This report presents the findings of an evaluation of the Central Region Water Resources Project in Viet Nam. The project aimed to introduce a user-oriented service approach to irrigation water management.

In August 2013, the government sought financial assistance from ADB for the implementation of its Public Sector Financial Management Program. ADB approved $14 million grant for the program in September 2013. The program was part of a joint undertaking with other development partners to provide policy-based budget support for reforms under the government's medium-term fiscal framework.

From 2002–2006, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) helped the Government of Madhya Pradesh to improve the energy sector policy and governance and promote efficiency gains and loss reduction. These efforts were coordinated with those of other development partners to maximize the value of sector reforms and physical investments.

This evaluation of four technical assistance (TA) projects with social protection elements assessed the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of their social protection support.

Addressing the shortcomings in the rural finance sector meant developing an enabling environment for the sector through policy, legal, regulatory, and institutional reforms.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of many developing economies in the world. Given their substantial share in national employment and gross domestic product, policy makers and development practitioners perceive them as major instruments for poverty reduction and inclusive economic growth.

At a special conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on 21 June 2017, EIB Vice-President Dario Scannapieco laid out the actions that the EU bank is taking to help manage migration to Europe and to tackle its root causes in Europe’s neighbourhood and beyond.

First EIB loan to a social housing project in Malta. A EUR 24,7 million financing to Malita investments was signed last 28 June, in Valletta, the Maltese capital.

The Economic Reform Support Program was supported by two single-tranche policy-based loans (or subprograms) amounting to $16 million: $10 million for Subprogram 1 and $6 million for Subprogram 2. The program aimed to provide short-term fiscal stimulus and support the government's long-term reform agenda for achieving higher economic growth and greater inclusion.