Monday, July 7, 2014

Knowledge Database Helps Policy Makers Identify and Assess Toxic Waste Hot Spots

Toxic pollution affects the health of millions of people in developing countries. In 2009, ADB joined the Global Inventory Project to build a database that catalogs, assesses, prioritizes, and estimates costs for remediation of critical toxic sites. The database now provides policymakers better information and possible cleanup solutions.

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Partnership Increases Productivity and Profits in the Lao PDR

In Lao PDR, farmers banded together into production groups rallying around specific homegrown products. Through the support of ADB, the government, and private sector, their productivity improved and their incomes grew, encouraging more groups in the country to replicate their success.

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