Substantial effort is being made to accelerate the development and deployment of Carbon Capture and Geological Storage (CCS), particularly in developed countries, with governments focusing on a post-2012 timeframe.

It has been shown that long-term growth and development across countries is driven to a large extent by productivity growth. Several studies exist that have attempted to examine the effect of different factors influencing productivity growth using industries or firms as units of analysis.

This reference book aims to support the implementation of trade facilitation measures and reforms in Asia and the Pacific. It attempts to bridge the gaps among policy makers, practitioners, and economists by outlining operational guidance on how to assess the status of trade facilitation, what measures and reforms are necessary, and how to implement them at national and regional levels.

The unbundling of services and technological innovations, particularly in the areas of sanitation and water supply and SWM has opened up these areas to the private sector.

Effective state-business relations are a set of highly institutionalised, responsive and public interactions between the state and the business sector. This paper examines the

Public Private Partnership (PPP) solutions for Maharashtra's urban water supply sector are being developed under the Mainstreaming PPPs in India Initiative. This toolkit is expected to assist the relevant public entities in the state of Maharashtra for developing PPP-based projects in the water supply and sanitation sector.

The urban transportation toolkit was initially conceived by the Asian Development Bank in conjunction with the Government of Maharashtra. The initial approach followed to prepare the
toolkit included a review of documentation available on PPPs in urban transportation.

The report, Catalysing Low Carbon Growth in Developing Economies: public finance mechanisms to scale up private sector investment in climate solutions, was prepared by Vivid Economics based on case studies. The report makes several broad recommendations to overcome current hurdles.