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    • Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report 2009 

      Asian Development Bank
      The second Sustainability Report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) makes information readily available on its continued work on promoting environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive growth, and minimizing our ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2001: Asia's Globalization Challenge 

      Asian Development Bank
      Notwithstanding the less hospitable external environment, the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2001 is cautiously optimistic that the prospects for the Asian and Pacific region remain moderate and will improve by 2002. ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2003 Update 

      Asian Development Bank
      The analyses of macroeconomic trends, policy developments, and short-term forecasts for the developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank presented in the Asian Development Outlook 2003 (ADO 2003) published in ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2004 Update 

      Asian Development Bank
      Developing Asia and the Pacific will grow at 7.0% in 2004, outperforming ADO 2004 forecast of 6.8%. Rebounding exports and buoyant intraregional trade boosted growth, says the ADO 2004 Update. For 2005, as external demand ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2007 Update 

      Asian Development Bank
      Developing Asia's prodigious growth continued through the first half of 2007, setting the scene for another bumper year. The region is now expected to expand by 8.3. But this Asian Development Outlook 2007 Update cautions ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2008: Workers in Asia 

      Asian Development Bank
      The annual Asian Development Outlook provides a comprehensive economic analysis of 44 economies in developing Asia and the Pacific. This 20th anniversary edition examines trends and prospects in Central Asia, East Asia, ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2009 Update: Broadening Openness for a Resilient Asia 

      Asian Development Bank
      Developing Asia as a whole is proving to be more resilient to the global economic slowdown than was expected when Asian Development Outlook 2009 (ADO 2009) was published in March this year. Consequently, this Update sees ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2009: Rebalancing Asia's Growth 

      Asian Development Bank
      Asian Development Outlook 2009 (ADO 2009) is the 21st edition of the annual comprehensive economic report on the developing member economies of the Asian Development Bank. ADO 2009 sets out the global economic conditions ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2011: South-South Economic Links 

      Asian Development Bank
      The annual Asian Development Outlook provides a comprehensive analysis of economic performance for the past year and offers forecasts for the next 2 years for the 45 Asian economies that make up developing Asia. The Asian ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2012: Confronting Rising Inequality in Asia 

      Asian Development Bank
      The annual Asian Development Outlook (ADO) provides a comprehensive analysis of economic performance for the past year and offers forecasts for the next 2 years for the 45 economies in Asia and the Pacific that make up ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2014: Fiscal Policy for Inclusive Growth 

      Asian Development Bank
      Developing Asia is expected to extend its steady growth. The region's growth is projected to edge up from 6.1% in 2013 to 6.2% in 2014 and 6.4% in 2015. Moderating growth in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as its ...
    • Asian Environment Outlook 2005: Making Profits, Protecting Our Planet: Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Performance in Asia and the Pacific 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2005)
      This book is the second in the Asian Environment Outlook (AEO) series published by ADB. It centers on the critical missing ingredient in the pursuit of a sustainable future for Asia and the Pacific-that of a fully engaged ...
    • Banking on value: a new approach to credit risk in Africa 

      United Nations Environment Programme
      A report of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) African Task Force (ATF).
    • Barbados' Green Economy Scoping Study 

      United Nations Environment Programme
      The inclusion of green policy objectives in Barbados can be traced to the National Strategic Plan (2006-2025) and the Budget Speech of 2007. The process was given further impetus in 2009 when the then Prime Minister laid ...
    • Bilateral finance institutions and climate change 

      United Nations Environment Programme
      A mapping of public financial flows for mitigation and adaptation to developing countries in 2010. The mapping exercise of climate change financial flow to the developing countries is an initiative of UNEP and this type ...
    • Catalysing low-carbon growth in developing economies 

      United Nations Environment Programme
      The successful mobilization of private investment for greenhouse gas abatement and adaptation to climate change especially in developing countries will be one of the critical conditions for the success of any global climate ...
    • Ecological Footprint and Investment in Natural Capital in Asia and the Pacific 

      Asian Development Bank; World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF International)
      The widespread loss of natural ecosystems and biodiversity is much more than a conservation issue. Natural ecosystems provide socially and economically valuable services--such as food and fiber resources, clean water and ...
    • Energy efficiency and the finance sector 

      United Nations Environment Programme
      The report provides an evidence base on the status quo, the barriers and possible ways forward in the field of energy efficiency finance.
    • Environment Program: Greening Growth in Asia and the Pacific 

      Asian Development Bank
      This publication presents a snapshot of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) environmental strategies, programs, initiatives, partnerships, and a range of activities that demonstrate ADB’s commitment to support environmentally ...
    • Environment Program: Progress and Prospects 

      Asian Development Bank
      Environment Program: Progress and Prospects is a snapshot of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) strategies and programs, loans and technical assistance projects with environmental sustainability as a theme. It also ...