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20 January 2016
This presentation explains the challenges faced by modernization plans. It also discusses where to “plug the leaks" and the new management approaches that need to be undertaken in the areas of benchmarking, strategic planning, data collection, public sector involvement, and costs.
20 January 2016
This presentation makes the case for the modernization of water resources management and river basin planning, irrigation infrastructure, and the operation and management among institutions. Addressing climate change and the rapidly increasing competing uses for water are among the important…
20 January 2016
This presentation examines Asian Development Bank’s investments on irrigation in Asia and the Pacific region. In addition to performance figures, it discusses learnings gained from completed programs, and insights gathered on how best to proceed in meeting objectives.
20 January 2016
Majority of the youth have left Nepal to seek better employment opportunities in foreign countries. This video shows how the leftover population in the country are learning sustainable agriculture and conserving limited water resources and precious soil to produce tomorrow’s food.
10 January 2016
Many cities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have grappled with physical and financial challenges in managing water supply and quality primarily because they offer water at highly subsidized rates. To help address this issue, an ADB initiative sought to make water tariffs in PRC market-…
1 January 2016
Armenia, a small landlocked country in the Caucasus, requested its development partners for assistance in maintaining its extensive yet underfunded road and water network. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the only partner that responded to this call.
The challenge was to institutionalize…
1 January 2016
After years of civil war, Cambodia was transforming into a vibrant market economy. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved funding to rehabilitate 500 kilometers of rural roads in seven provinces, one of the key pieces of infrastructure for Cambodia's mostly rural population to access much needed…
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…
1 January 2016
Life for about three million people in the People’s Republic of China is about to get better with the cleanup of the Songhua River.
In 2005, toxic chemicals spilled into the Songhua River from a petrochemical plant in Jilin Province, which also affected the adjacent Heilongjiang province. The river…
9 December 2015
Political and economic reforms have promoted recent development of the telecommunication infrastructure in Myanmar. ADB viewed the Nationwide Telecommunications project as an opportunity to mainstream gender equity in private sector operations, and developed a Gender Action Plan (GAP) with Ooredoo…