Asian Development Bank - A multilateral development finance institution that aims for an Asia and Pacific free from poverty. Agricultural Development in Asia - Articles by Dr. Frithjof Kuhnen in English and German about rural development (land reform, rural industrialisation and rural employment) in some Asian countries. Greater Tumen Initiative - United Nations project for regional economic cooperation in Northeast Asia. Includes descriptions of infrastructure and other major projects in the Tumen River area. The World Bank Group - Europe and Central Asia - Provides news and in-depth analysis, supported by statistical data, of economic and social development in the countries of Europe and Central Asia. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) - The primary economic forum supporting sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific Region, which stretches from East Asia and Australasia to the Americas. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia - United Nations regional economic and social development commission in Western Asia. The World Bank Group - East Asia & the Pacific - Provides news and in-depth analysis, supported by statistics, of economic and social development in the countries of East Asia and the Pacific.