In November 2012, the ADB Board of Directors approved $47.67 million Asian Development Fund equivalent of policy-based loans and grants to Bangladesh ($21 million loan), Bhutan ($8.34 million loan, $3.33 million grant), and Nepal ($15 million grant) to support the $75 million SASEC trade facilitation program to improve cross-border trade operations of South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) countries.

The railway line in the Kunming–Hai Phong transport corridor is an important infrastructure element of the GMS north–south economic corridor. However, the railway line in the Kunming–Hai Phong transport corridor had been neglected because it lacked maintenance and investment and would not be able to meet the expected traffic demand. Equipment and system capacity still could not meet the demands of a market economy.

This project performance evaluation report was undertaken to assess the performance of the Growth Recovery Support Program (GRSP) in Georgia, and to identify lessons and recommendations for future Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations.

The Government of Viet Nam initiated secondary education reforms to equip the labor force to take advantage of the opportunities offered by globalization, thereby increasing competitiveness while also ensuring inclusiveness. Consequently, the government sought financial and technical assistance from the Asian Development Bank to improve the quality and inclusiveness of the secondary education.

The Education Sector Program comprising three distinct subprograms (I, II, and III) in a cluster aimed to improve schooling and human resource development in Nepal in a phased manner over 2007–2012. This was to be done through a wide range of policy interventions seeking to improve equity of access to education, improve quality, and enhance efficiency and institutional capacity.

Two subprogram loans of $300 million were provided from Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) ordinary capital resources for this Program. The program loans reflected the development financing needs of the government, aiming to increase development and social spending, and produce economic gains through increased resources, efficient resource use, and greater accountability, resulting in higher quality of public service in the justice sector. 

The government requested the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) support for the PNPM Mandiri scheme to further upgrade basic rural infrastructure in poor villages and promote community-driven sanitation development.

The Second Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Development Program (the program) comprised two subprograms: Subprogram 1—implemented from December 2010 to July 2011, and Subprogram 2—implemented from November 2013 to June 2014. The program was designed to assist the government’s implementation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development policies in partnership with the Asian Development Bank.

This book offers guidance on the principles, methods, and practice of impact evaluation. It contains material for a range of audiences, from those who may use or manage impact evaluations to applied researchers.

The Program was to provide the resources, the flexibility, and an improved implementation framework to achieve the government’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets more quickly. The program supported the achievement of the MDG targets 1 to 6 on poverty reduction, heath, education, and gender equality.