This book reviews progress with regional cooperation and integration in Asia and the Pacific and explores how it can be reshaped to achieve a more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive future. Consisting of papers contributed by renowned scholars and Asian Development Bank staff, the book covers four major areas: public goods, trade and investment,

The report presents findings that indicate particular challenges in Member States’ efforts to achieve the targets of the Africa Water Vision 2025; the Sharm El Sheikh and Ngor Commitments; and SDG 6. On a positive note, some Member States and sub-regions have made good progress against key indicators. We congratulate the Member States that have mad

Les Lignes directrices africaines pour les politiques d’assainissement (auxquelles on se référera par l’expression « Lignes directrices » ou l’acronyme LDAPA) sont conçues pour fournir aux gouvernements africains des orientations sur la revue, la révision et l’élaboration de politiques d’assainissement, ainsi que de leurs stratégies de mise en œuvr

This speech was made by Dr Rashid Mbaziira, when he demonstrated acceptance and appreciation for the role of the Executive Secretary of AMCOW on the 8th of October 2021.

The results of the sanitation policy assessment underscored the need to develop Africa-wide sanitation policy guidelines. These would be used to inform a review of existing sanitation policies or the development of robust, country-specific policies with clear sector leadership and coordination to improve the enabling environment for accelerated pro