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This book is the first ever English-language study of Julien Duvivier (1896-1967), once considered one of the world's great filmmakers. It provides new contextual and analytical readings of his films that identify his key themes and techniques, trace patterns of …
Winner of the Elma Dangerfield Prize 2018Byron in Italy Venetian debauchery, Roman sight-seeing, revolution, horse-riding and swimming, sword-brandishing and pistol-shooting, the poets last attachment forms part of the fabric of Romantic mythology. Yet Byrons time in Italy was crucial to …
Recent years have witnessed an explosion of interest in the 'spatialities of cinema' across the social sciences and humanities, yet to date critical inquiry has tended to explore this issue as a question of the 'city' and the 'urban'. For …
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Essays on the poetry of Geoffrey Hill
Geoffrey Hill has said that some great poetry 'recognises that words fail us'. These essays explore Hill's struggle over fifty years with the recalcitrance of language. This book seeks to show how all his work is marked by the quest …
View book details for Vielfaltsbewusste Padagogik und Denken in Moglichkeiten
Theoretische Grundlagen und Handlungsperspektiven
Alex de la Iglesia, initially championed by Pedro Almodovar, and at one time the enfant terrible of Spanish film, still makes film critics nervous. The director of some of the most important films of the Post-Franco era Accion mutante, El …
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Lifting the Veil of the Spirit World
There is a realm that is waiting for you that might have answers to questions that have been on your mind since you were little. This is the world of Spirit, were other doors to dimensions and portals to knowledge, …
Social bond markets have grown rapidly in Asia and around the world amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Today, the global social bond market is dominated by bonds that address pandemic-related social impact areas. To better understand the potential contribution …
The fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS) and small island developing states (SIDS) approach represents a new way of doing business for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its most vulnerable developing member countries. FCAS and SIDS face unique development challenges …
While the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has resulted in severe global health and economic crises, it also presents an opportunity for a green, sustainable, and resilient recovery enabled by sustainable energy. This guidance note examines the effects of COVID-19 on the …
This study is conducted under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) project for Strengthening Gender-Inclusive Growth in Central and West Asia. It aims to establish a better understanding of womens roles in irrigated agriculture and water management in Tajikistan. The findings …
View book details for Next Steps for ASEAN+3 Central Securities Depository and Real-Time Gross Settlement Linkages
A Progress Report of the Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum
This report from the Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum (CSIF) provides an update on progress toward the establishment of a regional settlement intermediary (RSI) to support investment and more integrated bond markets among ASEAN+3 economies. The proposed RSI is to be …
View book details for Financing Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific
A Guide for Policy Makers
Disaster events impact Asia and the Pacific more than any other region in the world. In light of current and future climate and disaster risks, there is an urgent need to address the regions underinvestment in disaster risk and reduction. …
View book details for E-Commerce in CAREC Countries
Laws and Policies
Digital trade promotion has been a long-standing priority for CAREC member countries, as part of their integration into global value chains and economic diversification. This study examines the legal environment on electronic transactions as well as the opportunities and challenges …
The "leave no one behind" principle espoused by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires measures of progress for different segments of the population. This entails detailed disaggregated data to identify subgroups that might be falling behind, to ensure progress …
Meeting the 2030 Agenda requires unprecedented investment from different sources of finance, ambitious strategies, and structural reform. In recent years, total available development finance in Kazakhstan stagnated and decreased significantly as a share of gross domestic product. This publication presents …
This edition of the Pacific Economic Monitor discusses the impacts of COVID-19 and provides an overview of other current economic and development issues in Pacific developing member countries of ADB.
View book details for Report Series Purpose and Introduction to Climate Science
Climate Change, Coming Soon to A Court Near YouReport One
Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. Without urgent climate action, humanity faces a world that cannot sustain civilization as we know it. People around the globe are demanding action, some with climate litigation. This four-part report series …
View book details for The Development and Social Impacts of Pakistans New Khanki Barrage
A Project Benefit Case Study
This study examines the development and describes the advanced technology used for the construction and operation of the New Khanki Barrage in Punjab, Pakistan. It highlights the socioeconomic benefits of the project, including an increase in agricultural outputs and income …
View book details for Waste to Energy in the Age of the Circular Economy
Best Practice Handbook
This handbook features best practices for integrating waste to energy and related technologies into the operations of various industries. It discusses current technologies, presents a conceptual example of municipal solid waste planning, and provides commentary on waste-to-energy initiatives. The importance …
The leave no one behind principle of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires appropriate indicators for different segments of a countrys population. This entails detailed, granular data on population groups that extend beyond national trends and averages. The Asian …
View book details for The Integrated Disaster Risk Management Fund
Sharing Lessons and Achievements
The Government of Canada and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) established the Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRM) Fund in February 2013. The Fund was created to advance proactive integrated disaster risk management measures on a regional basis within ADBs developing …
This book is the first of two volumes that review various approaches and instruments that have been tried, tested, and utilized to scale up clean energy development in Asia and the Pacific. This volume examines clean energy investment needs and …
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A Special Supplement of Asias Journey to Prosperity: Policy, Market, and Technology Over 50 Years
The Asia and Pacific region has seen tremendous economic and social progress since the 1960s. Yet, the region remains vulnerable to disaster risk that threatens its hard-won gains. Over the years, developing Asia has endured a growing number of disasters …
"Those who wish to deepen their acquaintance with Murasaki's wondrous world will certainly find Puette's guide most helpful." --The Japan TimesThis is the most complete reader's guide available on Japan's highly revered novel, the eleventh-century classic, The Tale of Genji, …
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