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Nepal Earthquake Rehabilitation Builds Back Better Infrastructure
ADB worked with Nepal following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 25 April 2015 and the devastating aftershock on 12 May 2015 that cost 9,000 lives and destroyed thousands of structures in Kathmandu and nearby towns.
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Mid-size Cities, Urban Municipalities are Nepal’s New Engines of Growth
ADB's Secondary Towns Integrated Urban Environmental Improvement Project improved the quality of life in Nepal's three key regional centers - Biratnagar, Birgunj and Butwal municipalities.
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Women Challenge Gender Stereotypes in Rural Cambodia
ADB’s Second Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project and its Additional Financing, implemented from 2009 to 2020, paved the way for major changes in Dil’s village. It also benefitted other villages across six provinces around Tonle Sap Lake, where many of Cambodia’s poorest people live.
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Improved Water Supply, Greener Capital To Build a More Livable Future in Tonga
Rapid urbanization, population growth and climate change have severely affected Tonga’s water supply, sanitation and infrastructure. The Nuku'Alofa Urban Development Sector Project helped improve water accessibility and supply in the country.
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People's Republic of China: Empowering Farmers through Participatory Irrigation Management
About 195,400 farmers in poor, drought-prone counties in Qinghai province, People's Republic of China can now enjoy affordable irrigation thanks to the loan funded by ADB and capacity development technical assistance funded by the Multidonor Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility.
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Change of Pace in the Heart of Asia
Uzbekistan, with its over 33 million inhabitants, plays a key role in the economic development of Central Asia. Over the past few decades, the double-landlocked country has undergone a remarkable transition from a former Soviet state to a market-based economy. A new administration in 2016 initiated systemic reforms to further improve lives and foster an enabling environment for businesses that would create quality jobs. -
Energy Flows Where Attention Goes: European Expertise in Pakistan
ADB’s European Representative Office works with the bank’s 17 European member countries to facilitate the application of European expertise to ADB projects in developing member countries, such as the Balakot Hydropower Development Project in Pakistan.
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Keeping the milk and cash flowing in Mongolia
ADB is improving the livelihoods of Mongolian herders by helping a leading privately-owned dairy processor to expand its operations
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Solar power from the rooftops in Sri Lanka
Rooftops across Sri Lanka are harnessing solar power that is contributing to the country’s clean energy mix and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Internet connectivity in the time of COVID-19
Kacific1, built with financing from ADB and its Leading Asia’s Private Infrastructure Fund, is a next generation satellite that is providing affordable internet connections to remote and far-flung communities in the Asia and Pacific region.
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A newly completed bus rapid transit system is transforming lives of people in Peshawar, Pakistan
A bus rapid transit system in Pakistan established with financing by ADB and Agence Française de Développement is improving lives in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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European Expertise Supports Papua New Guinea’s Maritime Safety
With over 600 islands spanning a total sea area of 3.1 million square kilometers and 65% of its population lives in coastal areas, Papua New Guinea (PNG) relies heavily on its network of coastal shipping services.
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Kyrgyz Republic: Partnering with the Private Sector and Helping Small Businesses Grow
The Second Investment Climate Improvement Program has included help for the government in constructing the policy, legal, and financial framework needed to encourage, negotiate, and close agreements for sound PPPs.
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Emergency Assistance in Bangladesh
The influx of more than 700,000 people from Myanmar’s Rakhine State into Cox’s Bazar District in neighboring Bangladesh in August 2017 created a humanitarian crisis. Joining concerted international efforts, ADB quickly mobilized ADF grant funding of $100 million to help ensure this emergency situation did not escalate further.
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Building Dreams in the Lao PDR
The ADF-assisted Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth Project, has spurred a sharp rise in homestay and other tourism-based businesses in the southern part of Champasak Province, Lao PDR.
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Raising Food Standards for Cross-Border Trade in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Ensuring food is safe to eat is a public good. People’s health depends on it, and so does the health of economies.
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Vaccinating in Vanuatu for a Healthier Future
A $15 million grant from an Asian Development Fund (ADF) 12 facility will reduce the burden of pneumonia and diarrhea in children and increase protection against the human papilloma virus in women.
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Health Sector Development In Bhutan: Improving Disease Detection
The Health Sector Development Program, supported by the ADF facility and additional ADF grant funding for a total of $20 million, is improving primary health care delivery and information systems in Bhutan.
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Addressing Gaps in HIV Prevention in the Greater Mekong Subregion
ADB's $5 million HIV/AIDS prevention project for the Greater Mekong Subregion helped the Lao PDR and Viet Nam reach high risk and vulnerable people in border region economic corridors.
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New Hope for Maternal and Child Health in Tajikistan
The Maternal and Child Health Integrated Care Project funded by the ADF 12 grant is improving hospital and health-care center infrastructure and equipment and helping staff and oversight agencies plan and deploy human resources more effectively in Tajikistan.