ADB approves $2m TA grant to help prevent COVID-19
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approved a $2 million technical assistance (TA) grant to help select
developing member countries including Bangladesh to prevent and control the
spread of the COVID-19.
and integrating water, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH+H) approaches
into ADB’s projects.
financed by the government of Japan.
The TA will direct resources toward ADB projects in the social sector,
particularly health, education, and social protection; as well as the water
and urban sectors, focused on water supply, sanitation, wastewater, and solid
waste management, said an ADB press release.
Preliminary countries identified to participate in the TA are
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Asian Development Bank issued the following announcement on Dec. 1.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $430 million multitranche financing facility (MFF) to improve the quality and reliability of electricity supply in Uttar Pradesh in India.
The Uttar Pradesh Power Distribution Network Rehabilitation Project will improve the efficiency and sustainability of power supply in Uttar Pradesh. The project will finance the conversion of 65,000 kilometers (km) of rural low-voltage distribution lines from bare conductors to aerial bundle conductors to benefit an estimated 70 million people in 46,000 rural villages. It will also finance the construction of a parallel network of 11-kilovolt feeders with a total length of 17,000 km to separate the distribution of electricity between residential consumers and agriculture consumers. This will facilitate the use of solar energy to meet the agriculture demand, increase in electricity supply duration to rural residential consumers, a
Published December 14, 2020, 2:53 PM
A child rights organization underscored on Monday that more jobs and livelihood for women in conflict-affected Mindanao provinces will improve the lives of thousands of displaced children and families who face risks from lingering armed-conflict and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
(Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
In celebration of the International Day of Human Rights, the Save the Children Philippines (SCP) has called for strengthening of women’s rights to economic empowerment and critical participation in the labor force.
“The realization of women’s rights to socio-economic development is critical to the fulfillment of children’s rights to health and survival, access to learning and well-being,” Chief Executive Officer of SCP Atty. Alberto Muyot said in a statement.