Showing posts with label services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label services. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Deploying Mobile and Branchless Banking in Bhutan

Technology that allows banks to operate at distance can overcome the high cost of serving remote rural areas and extend financial inclusion. In 2015, with help from ADB, Bhutan moved to deploy mobile and branchless banking across the country.

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Instituting e-Government Procurement in Nepal

e-Government procurement enhances transparency and compliance, increases performance and quality, and furthers economic development. In 2013, with help from ADB, Nepal launched ambitious and transformational reforms to develop its e-GP system.

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Boosting Aquaculture Livelihoods in Post-Disaster Aceh, Indonesia

The tsunami that struck Aceh Province in Indonesia in 2004 devastated coastal aquaculture livelihoods. The Asian Development Bank-assisted Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Project engaged fish farmers to build and operate four Aquaculture Livelihood Service Centers. The Aceh Aquaculture Communication Center was also set up. With improved aquaculture support services, fish farmers now produce high-value shrimps for export. (No. 23 | January 2010)

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