COPENHAGEN – The Japanese government increased its climate aid packages to developing countries, from USD9, 2 billion to $ 15 billion by 2012 through “Hatoyama Initiative”. This initiative is based on the statement of Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama at the UN Summit on Climate Change, last September in New York. This is intended [...]

MANILA – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has disbursed loans worth USD 100 million to increase the income of poor people in Shanxi Province, China. In addition, the loan is allocated to create programs of social stabilization of the tension of the practices of traditional agriculture. The loans are disbursed loan programs Shanxi Integrated Agricultural [...]