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Updated: Tuesday, 31 January 2006

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Investing in Health and Nutrition for the Poor

Improving the health of the poor helps reduce the incidence and severity of poverty. Through its health sector policy and poverty strategy, ADB invests in various health and nutrition interventions across Asia and the Pacific.

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Health Sector website
An overview of ADB's health programs, including responses to health issues such as HIV/AIDS and SARS.

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SPECIAL REPORT

Country Assistance Program Evaluation: Indonesia

This country assistance program evaluation for Indonesia focuses on the responsiveness of ADB�s country strategy and program to the changes and challenges between 1990 and 2004. The report evaluates the performance of ADB operations in Indonesia and identifies key lessons learned for future programs.

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NEW TITLES

Country Gender Assessment -- Kyrgyz Republic

ERD Working Paper Series
Trade Facilitation (No. 78)

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OTHER ADB SITES

ADB Compliance Review Panel

Asian Bonds Online

Asia Regional Information Center

ADB Institute

Annual Meeting 2006

Events

Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO) - 2nd General Meeting and Workshop (Purwakarta, Indonesia: 14 - 16 February 2006)

4th Asia Regional Committee Meeting and International Seminar on Deposit Insurance (Manila, Philippines: 16 - 17 February 2006)

ASIA 2015 � Promoting Growth, Ending Poverty High Level Conference (Lancaster House, London: 6 - 7 March 2006)

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News from Country Offices

ADB Supports Avian Influenza Prevention and Control in Azerbaijan

Other Notices

Health Care Financing for the Poor (Cambodia)

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NEWS

$1 Billion Earmarked for Afghanistan, ADB President Tells London Conference
31 January 2006

Senior ADB Officials to Address Delhi Sustainable Development Summit
30 January 2006

ADB to Develop Regional Knowledge Hubs in Developing Countries
30 January 2006

International Cooperation Key to Solving Pending Energy Crisis, Environmentalist Tells ADB
26 January 2006

ADB Boosting Indonesia's Local Government Planning and Budgeting for Poverty Reduction
25 January 2006

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PERSPECTIVES

SPEECHES/TRANSCRIPTS

Management Speeches

Asian Economic Integration: Opportunities for Philippine Development -- Speech by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda (Manila, Philippines, 17 January 2006)
Remembering Tsunami: A Year After -- Statement from ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda (Manila, Philippines, 26 December 2005)
Towards a Borderless Asia: A Perspective on Asian Economic Integration: Speech by President Haruhiko Kuroda, Asian Development Bank at The Emerging Markets Forum (Oxford, UK, 10 December 2005)

MULTIMEDIA

Helping Rebuild Afghanistan

ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda on BBC's HardTalk

ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda discusses the assistance for Afghanistan and underlying challenges with BBC's Stephen Sackur on Hard Talk.

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YOUR VIEWS

Implementation Review of ADB's Governance and Anticorruption Policies
The results of the first full combined review of the implementation ADB's governance and anticorruption policies is now available for comments. Comments accepted until 01 February 2006.

Comprehensive Review of ADB Water Policy Implementation
Ongoing review to assess and propose changes to improve ADB’s water investments and operations.

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