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East Asia and Pacific Newsletter

    
October 19, 2009
FEATURE
  East Asia and Pacific: World Bank Teams at Work in the Aftermath of Disasters
In the aftermath of recent devastation, the World Bank works with Governments and international development partners to help assess the extent of damage, cost it out and then work on a long-term reconstruction plan.
     
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Related Content:
Feature Story: Helping Indonesia Prepare for Disasters
Statement: Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, On the Recent Natural Disasters in the East Asia Pacific Region
Slideshows: Vietnam: The Human Toll of Natural Disasters | Vietnam: Fighting and Mitigating Natural Disasters
Website: EAP Disaster Risk Management
       
AROUND THE REGION
WORLD BANK GROUP: 'The World Bank Group Beyond the Crisis'
Remarks of Robert B. Zoellick, President of The World Bank Group, at the Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group in Istanbul, Turkey. Read the speech
   
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: World Bank Annual Report 2009
The Report summarizes Bank operations in the Region in fiscal year 2009 (Jul. '08- Jun. '09), including fast facts, lending by theme/sector, operations approved, and GDP per capita index. Read more
   
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: East Asia: After the Crisis
Keynote Presentation by Jim Adams, Vice President, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank, to the Berne Union, Annual General Meeting in Seoul, Korea. Read more
   
INDONESIA: October 2009 Newsletter
Helping Indonesia Prepare for Disasters
   
MONGOLIA: Mongolia Monthly Economic Update: September 2009
International economic developments since the last Monthly Update were supportive for Mongolia. Mineral prices continued to rise and the industrial production of Mongolia’s major trading partners, including China, showed signs of a turnaround.Read more
   
PHILIPPINES: October 2009 Newsletters
Disaster Risk Management (Oct. 6, 2009) | Rural Development in Mindanao (Oct. 13, 2009)
   
PHILIPPINES: Second Phase of Mindanao Rural Development Project Gains Momentum
Project is well-positioned to meet its objectives of improving livelihood opportunities in targeted communities as well as decentralizing agriculture and fishery services delivery in a way that promotes participation, transparency, and accountability. Read more
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
The blog East Asia & Pacific on the rise wants to create conversations around important development challenges facing the region, share what we at the World Bank are doing and highlight some interesting initiatives. It is maintained by various staff working on development issues in the region.
   
Current conversations:
More Vietnam in pictures: fighting and mitigating natural disasters (Claudia Gabarain)
   
Climate Change won't go away – so get the basics right now (Florian Kitt)
   
Vietnam in pictures: The human toll of natural disasters (James Davison)
   
Mongolia reaches milestone in global assessment of threatened species (Tony Whitten)
   
A quick look at 60 years of China's development (James Davison)
   
Are China’s banks having a "good crisis"? (James Seward)
   
Returning to Siberut: Conservation changes on Indonesian island after 30 years (Tony Whitten)
   
Telecommunications in the Solomon Islands: "Hem Expensif Tumas" (It’s too Expensive) (Hamish Wyatt)
   
   
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