Publications

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.

The Guidance for Formulation, Appraisal and Approval of Central Sector PPP Projects provides the detailed process to be followed for the appraisal and approval of PPP projects.

The Organizational Project Management Capacity Assessment Tool is a forward-looking assessment of an organisation s capacity to manage and deliver the planned portfolio of projects identified in its departmental investment plan over a minimum five-year horizon.

Five reports in this series assess the regulatory framework for trade and investment in five areas - horizontal measures, information and communications technologies, transport services, professional services, and tourism services in Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago under the CARIFORUM - European Union Economic Partnership Agreement. This report focuses on transport services.

This document provides guidance for users of NEC in determining the procurement and contract strategies to achieve planned outcomes and in the application of contracts from the NEC3 family in meeting these strategies

The purpose of these guidelines is to enhance the efficiency of fiscal spending by reasonably adjusting and managing, by each project phase, total project costs of large projects funded with the national budget.

This guide builds on Budget 2011 by providing federal organizations with P3 screening and value for money considerations.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) calculates the economic returns of its projects using internationally accepted methods.

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

This Method stipulates the basic procedures and main contents of electronic bidding, and further improves the electronic bidding system.

This publication captures the proceedings of the forum, which featured presentations on the regional economic outlook and various financing schemes for urban infrastructure projects.

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.

The paper analyses the impact of infrastructure on trade, suggesting that potential gains are large and increase with the quality of infrastructure of trading partners.

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.

This publication establishes the building blocks to enable Bhutan to achieve its vision for transport. The vision is ambitious and reflects the changing socioeconomic development of the country.

The Guide defines, inter alia, the scope of application, the definition and basic principles of social responsibility, and provides specific requirements on social responsibility management.

This Guidance Note supports promoters, practitioners and other interested stakeholders in interpreting and implementing Standard 3 on Biodiversity and Ecosystems, as part of the EIB Environmental and Social Standards.

The OECD Principles for Public Governance of Public-Private Partnerships provide concrete guidance to policy makers on how to make sure that Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) represent value for money for the public sector.

The Recommendation calls for governments to assess their public procurement laws and practices at all levels of government in order to promote more effective procurement and reduce the risk of bid rigging in public tenders.

This guide is built for PPP practitioners within the government and its different tiers across the country, to assist them in conceptualising, structuring and implementing projects via the PPP route.