Suchergebnisse

Anders als die USA können weder die Europäische Union noch einzelne EU-Mitgliedsstaaten als sicherheitspolitisch relevante Mächte in Asien gelten. In ihren Gemeinschaftsverträgen hat sich die EU allerdings die Verpflichtung zur normativ ausgerichteten Gestaltung ihrer Außenbeziehungen auferlegt. Ihre Wirkung als Ideengeber und soft power spiegelt sich insofern im südostasiatischen Regionalismus sowie in asiatischen Diskursen zu Menschenrechten, Fragen der Demokratie und good governance wider. (KAS-Auslandsinformationen / SWP)

Ende dieses Jahres gehen die UN-Verhandlungen über einen Klimavertrag in die nächste Runde. Mit welchen Aussichten? Brauchen wir überhaupt ein solches Abkommen, was wären die Alternativen? Taugt die EU noch als Vorbild in Sachen Klimaschutz? Und ist die Öffentlichkeit ausreichend über das Thema informiert? Fünf Klärungsversuche? (IP)

Bhutan has made impressive gains in social, economic, and political development over the years. Its unique approach in this regard—encapsulated in the philosophy of Gross National Happiness— serves as an anchor for sustained efforts at holistic development. The drive for good governance in the country has been a consistent, and well-supported, development objective of the government; the commendable work of the Royal Audit Authority and the Anti-Corruption Commission is testimony to this commitment. This book, in the main, tells the story of the work of these two organizations.

Bhutan has made impressive gains in social, economic, and political development over the years. Its unique approach in this regard—encapsulated in the philosophy of Gross National Happiness— serves as an anchor for sustained efforts at holistic development. The drive for good governance in the country has been a consistent, and well-supported, development objective of the government; the commendable work of the Royal Audit Authority and the Anti-Corruption Commission is testimony to this commitment. This book, in the main, tells the story of the work of these two organizations.

This book marks 10 years of independent evaluation at the Asian Development Bank. It shares the journey to organizational and financial independence of evaluation and the transformation in evaluation approaches to support effectively accountability and learning. The book captures how evaluation is advancing from largely ex post assessments of programs and projects to a varied set of forward-looking and real time tools and innovations in evaluation methods. This book offers a collection of papers from distinguished development practitioners and evaluators around the world and shares experiences in capacity development for evaluation at the country level. Evaluation for better results requires connecting with development challenges in a changing development context, focusing on and measuring outcomes, and proposing lessons and solutions to improve results. Tried and tested approaches may not be enough by themselves for dealing with unfamiliar situations as well as with past development problems that remain intractable. Innovative approaches are crucial in evaluation methods and outreach to enhance rigor and influence.

The Asia and Pacific region has recorded remarkable achievements in growth and poverty reduction in recent decades. From 1990 to 2010, the average annual growth rate of the gross domestic product (GDP) for developing Asia reached 7.0% in terms of 2005 purchasing power parity (PPP) dollars, three times as high as that for the Middle East and North Africa at 2.4% and more than double that for Latin America and the Caribbean at 3.2% (Figure 1.1). Much of the growth was driven by the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India – the world's two most populous countries – with annual GDP growth of 9.9% and 6.3%, respectively. Developing Asia's outstanding growth performance has played a critical role in pulling the global economy out of recession quickly during the recent global economic crisis. This rapid growth has significantly improved living standards and reduced extreme poverty. During 1990–2010, the region's average per capita GDP in 2005 PPP terms increased from $1,602 to $4,982. The proportion of the population living on or below the $1.25-a-day poverty line fell from 54% in 1990 to 22% in 2008, as 700 million people were lifted out of poverty. Taking the $2-a-day poverty line, the poverty rate declined from close to 80% to about 45%. Seventeen countries reduced poverty during the period by more than 15 percentage points at either poverty line.

Since 2006, the Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI) has worked to alleviate poverty and promote growth in the Pacific region through reforms that encourage private sector investment and entrepreneurship. This report describes developments and progress for PSDI Phase III's first year, and covers the period July 2013 to end-June 2014. PSDI is a regional technical assistance facility cofinanced by the Asian Development Bank, the Government of Australia, and the New Zealand Government.