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31 January 2008
Cambodia to Import Electricity from Thailand with ADB's Help
The Asian Development Bank today signed an agreement to provide a $7 million loan without government guarantee to build transmission lines to import electricity from Thailand into Cambodia, including to the tourism hub of Siem Reap, and the growing cities of Battambang and Banteay Meanchey where there have been power shortages.
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30 January 2008
GMS Environment Ministers Seek Added Funds to Combat Climate Change
Environment ministers in the Greater Mekong Subregion this week called on the region's development partners to mobilize additional financial and technical assistance to assist the region in achieving ambitious targets for improved environmental and natural resource management.
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30 January 2008
ADB Assisting India in Developing New Pension System
The Asian Development Bank is assisting in India's transition to a new pension system that will help secure the financial future of India's aging population.
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30 January 2008
India Eyes $800M Investment Program to Improve Rail Network
India's railway network, already one of the world's largest, is expected to become even larger with the South Asian nation considering an ambitious project that could cost more than $800 million and include the doubling of existing rail tracks along some of the country's busiest transport corridors.
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29 January 2008
Remote Areas of Nepal to Get Web Access
The Asian Development Bank is providing a $25 million grant to bring the Internet and other information technology products and services to remote areas of Nepal, in line with government efforts to promote economic expansion and eradicate poverty.
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29 January 2008
Climate Change, Governance Policies Remain Concerns for Developing Pacific Nations
Given the dramatic challenges presented by climate change, including the risk that some islands in the Pacific may become uninhabitable, the Asian Development Bank's Pacific Strategy will be further refined to provide more emphasis on environmental management to help the region better manage its vulnerable natural environment.
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29 January 2008
ADB Consults Pacific on Safeguard Policy Update
The Asian Development Bank is continuing the consultation process on its safeguard policies, seeking valuable feedback from stakeholder groups from across Asia and the Pacific as it updates its environment, involuntary resettlement and indigenous peoples safeguard policies.
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29 January 2008
Bridge Project to Enable Viet Nam to Meet Demands of Rapidly Growing Economy
Japan and the Asian Development Bank are helping prepare a project that will include construction of two major bridges across the Mekong River in southern Viet Nam, in line with government efforts to upgrade and expand the country's transport system to meet the needs of the nation's growing economy.
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24 January 2008
Nepal's Education Reforms to Meet Demands of Expanding Economy
Preparations are underway to take Nepal's school system into the next stages of reform and restructuring with new grants that will make the nation's educational programs more responsive to the needs of an expanding economy.
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24 January 2008
Improved Urban Services in India's Uttarakhand State to Help Support Tourism, Industry Development
The Asian Development Bank will provide a $350 million loan to improve urban infrastructure and services in 31 towns and cities in India's mountainous northern state of Uttarakhand, one of the country's top tourist destinations.
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24 January 2008
Resource-Exhausted Mining City in PRC to Become Model for Redevelopment
The resource-exhausted mining city of Baiyin in the People's Republic China is being transformed into an industrial center, offering a model of redevelopment to other towns facing dwindling mining resources.
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24 January 2008
Development Assistance to Enhance Delivery of Education Services in Viet Nam
Japan and the Asian Development Bank are assisting Viet Nam in improving access to and the quality of secondary education in the country to meet the growing demand brought about by a rapidly expanding economy.
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23 January 2008
Viet Nam's Road Project to Ease Traffic Woes Choking Economic Expansion
Faced with an inefficient and costly transport system and the growing needs of a rapidly expanding economy, Viet Nam plans to complete a major road project that will help decongest its largest city and economic hub.
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23 January 2008
Financial Support Helps Philippine Electric Cooperatives Bring Power to Remote Areas
Residents in remote areas of the Philippines with limited access to electricity may see light at the end of the tunnel with new financial support from Japan and the Asian Development Bank that targets electric cooperatives.
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23 January 2008
Grant Funds to Help Viet Nam Develop Policies to Improve Health Care
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Despite a booming economy and investments in the nation's health care systems, Viet Nam continues to face challenges in providing high-quality health services to all its people.
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22 January 2008
Cambodian Road Network Gets $40.8M in Funding for Maintenance
The Asian Development Bank and its development partners are providing $40.8 million to help Cambodia maintain roads managed by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and improve the capability of the ministry in managing and maintaining its road network.
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22 January 2008
Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Projects in Asia-Pacific Get Seed Money
The Asian Development Bank and its development partners are setting up a facility that will provide seed capital for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the Asia-Pacific region amid growing energy demands and high oil prices.
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22 January 2008
Rural Road Project to Help Poorest Districts in Sri Lanka
Japan and the Asian Development Bank are supporting a pilot project that will combine rural road work and the creation of income-generating opportunities in the poorest districts of Sri Lanka.
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22 January 2008
Grant Targets Water Resource Management Improvements in Bangladesh
A new grant extended to Bangladesh will continue efforts to improve development of the nation's small-scale water resources, which offer essential support to agricultural and fish production in one of the world's poorest countries.
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22 January 2008
Grant Enhancing Nepal's Air Transport Service to Ensure Sustainable Development
Japan and the Asian Development Bank are assisting Nepal in preparing a project design to improve the quality of air transport services.
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21 January 2008
Improving South Asia's Transport Network to Promote Economic Cooperation
Japan and the Asian Development Bank are helping prepare an investment project that will ease the flow of goods, services and people across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal to promote economic cooperation and integration among the four member-countries of the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation.
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15 January 2008
ADB Prices US$1 Billion 3-Year Global Bond Issue
The Asian Development Bank returned to the U.S. dollar bond market yesterday with the pricing of a $1 billion three-year global benchmark bond issue, proceeds of which will be part of the bank's ordinary capital resources and used in its non-concessional operations.
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08 January 2008
Los créditos para 620 millones de asiáticos pobres se debaten en Madrid
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Loans for 620M poor Asians at stake in Madrid
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