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ADBI-Toyo University Training Program on City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation Policy and Innovation in Asia: Focus on Japanese Experiences
This 12-day training program for select policy makers from developing Asia and experts will examine city-wide inclusive sanitation policy and innovation challenges and opportunities in the region.
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India: Sustaining the Government of India–ADB Initiative for Mainstreaming Public–Private Partnerships
The expected impact of the technical assistance (TA) was improved provision of infrastructure and delivery of service in additional Indian states (previously not covered by Asian Development Bank TA projects) at state, urban local body, line ministry, and sector department levels. The outcome was improved public sector capacity to develop, implement, and monitor infrastructure public–private partnership (PPP) projects. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is less than successful. -
Economic Impacts of Urban Transit Infrastructure Upgrading
Mass transit infrastructure can have a wide range of development benefits—many of which are not captured in traditional cost-benefit analysis.
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Financing Cities of Tomorrow - Ashok Lavasa
Welcome speech by Ashok Lavasa, ADB Vice President for Private Sector Operations and Public–Private Partnerships, at the High-Level Workshop on “Financing Cities of Tomorrow” in Maharashtra, India, 16 January 2023
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Transformative Changes for Sustainable, Equitable Urban Water Supply
Bangladesh’s third-largest city, Khulna, is home to an estimated 1.5 million people. More than a thousand slums proliferate on the outskirts of the coastal city, beyond the reach of reliable public utility service, including supply of safe, drinking water. -
People’s Republic of China: Piloting Innovative Flash Flood Early Warning Systems in Selected River Basins
The outcome of this knowledge and support technical assistance (KSTA) is enhanced flood preparedness and emergency response in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is successful. -
Preparing the Mekong Water Supply and Sanitation Project
The ultimate objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to improve the water supply and sanitation (WSS) facilities and hygiene practices of the urban population in nine secondary towns in the economic corridors of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), and Viet Nam through the preparation of the design of Mekong Water Supply and Sanitation Project for ADB financing. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is less than successful. -
Green Urban Planning: Lessons from Mongolia on Climate Proofing Cities in Cold Regions
This paper identifies lessons for urban planning in cold climates from an Asian Development Bank pilot project in Mongolia.
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Mongolia: Urban Sector Fact Sheet
ADB has worked with the Government of Mongolia to improve the urban environment and people’s quality of life since 1997.
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Incentivizing Change: How Governance Reforms Are Changing the Urban Landscape of Bangladesh
Including beneficiaries' personal stories, this report shows how the Asian Development Bank has worked with the Government of Bangladesh to improve urban lives by creating healthier environments with better, more inclusive governance.
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Market Access and Firm Performance: Evidence Based on GIS Analysis of Road Network and Manufacturing-Plant-Level Data from India
Improved road infrastructure lowers transportation costs and helps create a better business environment.
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Building Livelihoods in Mongolia's Underserved Urban Areas
See the impact and visit the beneficiaries of an ADB-assisted livelihood and area improvement project who are empowered in Mongolia’s ger areas after being adversely affected by involuntary resettlement.
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Rural Development in Bangladesh Over Four Decades: Findings from Mahabub Hossain Panel Data and the Way Forward
The Mahabub Hossain Panel Data has helped inform nongovernment organizations, the Government of Bangladesh, and international development agencies.
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Workshop on Sustainable Approaches to Post-Disaster Reconstruction
This workshop will examine post-disaster reconstruction and effective recovery mechanism design.
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People’s Republic of China: Hai River Estuary Area Pollution Control and Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project
The project aimed to support the TMG to implement green growth demonstration activities in the coastal areas south of the Hai River estuary through (i) wastewater management and pollution control, including the construction of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and water reuse facilities; (ii) clean-up and reuse of contaminated sediments in the Hai River estuary area; (iii) rehabilitation of the ecosystem in the Hai River estuary area; (iv) establishment of environmental monitoring and emergency response center (EMERC); (v) prevention of storm-surge disasters; and (vi) capacity building. -
Georgia: Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program (Tranche 4)
The project’s expected impact was improved urban environment, expanded local economy and better living conditions within urban areas. Its envisaged outcome was an efficient, reliable, and affordable urban transport services provided in relevant cities. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Successful. -
People’s Republic of China: Wuhan Urban Environmental Improvement Project
The project was designed to solve the city’s environmental and climate challenges through investments in facilities designed to manage about half of the sludge produced by Wuhan’s wastewater treatment plants in 2008. The intended outcome was integrated urban water resource management, and wastewater sludge treatment and disposal. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Successful. -
Urban Development: Your Questions Answered
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India: Uttarakhand Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Tranche 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
The multitranche financing facility (MFF) was to support the delivery of the Uttarakhand Urban Sector Development Road Map, enable flexibility in investment decisions based on the needs and constraints of each city, and allow implementation based on the readiness of individual subprojects. The anticipated impact of the investment program was improved quality of life for the urban residents of Uttarakhand’s 31 selected towns. This report validates the completion report's assessment of project 2 and the MFF. IED overall assessment: Less than successful. -
People’s Republic of China: Gansu Jiuquan Integrated Urban Environment Improvement Project
The project was designed to promote environmentally sustainable and socioeconomically inclusive urban development in Jiuquan by upgrading urban infrastructure and services. The project was to support wastewater management, urban transport and utility facilities, windbreak plantation, and related services. The project’s expected impact was to support an environmentally sustainable and socioeconomically inclusive urban development in Jiuquan. The intended outcome was an improved urban infrastructure and services in Jiuquan.