Institutional Strengthening and Collection of Environment Statistics in Selected Developing Member Countries (RETA 5555) : concluding workshop, ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines, 25-27 May 1998

Contents: 1. Appendix 5 - Overview of RETA-5555: Institutional strengthening and collection of environmental statistics in selected DMCs. 2. Appendix 6 - Framework for the development of environment statistics and preparation of the compendium of environment statistics: the Philippine experience. 3. Appendix 7 - Bangladesh country paper on the development of environment statistics. 4. Appendix 8 - Project on institutional strengthening and collection of environment statistics: the Indian experience. 5. Appendix 9 - Development of environment statistics framework in Vietnam. 6. Appendix 10a - Environmental statistics development: the Indonesian experience. 7. Appendix 10b - Institutional framework for environment statistics development in Indonesia. 8. Appendix 11 - Environment statistics in Nepal. 9. Appendix 12 - Country report of Sri Lanka. 10. Appendix 13 - Samoa and the environment: a framework for national environment statistics. 11. Appendix 14 - Report on the status of the Vanuatu framework for the development of environment statistics (VFDES) and the compendium. 12. Appendix 15 - Pakistan country brief. 13. Appendix 16 - Development of environment statistics by the Department of Statistics (DOS) under ADB Regional Technical Assistance. 14. Appendix 17 - Notes on environment statistics. 15. Appendix 18 - Development of environment statistics in the ESCAP Region: ongoing and planned activities. 16. Appendix 19 - Role of the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) on the environment statistics. 17. Appendix 20 - Measuring environmental performance in Asia. 18. Appendix 21 - Environmental statistics in the Pacific: an overview. 19. Appendix 22 - Composition of Working Groups. 20. Appendix 23 - Accomplishments of RETA-555: An overview. 21. Appendix 24 - Report of Group 1: Next steps. 22. Appendix 25 - Report of Group 2: Recommended list of environmental indicators. 23. Appendix 26 - Report of Group 3: Development of environment statistics in Asia-Pacific developing countries - a proposed ADB publication. 24. Appendix 27 - Report of Group 4: Training