricity while 80 million remain underserved. To quickly fill the access gap, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) initiated an equity investment that allowed customers to buy energy credits in “small packages”.…

Customizing the Sustainable Development Goals: What Will It Take?

27 August 2015
While the similarities of international development goals help provide comparisons across countries, there is a need for decentralized tracking as a result of differentiated challenges. The question is whether to localize or to customize these goals in the context of Asia and the Pacific.

Proof in: Poverty Can End. What are We Waiting for?

18 June 2015
Can we really end poverty? A model for eradicating extreme poverty developed by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee offers proof. According to the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee’s graduation model, addressing poverty reduction entails looking beyond microfinance. Extreme poverty…

Innovations for Strengthening Disaster Resilience

19 May 2015
Disasters continue to disrupt and cause significant loss of lives in the developing member countries of ADB with maximum impacts felt by the poorest members of society. Learn how ADB is addressing the challenge of disaster-related losses through partnerships and technologies.

Past and Curious: Inspiring ADB's Future

16 April 2015
ADB is a solid and well-functioning organization that does good. ADB, however, must shift its course by taking a step further to bring greater impact in the Asian region, which although is at the forefront of several important developments also faces the biggest challenges in the world.

ADB Climate Change Program Overview

26 March 2015
ADB has committed to double its annual climate financing by year 2020. This presentation discusses ADB’s approaches to climate finance mobilization and shares some examples of projects that support environmentally sustainable growth.