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This paper uses a standardised measurement framework of development effectiveness, econometric analysis and case studies to assess the performance of African countries in terms of aid effectiveness in the water sector.

The first volume of the Water Sector Governance in Africa series looks at the enabling environment supporting a sustainable water sector.

This document provides a set of guidelines and templates for the assessment of governance in the water sector.

This study reviews African Project Preparation Facilities, providing recommendations for their enhancement.

The report discusses forms of intervention and trade-offs, enabling factors, and evidence from case studies and stakeholder consultations in the areas of water, agriculture and energy. The report includes recommendations for a possible roadmap and funding options.

The study identifies opportunities for investment to improve sustainable urban transport and mobility in five African cities

Through maps, charts and images, the Atlas combines scientifically reliable data sources to provide a complete view of Africa’s energy needs, resources and opportunities.

This publication discusses issues that characterise PPPs from the project selection stage until after the contract is signed.

This paper reviews the literature on the impact of physical infrastructure on development and issues surrounding the analysis of the effects of infrastructure on development indicators such as poverty.

This publication analyses the relationship between several infrastructure indicators and income inequality in urban areas of the People’s Republic of China.

This publication aims to estimate the direct and indirect effects of infrastructure on firm productivity using firm level data from the People’s Republic of China using multiple regression techniques.

This paper presents three different approaches to quantifying postive and negative “additionalities” of cross-border transport infrastructure developments in GMS economic corridors.

This paper summarizes and expands the state-of-the-art understanding of the urbanization, development, environment, and inequality nexus.

This paper first identifies the long-term risks associated with land sale, second the paper proposes the land trust or land lease for the development of infrastructure investment and industrialization purposes.

This paper explains hard and soft barriers to trade in South Asia by analyzing transport links and trade facilitation issues.

This publication discusses how the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC) can enhance trade by addressing key challenges, including poor market access, limited economic diversification, and weak institutions for trade.

The country partnership strategy lays out a program of priority activities to support each of three pillars and promotes rebalancing ADB financing toward infrastructure projects in support of the government’s Build, Build, Build infrastructure program.

This publication gives an overview of ADB's Philippine Infrastructure for Rural Productivity Enhancement Sector Project the paper argues this has improved access to infrastructure, potable water supply, and communal irrigation for the rural poor.

This report describes the role of economic analysis and the impacts of climate change on economic analysis of infrastructure projects in the context of Asia and the Pacific.

This paper presents the state of infrastructure in developing Asian countries, in particular how the development of this infrastructure has correlated with past and current growth in Asia.