Reports and Documents

This report examines the relationship between disasters and poverty. It concludes that, without concerted action, there could be up to 325 million extremely poor people living in the 49 countries most exposed to the full range of natural hazards and climate extremes in 2030.

As per this IEA Wind Power Technology Roadmap 2013 Edition, the land-based wind is projected to reach an installed capacity exceeding 500 GW by 2018. China will likely have the largest cumulative capacity with a total of 185 GW, followed by the United States (92 GW), Germany (44 GW) and India (34.4 GW).

This ADB paper reviews the recent developments in world food markets and examines the larger challenges for Asia in ensuring sustainable food security and inclusive rural growth.

This report provides an energy outlook for the region up to the year 2035 to help identify policy, social, infrastructure, and technology issues that must be addressed to meet future energy needs of ADB members in Asia and the Pacific.

This report represents a synthesis and summary of frameworks for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of climate change adaptation (CCA) interventions, with a specific focus on international development projects and programs.

According to this new World Bank report on "state of the poor" the extreme poverty has fallen across the developing world in the last three decades, but the pace was considerably slower in LICs and poverty for middle and high income countries (including India and China) fell by more than a half since 1981.

This guidance note provides an overview of the carbon financing market in the post-2012 context and provides guidance on how to access carbon finance. Also highlights good practices in low-carbon urban development.

By 2025, almost half of the world’s biggest companies will probably be based in emerging markets, profoundly altering global competitive dynamics projects this new report by McKinsey Global Institute. It focuses on understanding the global landscape for large companies—and how it will be reshaped by the rise of thousands of new corporate giants based in the emerging world.

Construction of a mega-steel plant in Odisha in Eastern India should be halted immediately, United Nations independent human rights experts have urged, citing serious human rights concerns.

The 9th edition of Global Report on Human Settlements argues that development of sustainable urban transport systems requires a conceptual leap and provides policy recommendations on how to plan & design sustainable urban mobility systems. Read this abridged edition released on the World Habitat Day.