In March 2023, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) awarded an approximately $450,000 grant project to LocationMind, Inc. to support the development of the Poverty Impact and Vulnerability Evaluation (PIVE) tool designed to assist policymakers, planners, and other stakeholders in disaster management and urban planning.

The grant project was awarded as part of the Technology Innovation Challenge financed by ADB's High-Level Technology (HLT) Fund which aims to promote the adoption of HLT and innovative solutions to address development challenges in ADB’s developing member countries.

PIVE is a framework designed to transform available data on local environments, communities, mobility, and people into digital assets that provide valuable insights that can support efforts to design inclusive cities and improve the resilience of vulnerable communities.

In this brown bag session organized by the Urban Sector Group, Senior Urban Specialist Hong Soo Lee joined by Professor Ryosuke Shibasaki, Satoshi Miyazawa, Mariko Shibasaki​​​​​​​, and ​​​​​​​Deepanshu Agarwal​​​​​​​ to discuss how ADB’s Innovation Hub and the Tokyo-based startup are working with national and local government units, NGOs, and academic institutions to develop and implement the PIVE tool in two pilot areas in the Philippines