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Last Updated: Tuesday, 6 January 2009
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Climate Change and Transport: Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Transport
Climate Change and Transport: Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Transport A new paper analyses volatile fuel prices and increasing greenhouse emissions and recommends a new, target-oriented approach that places energy efficiency, environment, and health at the top of the policy agenda for transport and related sectors. Download the paper.

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Uzbekistan

Irrigation and drainage will be upgraded and rehabilitated to improve agricultural productivity under a $100 million loan granted to the Government of Uzbekistan by ADB. The project will concentrate on the Zarafshan River Basin and the Fergana Valley areas of Uzbekistan. Read the news release.

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ADB Approves Measures to Enhance Operations Evaluation Function ADB Board of Directors approved measures to enhance the independence and effectiveness of ADB's operations evaluation function. These measures are based on a review conducted by a Working Group set up by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda in March. Read the news release.

Download: Review of the Independence and Effectiveness of the Operations Evaluation Department