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This report outlines lessons from two river basins in India, while arguing how planning for hydropower development needs to evolve from a project-based engineering approach to a more holistic one.
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This book combines thematic and country studies, while breaking new ground in quantifying infrastructure's impact on Asia's trade costs.
This publication outlines the current efforts of the Asian Development Bank to promote sustainable infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific, looking at how lives can be improved with regards to infrastructure in the energy, transport, water & waste, communcations technology areas.
This paper analyzes the economic impacts of the Second Mekong International Bridge linking Mukdahan Province in Thailand with Savannakhet Province in the Lao People's Democratic Republic using a general equilibrium model.
This guidance note aims to explain key sector features of urban water supply and identify entry points for mapping governance risks.
This report provides a discussion on the relevance of measuring greenhouse gas emissions, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2).
The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities (IBNET) blue book creates a baseline and, at the same time, offers a global vision of the state of the sector in developing countries.
This paper uses data from the world bank performance database and the electricity regulatory governance database using electricity company data to the develop the literature that explores the link between regulatory governance and sector performance.
This guide outlines five steps in the context of achieving a knowledge exchange, (i) Anchor the knowledge exchange, (ii) Define the knowledge exchange, (iii) Design and develop the knowledge exchange, (iv) Implement the knowledge exchange, (v) report the results. Case studies from South America and Africa are discussed with reference to this guide.
This report looks into the relation between the establishment of a regulatory agency and the performance of the electricity sector using regression techniques using a dataset of 220 electric utilities.
This document discusses how science-based indicators of vulnerability to climate change and of adaptability can inform the prioritization of adaptation assistance from a global adaptation fund.
This timely report presents the findings of an initial Asian Development Bank impact study on the roll-on/roll-off system in the Philippines.
This Publication uses computable general equilibrium (CGE) methods to address how infrastructure developments in SASEC might affect the region's broader economy and the impact on income distribution and poverty.
It addresses the growing worldwide interest in the use of light rail metro transit (LRMT) schemes to provide urban transport solutions and reviews the potential use of public-private partnership (PPP).
This publication identifies specific infrastructure and utility service reform measures that can be taken to advance the interests of the poor.
This report outlines benchmarking techniques, in order to improve the effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation in policy design
The Nehru Outer Ring is a road construction project intended to connect and further develop urban settlements and satellite townships in the Hyderabad Metropolitan area
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The Gateway Review process aims to deliver a peer review of projects at critical stages in their lifecycle, to provide assurance that they can progress successfully to the next stage.
The toolkit provides expert guidance, dependable counsel and a compilation of best practices to assist state legislatures as they consider whether and how to pursue public-private partnerships (PPPs) in their states.
This toolkit has been prepared to assist public entities in the state of Maharashtra in India in developing public-private partnership (PPP) urban bus transport projects.
