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• Viet Nam: Foreign Direct Investment And Postcrisis Regional Integration

  Since Viet Nam started its transition from a centrally planned economy to a socialist-oriented market economy, many reforms have been implemented. The Foreign Investment Law signaled an important step toward Viet Nam's integration in the regional and international economic systems. The relatively low amount of foreign investment relative to other...

  White papers 2004-09-01

  Tags: Asian Development Bank, Foreign Direct Investment, Integration, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance

• Foreign Direct Investment: The Role Of Policy

  This brief analyzes the policy context in which Foreign Direct Investment FDI flows occur. It highlights the value for ADB's Asian Development Bank Developing Member Countries DMCs of incorporating their investment policies in a development perspective, and learning from the experiences of countries that have successfully benefited from FDI. A...

  White papers 2003-12-01

  Tags: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Foreign Direct Investment, Asian Development Bank, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance

• Foreign Direct Investment In Developing Asia

  Foreign Direct Investment FDI flows have increased dramatically in last few decades. As developing countries, particularly in Asia, remove restrictions and implement policies to attract FDI inflows, trade and investment have become increasingly intertwined. As such, there have been growing calls for a multilateral framework of foreign investment rules to...

  White papers 2003-04-01

  Tags: Finance, Investment, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Asia, Foreign Direct Investment, Asian Development Bank

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• China Energy Recovery Announces Signing of a $11.6 Million Contract to Build World's Largest Straw Pulp Alkali Recovery System

  A Key Pollution/Waste Treatment Project Sponsored by Asian Development Bank Contract Expected to Result in Continued Growth into 2009 * System will have 12MW of heat energy generation capacity estimated to recover 145 tons of alkali per day for reuse - bringing multiple cost saving benefits...

  Articles 2008-11-06

• India gets 800-mln-dlr ADB loan to tap Himalayan hydropower

  MANILA AFP — The Asian Development Bank said Friday it had approved an 800-million-dollar loan to help the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh expand hydropower generation with a series of projects in the western Himalayas. With the help of the eight-year loan package, Himachal Pradesh plans to harness...

  Articles 2008-10-23

• Crisis in U.S., Europe slows growth in Asia, ADB's Kuroda warns

  TOKYO, Oct. 9 Kyodo The current financial crisis in the United States and Europe has been affecting economies in Asia, causing slower growth on weaker exports, Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda said Thursday. While direct or indirect impact from the credit crisis...

  Articles 2008-10-13

• Cambodia to get $35 mil. in emergency food assistance from ADB

  PHNOM PENH, Oct. 8 Kyodo The Asian Development Bank announced Wednesday that it will provide $35 million in emergency food assistance to Cambodia. It said in a statement that the assistance was made to ease the burden of soaring food prices on Cambodians. ...

  Articles 2008-10-13

• Tetra Tech Acquires International Consulting Firm DPK

  PASADENA, Calif. -- Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has acquired the assets of DPK Consulting DPK, a firm with annual revenue of approximately $15 million that is focused on consulting services for the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID. DPK provides technical, management, and consulting services...

  Articles 2008-10-07

• ADB backs Vietnam hydropower project

  HANOI AFP — The Asian Development Bank ADB and Vietnam on Monday signed a 196-million-dollar loan for a hydropower plant, the country's first major dam project to be backed by a multilateral development agency. The 156-megawatt Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project will be built in the Vu Gia-Thu...

  Articles 2008-10-06

• U.S. troubles add fuel to financial fire in Asia

  HONG KONG -- Battered by a blast of bad news from Wall Street last week, Asian financial markets are reeling from plenty of homegrown problems, too. Across the region, stocks were having a bad year before the collapse of Lehman Bros., the fire sale of Merrill Lynch and...

  Articles 2008-09-22

• Developing Asia's growth to slow in 2008, 2009: ADB

  MANILA, Sept. 16 Kyodo The global economic slowdown, soaring commodity prices, and financial turbulence will curb economic growth in developing Asia this year and next year, the Asian Development Bank said in a report released Tuesday. ''The global economy is in trying times,''...

  Articles 2008-09-22

• Asia likely to weather global financial turmoil: ADB chief

  MANILA, Sept. 18 Kyodo Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda said Thursday Asia appears to be ''better cushioned'' to withstand the immediate effects of the global financial turmoil. But he warned vulnerabilities remain. He stressed that establishment of an ''Asian Financial Stability...

  Articles 2008-09-22

• ADB's Kuroda denies chance of another regional currency crisis

  TOKYO, Sept. 12 Kyodo Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday denied the possibility that a critical situation akin to the 1997-1998 currency crisis in the region will occur in the near future, despite the recent falls of the South Korean won and other...

  Articles 2008-09-15

• Inflation challenge remains, but Asian outlook positive: ADB official

  TOKYO, Sept. 4 Kyodo Asian economies still face challenges caused by untamed inflation, but the overall economic outlook for the area is positive as more moderate growth in China and India will make their economies more sustainable, a senior official of the Asian Development Bank...

  Articles 2008-09-08

• Local action for sustainable development; water and sanitation in Asia-Pacific region

  Local action for sustainable development; water and sanitation in Asia-Pacific region. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. UN-HABITAT 2007 192 pages $30.00 Paperback TC409 This volume has been prepared in support of the "Vision 2020"...

  Articles 2008-08-01

• Indian Cooperative Banks Tour US CUs To Learn The Regulatory Ropes

  A delegation of 11 CEOs and board chairmen from state cooperative banks of India visited Nevada’s Community One FCU and California’s Water and Power Community CU, following visits to CUs in New York, Washington and CUNA Mutual in Madison, Wis. According to WOCCU, India’s cooperative banks are structured similarly to...

  Articles 2008-07-14

• ADB head points to monetary policy dilemma in Asia amid inflation

  TOKYO, July 4 Kyodo Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday pointed to a ''growing dilemma of monetary policy'' in Asian countries that face upward price movements, saying interest rate hikes to combat inflation could increase hard-landing risks of their economies. ...

  Articles 2008-07-07

• G-8 meets as economy storm clouds thicken

  SAPPORO, Japan -- Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week. The...

  Articles 2008-07-05

• Singapore's First Water Week Sees Deals Worth Over S$367m and International Initiatives to Boost Water Research and Investments

  Singapore, June 30, 2008 - ACN Newswire - Governments, utilities providers and water companies signed 27 agreements totalling more than SGD367 million (USD270 million) during the first Singapore International Water Week, which drew to a close last Friday. In addition, a water fund was launched to attract...

  Articles 2008-06-30

• New Asia-Pacific Network "KnowledgeHubs" Launched to Tackle Water Problems

  Singapore, June 27, 2008 - ACN Newswire - Twelve organizations from across the Asia-Pacific region today launched a network to share solutions for improving water management to tackle the region's many pressing water challenges. The network, known as "KnowledgeHubs," is an initiative of the Asia-Pacific...

  Articles 2008-06-27