Assessing a Development Strategy: The Asian Development Bank Conference
The Asian Development Bank will hold its 42nd annual convention in Bali, Indonesia this coming week. The meeting will review the progress made under its Strategy 2020, which places inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth and regional integration at the core of the bank’s development and poverty reduction agenda.
April 28, 2009
ADAPTING to the Challenges of Climate Change
One topic of increasing concern is the immediate and long-term impacts of climate change, which threaten social and economic progress across Asia and the Pacific. According to the ADB, such impacts are already being felt in a number of real and recognizable ways in the region. Small island nations of the Pacific are witnessing measurable encroachment of the sea, forcing them to think of possible adapt
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