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Development Banks Urge Partnership With Private Sector On Climate Change And Set Up Working Group On Fragile States

🕔3/14/2007 1:10:56 AM

Multilateral Development Banks urged public and private institutions to work together more closely to meet future energy needs and combat climate change. "Only in the context of a genuine public-private partnership can we create the conditions for investments that will meet the world's demands for energy in an environmentally sustainable way", the heads of the MDBs and the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.

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ADB Celebrates International Women's Day with New Efforts to Address Gender Issues

🕔3/8/2007 9:27:55 PM

The Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) celebrated International Women's Day with the launch of a tool kit to guide staff and consultants on how to more effectively promote gender equality, including legal aspects and policy issues in its developing member countries.

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Radio Dramas Help in HIV/AIDS Fight

🕔3/8/2007 5:04:17 PM

In small ethnic communities scattered around the uplands of the Mekong region, groups of women come together during afternoons to listen to a rare form of entertainment - radio dramas that teach them about HIV/AIDS, trafficking and drug use.

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ADB Helping Central Asian Gateway Expand Coverage

🕔3/2/2007 7:58:23 PM

ADB is supporting the Central Asian Gateway Project to expand its coverage and strengthen efforts to build a network of research institutes in Central Asia and neighboring countries.

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Mobilizing National and Regional Action to Achieve MDGs in Asia

🕔3/1/2007 11:49:23 AM

While the Asia and Pacific region as a whole is on course to achieve a large majority of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets by 2015, none of the region's developing countries is individually on track to meet all the MDGs.

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ADB Funds Water Quality Study in West Tarum Canal

🕔2/16/2007 2:31:53 AM

In response to Jakarta's serious water problems, Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) is funding a study on water quality in the West Tarum canal, which provides 80% of the capital city's freshwater supply.

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Meeting to Focus on Waste and Resource Management in East and Southeast Asia

🕔2/15/2007 3:15:09 PM

Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) is this week hosting a meeting focusing on waste management and efficient use of resources in East and Southeast Asia.

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