Decentralized Loan Management Improves Infrastructure for Rural Productivity

This publication gives an overview of ADB's Philippine Infrastructure for Rural Productivity Enhancement Sector Project, which improved access to infrastructure, potable water supply, and communal irrigation for the rural poor.

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Shanxi Farmers Embrace Modern Irrigation Methods to Adapt to Climate Change

The Shanxi Province in the People’s Republic of China has been experiencing declining groundwater tables since 1956. From 2000 to 2007, overall water availability decreased by about 5% annually from 8.2 billion cubic meters to about 7 billion. Changing climate conditions have further compounded the issue, with unsustainable groundwater use and outdated agricultural practices threatening food production in the province.

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Thorough Planning of Solar Park Mitigates Risk for Investors, Locals

This publication gives an overview of the solar power park in Charanka in India, which has provided local employment, empowered communities, and transformed a desert into a tourist attraction.

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Greener Pastures from the Sun: Solar Photovoltaic-Driven Irrigation in Qinghai Province

Pastures are being degraded in the People’s Republic of China. Solar power can be cheaper than diesel fuel and reduces greenhouse gases while increasing incomes. A two kilowatts-peak solar powered water pumping system can supply both drinking and small scale irrigation water and help reclaim degraded pastures.

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Interactive Stories of Sustainable Development

Interviews, documentaries, animations, graphics, voice-overs, archival videos, statistics, and photo essays come together in the new ADB Sustainable Development Timeline multimedia product. Chronicling ADB's accomplishments in sustainable development through the views and insights of its staff and stakeholders, the product is proof of storytelling's effectiveness as a tool to capture, store, and share knowledge.

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Visions of Asia's Water Realities

The Water Voices documentary series showcases people finding local solutions to important water-related problems. Broadcasted by numerous television networks and featured in myriad film festivals, the series enjoys continued popularity close to a decade later. Find out why viewers deem the films' water messages lasting and worth promoting.

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Insight Thursday—Beyond the Headlines

Tacit knowledge resides in the minds of individuals but knowledge development thrives in a rich web of social contact among individuals, groups, and organizations. Insight Thursday-ADB's 30-minute seminars sparking stimulating discourse provides such a context. It brings together different groups to fuel understanding of regional or global debates, institutional challenges, and other significant topics.

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