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The combined budgets of the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, and every other development organization in the world make up just a drop of the economic fuel needed to power billions of people into greater prosperity. Those who work in development have long known that the private sector must play a major role in the enormous economic change needed to lift large numbers of people out of poverty.

But it is not that simple.

Though their motives may be admirable, private sector companies are not created to help the poor and spur economic development. They are complex entities that play by a different set of rules than development organizations. Finding the right partnership between the private sector, the public sector, and the development community is at the forefront of development work today.

This edition of the Pacific Economic Monitor discusses 2012 and 2013 GDP growth and inflation projections for ADB's Pacific developing member countries.

This edition of Development Asia explores the concept of green growth: the embracing of environmentally sound and sustainable policies with the need to maintain high economic growth. It features an exclusive interview with leading expert Ashok Khosla, who takes a hard look at the promises and failings of green growth. In other stories, we look at pioneering efforts to deliver medicine through a soda company's distribution network.

This edition of the Pacific Economic Monitor examines 2011 budget outcomes and 2012 budget plans in ADB's Pacific developing member countries.

The 11th edition of Development Asia looks into the double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases in Asia and the Pacific.

In this issue of News from Pakistan: ADB President Inaugurates Rail Line Linking Afghanistan to Central Asia; Tashkent Annual Meeting: Statement by Alternate Governor from Pakistan; Power That Benefits All; Turning Risk into Opportunity: Converting Sewerage Water to Irrigation Water

In this issue of News from Pakistan: CAREC 2020: Boosting Trade, Transport and Energy in Central Asia; ADB provides $650 Million to Assist Pakistan Rebuild Flood Damaged Infrastructure; Governor Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh's Statement in the Business Section; ADB's 44th Annual Meeting; ADB Supports Pakistan's First Privately-owned Wind Farm; Building Back Better; Two More Pakistani Banks Sign on to ADB's Trade Finance Program; ADB, Swiss Re Sign Agreement to Boost Trade in Asia; View H2O Video Competition; Gilgit-Baltisan Economic Report: Broadening the Transformation; and Pakistan Urban Forum 2011.

The Pacific Economic Monitor provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues.

Education attacks poverty at its roots, laying the groundwork for achieving all development goals. Teaching children to read and write, for example, not only improves their employment prospects, but also better attunes them to their country's development goals - all of which depend on disseminating important information to be successful. As such, literacy is the foundational cornerstone for development.

In this issue ofNews from Nepal: