22 December 2003

Floating Villages Head for Higher Ground
An ADB-assisted project addresses poverty and environmental degradation and will provide a better future for some of the world's poorest. Read how the project will benefit people in the community of Chong Kneas.

15 December 2003

Pawnshops Seen in New Light
In many developing countries, pawnshops are serving as microcredit institutions to poor and low-income households and are becoming an important source of microlending.

8 December 2003

Encouraging Trade in the Asia Pacific Region
ADB offers a financial solution to regional or international banks to manage the risks of a trade transaction from developing countries in the region.

1 December 2003

Millenium Development Goals in the Pacific
Tonga has achieved most of the MDGs. However, lifestyle diseases, unemployment, and rural-urban drift to main islands are increasing. How can the government ensure that basic social services are accessible to all Tongans?

24 November 2003

Asian Development Fund IX
Negotiations for the ADF IX replenishment are now underway. ADB is undertaking broad consultation to achieve greater development effectiveness in ADF operations

17 November 2003

One Year on and in Need of Help
Timor-Leste is moving forward. What can its government do to sustain development? How can the international community assist its newest developing member?

10 November 2003

Deepening Regional Cooperation
Find out how ministers and senior officials from Central Asia and neighboring countries will promote regional cooperation at the Second Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Economic Cooperation in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 11-12 November.

3 November 2003

Water Burdens Eased
The Rural Microfinance Project aims to give poor women in Nepal an opportunity to make a new start by providing small loans to some 270,000 households.

27 October 2003

Bringing the Bank to the Village
The Rural Microfinance Project aims to give poor women in Nepal an opportunity to make a new start by providing small loans to some 270,000 households.

20 October 2003

Governance Comes of Age in the Pacific
Find out how improving governance in the Pacific can help achieve the Millennium Development Goals, promote economic development, and improve people's lives.

13 October 2003

Connecting the Poor for Free
An ADB-assisted project in Nepal is giving the poor adequate drinking water supply, building a better sewerage system, and changing lives.

6 October 2003

Healing Refugees
As highlighted in the Millennium Development Goals, improving people's health remains a major challenge. Find out how ADB supports efforts to meet the basic medical needs of refugees in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

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July - September 2003

30 September 2003

Asia's Performances and Prospects
Despite significant economic shocks and a weaker recovery in the major industrial countries, the Asia-Pacific region remains a bright spot on the world economic map, the Asian Development Outlook 2003 Update reports.

22 September 2003

Keeping Girls in School
An innovative project in Lao PDR is enabling more ethnic minority girls to have access to quality primary education, giving them a chance to participate more fully in their own — and their nation's — development.

15 September 2003

Promoting Subregional Economic Cooperation
How do you promote and facilitate mutually beneficial economic cooperation among Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Yunnan Province in the PRC? Find out in the 12th Ministerial Conference on Subregional Economic Cooperation in Dali City, Yunnan Province, 17-19 September.

8 September 2003

More than Just a Name
The Millennium Development Goals state that by 2015, all boys and girls will be able to complete a full course in primary schooling, and that gender disparity should be eliminated. Find out how Pakistan, with ADB's assistance, is committed to achieve this goal.

Taking Charge
Thousands of women in Karnataka’s slums are forming self-help groups to change their communities — and their lives — through improved basic services and livelihood training.

Key Indicators 2003
A comprehensive statistical portrait of ADB developing member countries, with 38 regional tables and 40 country tables of socio-economic data, including the Millennium Development Goals Indicators, time series of economic and financial data, and a special chapter on Education for Global Participation.

11 August 2003

Education For All
After painful streamlining and reforms, the majority of Mongolia’s children again have the chance to gain a decent education, with schools being repaired and modernized, curricula overhauled, and new textbooks being published.

4 August 2003

Defining an Agenda for Poverty
These two new volumes collect speeches and papers from the First Asia and Pacific Poverty Forum. As ADB undertakes the review of its Poverty Reduction Strategy, the books offer a timely review of significant issues and strategic approaches for poverty reduction efforts in the Asia-Pacific region.

29 July 2003

Post-SARS Economic Outlook for East Asia
With the SARS outbreak under control and the global economy showing tentative signs of a turnaround, East Asia's growth should pick up in the second half of this year and strengthen further in 2004, the Asia Economic Monitor reports.

21 July 2003

From Burkhas to Veils
As the new Afghanistan struggles to rebuild itself with a desperate shortage of skilled people, it cannot afford to neglect a most valuable resource: its women.

14 July 2003

Finding Funds
Building the capacity of women-led microfinance NGOs in Bangladesh has improved the delivery of services to about 20,000 poor members.

7 July 2003

Cook Islands' Economic Restructuring Program
With ADB's support, the Government of the Cook Islands introduced various restructuring measures, which included the sale of state-owned assets and an overhaul of the country's tax system.

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30 June 2003

ADB Holds 36th Annual Meeting
The economic outlook for our developing member countries for 2003 and beyond is highly dependent on global economic movements, and is susceptible to the risks associated particularly with disruptions in tourism, trade, investment, and other services, said ADB President Tadao Chino at the 36th Annual Meeting held 30 June in Manila.

23 June 2003

Small Loans, Big Impact
Through an ADB-backed project, more than 40,000 women in Nepal have found that small loans can build businesses, elevate their status within their families, and improve their lives.

16 June 2003

Bringing Blue Skies Back to Asia
Find out how private sector companies build partnerships with governments and NGOs in the ADB-supported Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities to improve the air quality in the region.

9 June 2003

Whose Water
Find out how nations in the Asia-Pacific region are working to develop a fair and equitable way of sharing water resources.

2 June 2003

Combating SARS
Amidst the emerging SARS epidemic, ADB does its share to effectively contain the disease in the PRC's Western Region provinces, preventing cross-border transmission and developing capacity for rapid detection and response.

26 May 2003

Economic Analysis of Policy-Based Operations: Key Dimensions
Policy reforms need comprehensive understanding of context and the way changes can affect stakeholders. Explore dimensions of analysis to help in the design of ADB's policy-based operations.

19 May 2003

How ADB Is Helping the Poor in Cambodia
Find out more about ADB's projects in Cambodia - and how they help alleviate the lives of Cambodia's poor.

12 May 2003

Unveiling Women's Rights
Afghan women continue to fight for their right to be actively involved in rebuilding a country that has only recently emerged from war and repression.

5 May 2003

Asian Growth Remains Robust
Despite SARS and the Iraq conflict, developing Asia will still be the world's economic bright spot in 2003-2004, says the Asian Development Outlook 2003.