Books published by Asian Development Bank

Documents the status and strategic priorities of the Philippines' energy sector. This publication highlights sector performance, development constraints, government plans and strategies, past support of the Asian Development Bank and other development partners, and the strategy for future ADB support in the energy sector.

This guidebook helps ensure that community training investments are optimized and yield the desired results. It provides learning facilitators with guidelines and tools for carrying out various phases of the training management cycle, including analysis, design, development, execution, monitoring, and evaluation.

Options and opportunities to deal with identified nontariff barriers are considered, including legal reforms, upgrade of quality standards and the requisite laboratory equipment and instruments, and institution building of both accrediting bodies and conformity assessment bodies.

Promoting cooperation in the tourism sector is one of the operational priorities under the CAREC 2030 Strategy. Tourism is also recognized as an effective way of helping developing countries take part in the global economy and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

CAREC's new trade strategy leverages on the successes of past CAREC trade work built on mutual trust and collective efforts. It is designed to foster deepened regional cooperation and integration. The CAREC Program is a partnership of 11 countries to promote development and lead to accelerated growth and poverty reduction.

Reviews economic performance in the region and discusses prospects through 2030, introducing two growth scenarios related to the adoption of structural reforms for creating good jobs and inclusive growth. This publication also highlights the importance of adopting a full policy reform scenario.

Provides an update on developments in fourteen Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues in the region. The report explores topical policy issues in the region over the years, and presents global forecasts for 2019.

Identifies regional and subregional opportunities for Myanmar to harness natural and human resources, industrial potential, and infrastructure connectivity as part of the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation program.

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic aspects of gender equality in Uzbekistan. Prepared by ADB in cooperation with the Women's Committee of Uzbekistan, this publication covers a wide range of issues related to empowering women by increasing their economic activity in various sectors.

Provides a gender analysis of socioeconomic areas and issues in Georgia and for the Asian Development Bank's operations in Georgia. Some gender-responsive practices were identified, but significant gaps and missed opportunities for women's empowerment and inclusion were also identified.

Serves as a guide to deploying battery energy storage technologies, specifically for distributed energy resources and flexibility resources. Battery energy storage technology is the most promising, rapidly developed technology as it provides higher efficiency and ease of control.

Shows how public-private partnerships (PPPs) can be effective to meet Asia's growing infrastructure needs. The report shows how governments and their development partners can use PPPs to promote more inclusive and sustainable growth.

This publication helps guide investment planning and financing across key urban infrastructure sectors of Azerbaijan. It aims to improve the performance of cities, with a focus on economy, equity, and environment.

Details the key achievements of the Regional Malaria and Other Communicable Disease Threats Trust Fund from its creation in 2013 to the first half of 2018. The report provides detailed analysis of the results by outcome, profiles specific projects that serve as exemplars of the fund's impact, and offers insights managing similar trust funds.

Explores the enduring partnership of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with its developing member countries. These ten stories illustrate how ADB, working with government and development partners, helps citizens respond to the varied needs of each country.

Outlines key steps to launching the national single window platform in Maldives. Establishing seamless communication between cross-border regulatory agencies, traders, and government ministries can reduce the time and cost of importing and exporting goods, and strengthen the business environment.

This publication develops a strategic focus for integrating gender concerns into programs and operations of the Asian Development Bank in Kazakhstan. This assessment reviews ADB's experiences in implementing gender mainstreaming in its portfolio in recent years.

Examines the effectiveness of a community-driven development program promoting women's participation and empowerment in the Philippines. The challenges and constraints observed in the program serve as lessons to enhance gender mainstreaming initiatives in community-driven development projects and programs.

Provides a comprehensive analysis of the context in which Pacific women engage in the private sector, as well as a detailed list of strategies to increase their participation in business. Drawing on research from seven Pacific countries, this report offers innovative and pragmatic ways to empower women and enhance their economic opportunities.

Pacific island countries need to build their fiscal and economic resilience to climate change and natural disasters as these have lasting consequences on their livelihoods, economies, and fiscal balances.

Social protection programs can provide enhanced opportunities to strengthen climate and disaster resilience of the poor and the marginalized population in Asia and the Pacific region.

Data on women's ownership of assets are sparse, with no comparable data on individual-level asset ownership. This limits understanding on intra-household dynamics of asset ownership, rights, and preferences from a gender perspective.

This tool kit for the health sector aims to improve understanding of the legal framework, technology, and unique health identifiers or patient registries involved in ensuring the continuity and quality of care.

Having a better understanding of Indonesia's public financial management systems will be helpful and useful to project teams and consultants who will process and implement ADB-funded projects in the country.

This report discusses opportunities for safe and environment-friendly agriculture products in the Greater Mekong Subregion and highlights the Siem Reap Action Plan, 2018-2022.

Growth has held up in developing Asia despite a difficult external environment. The region is expected to grow steadily at 5.7% in 2016 and 2017, the forecasts in this Update unchanged from Asian Development Outlook 2016.

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program, now 16 years in operation, has recorded impressive achievements in regional economic cooperation, particularly in the areas of transport, energy, trade facilitation, and trade policy. From 2001 to end September 2017, investments in member countries under CAREC have amounted to $30.5 billion, covering 182 projects. CAREC 2030 builds on the solid foundation of progress made under CAREC 2020, and provides the new long-term strategic framework for the CAREC Program leading to 2030. CAREC 2030 is aligned with national strategies and with the 2030 global development agenda. It is inspired by a mission to create an open and inclusive platform that connects people, policies and projects for shared and sustainable development.