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As one of Southeast Asia’s largest economic and population hubs, Indonesia is favourably positioned to continue expanding its infrastructure activities.

Singapore has implemented practices that increase the transparency and fairness of public procurement, which help drive investment activity in infrastructure projects

The first edition of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Monitor tracks the development of the PPP business environment as well as the challenges of doing PPPs in nine of the ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs).

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 publication outlines the current efforts of the Asian Development Bank to promote sustainable infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific, looking at how lives can be improved with regards to infrastructure in the energy, transport, water & waste, communcations technology areas.

This publication outlines the technical assistance in the form of CEPs workshops for government officials in DMCs.

This brief describes how pro-poor approaches to infrastructure go beyond macro-level efforts at poverty reduction, the breif outlines how they target particular activities and populations in relation to energy and water supply.

This report outlines how energy efficiency and water conservation are each important for the delivery of electricity and drinking water.

his paper introduces a model describing the full financial realities of FSM projects; a methodology for quantifying the costs, direct effects, economic spillover effects and a toolkit to calculate their net present values and the overall program’s internal rates of return.

This report outlines how policy makers should focus on improving access to safely managed wastewater management services, providing several revelant examples from the region of Japan.

This report argues that development finance has largely been directed towards centralized systems of wastewater management this has resulted in large populations being excluded from proper wastewater collection and treatment services whereas spillover effects of proper sanitation, which include an increase in property tax revenues, can help to offset the costs of fecal sludge management.

This publication identifies specific infrastructure and utility service reform measures that can be taken to advance the interests of the poor.

This compendium of twinning arrangements and country experiences highlights successful partnerships formed under ADB's Water Operators Partnerships (WOPs) Program.

This report presents case studies on successful Asian water utilities.

This guidance note aims to explain key sector features of urban water supply and identify entry points for mapping governance risks.

This guidance note will help define core areas of support and set the course for ADB's country partnership strategy investments in irrigation and assists.

The report analyzes how regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit the regions in terms of economic growth through infrastructure.