2016 ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum

27 October 2016 to 28 October 2016

New Delhi

India

With the theme, “Promoting Sustainable Urbanization in Asia and the Pacific”, the 2016 Asian Development Bank (ADB)-Asian Think Tank Development Forum gathered around 70 participants representing 24 countries in the region. Held in New Delhi India, this year's forum was co-organized by the National Institute of Public Finance Policy and the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

The forum mainly aimed to deepen knowledge exchanges among think tanks in the region as they discussed the latest global and regional policy developments and country-specific experiences on sustainable urbanization.

The ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum started in 2013 when the ADB-Asian Think Tank Network (ATTN) was established. The Forum is ATTN's flasgship knowledge sharing event, and has been organized annually since the network started. Each year, a think tank co-hosts the forum with ADB. Sessions cover latest global and regional policy developments and country-specific experiences and policy issues on innovation and inclusion.

Program and Learning Materials:

27 Oct 2016
28 Oct 2016

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
27 Oct 2016	Session 1 - Opening Ceremonies	Welcome Remarks	Rathin Roy, Rajat Kathuria, and Naoyuki Yoshino
27 Oct 2016	Session 1 - Opening Ceremonies	Keynote Address	Shri Arun Jaitley
27 Oct 2016	Session 2 - Economic Outlook	Asian Economic Outlook and Challenges Ahead Despite global headwinds, the growth in developing Asia is steady at 5.7% in 2016 and 2017. This growth, however, will also bring long-term challenges...	Juzhong Zhuang
27 Oct 2016	Session 2 - Economic Outlook	Financial Integration and External Spillovers This presentation discusses the evolution of financial integration in the region. It also highlights the roles and impact of external shocks in the region...	Peter Rosenkranz
27 Oct 2016	Session 2 - Economic Outlook	Selected Countries’ Responses to Challenges
27 Oct 2016	Session 2 - Economic Outlook	Open Discussion
27 Oct 2016	Session 3 - Challenges of Sustainable Urbanization	Challenges for Sustainable Urban Development in Asia Urbanization is a mega trend. Half of humanity lives in cities today, and the figure will increase to 60 percent by 2030. Rapid urbanization exerts huge...	Michael Lindfield
27 Oct 2016	Session 3 - Challenges of Sustainable Urbanization	Challenges of Sustainable Urbanization: The Case of Thailand This presentation shares the experience of Thailand in dealing with the challenges of sustainable urbanization. It enumerates specific steps taken by ...	Nonarit Bisonyabut
27 Oct 2016	Session 3 - Challenges of Sustainable Urbanization	Open Discussion
27 Oct 2016	Session 4 - Financing for Sustainable Urbanization	Financing for Sustainable Urbanization Mobilizingfunds to suport sustainable urbanization remains a big challenge in Asia. Specifically, the biggest challenge is boosting investments on urban...	Rana Hasan
27 Oct 2016	Session 4 - Financing for Sustainable Urbanization	Financing for Sustainable Urbanization: Public-Private Partnership in Japan Japan has wealth of experience in ensuring sustainable urbanization. This presentation shares some of Japan's financing mechanisms in funding itsurban...	Keiichiro Oda
27 Oct 2016	Session 4 - Financing for Sustainable Urbanization	Financing Innovation as the Key to Urban Development in China The rate of urbanization in the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been constantly growing. This presentation sharescase studies onurban development...	Aijun Qui
27 Oct 2016	Session 4 - Financing for Sustainable Urbanization	Financing Sustainable Urbanization: Case of Korea This presentation showcases the experience of the Republic of Korea in responding to rapid urbanization, particularly in financing the necessary urban...	Jeong-Ho Kim
27 Oct 2016	Session 4 - Financing for Sustainable Urbanization	Open Discussion

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material
28 Oct 2016	Session 5 - Dialogue between Think Tanks and Government Clients	Think Tanks’ Respective Mission and Services/Activities
28 Oct 2016	Session 5 - Dialogue between Think Tanks and Government Clients	Feedback from Government Agencies
28 Oct 2016	Session 6 - Closing Ceremonies	Updates on ATTN and Next Steps