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Last Updated: Thursday, 15 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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Nauru

ADB is providing a grant that will help the Government of Nauru establish a Nauru Trust Fund to accumulate, preserve, grow, and mobilize capital for development. The grant will also help Nauru improve its public financial management systems. Read the news release.

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Financial Crisis Presents Opportunity for Asia, Jeffrey Sachs Tells ADB Audience The global economic crisis should be viewed by Asia's policymakers as an opportunity to expand investment in "desperately" needed public goods, economist Jeffrey Sachs told an ADB audience this month. Read the news feature.

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