Self Sovereign Identity: Converging Forces, Challenges and Opportunities

Event: Exploring Opportunities for Blockchain Technology in Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Development

Self Sovereign Identity: Converging Forces, Challenges and Opportunities

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Self sovereign identity is a system for user control of personal information. It requires consent to share data with third parties and a web of signed claims to build trust. This presentation traces the roots of identity and how technology has changed its uses and application in various types of transactions. It also discusses how individuals can take ownership and control of their data.

Asian Development Outlook 2018 Report on How Technology Affects Jobs

Event: Technology for Inclusion Conference

Asian Development Outlook 2018 Report on How Technology Affects Jobs

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New technologies drive higher productivity and economic growth, but also pose challenges for workers. 

How Technology Affects Jobs: Future of Jobs and Skills

Event: The Future of Skills and Jobs

How Technology Affects Jobs: Future of Jobs and Skills

Automation is putting some jobs at risk. On the other hand, technological advancement has been driving higher productivity that fuels economic growth.

This video explains how humans can keep up with the rapid changes in the labor market, particularly how workers can remain relevant in this era of technological advancements and artificial intelligence. 

How Technology Affects Jobs: Future of Jobs and Skills

Event: The Future of Skills and Jobs

How Technology Affects Jobs: Future of Jobs and Skills

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Automation is putting some jobs at risk. On the other hand, technological advancement has been driving higher productivity that fuels economic growth.

This presentation summarizes Asian Development Bank’s report, Asian Development Outlook 2018: How Technology Affects JobsIt explains why the region should remain optimistic about future job prospects and shares ways on how governments could harness technology for inclusive growth and job creation.

Information Management and Proactive Disclosure

Event: Making Access to Information a Meaningful Right: The Freedom of Information Program One Year On

Information Management and Proactive Disclosure

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To institutionalize the implementation of freedom of information effectively, it is important to list public authorities as a way of ensuring that these offices could not declare themselves as private entities to avoid their responsibilities under the right to information (RTI). This presentation shares information on changes that are necessary for more effective RTI implementation.

The Role of Actuaries and Actuarial Standards in Developing Insurance and Pension Markets

Event: High Level Roundtable of Insurance Supervisors: Fostering Sustainable Development through Proportionate Insurance Regulations

The Role of Actuaries and Actuarial Standards in Developing Insurance and Pension Markets

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The actuarial profession significantly contributes to the decision-making processes within the financial services industry, in the area of social protection, and in the management of risk.

Sri Lanka's Approach to 100% Household Electrification​

Event: Smart Grid Technologies and Implications for Inclusive Development in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's Approach to 100% Household Electrification​

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Mobile phone services provided immediate solutions to bringing affordable power connections to Sri Lanka's households​.

Sulakshana Jayawardena, Director (Development), Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, discussed the Government's approach to bringing affordable electricity to all households in Sri Lanka. The presentation was part of the Smart Grid Technologies and Implications for Inclusive Development in Sri Lanka training program organized by ADB and the University of Melbourne.

How Safe are Your Roads? Lessons from Tajikistan

Event: How Safe are Your Roads? Lessons from Tajikistan

How Safe are Your Roads? Lessons from Tajikistan

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Road safety has an economic impact. Even the Sustainable Development Goals recognize this by including it under Target 3.6: "By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents”.

This presentation shares Tajikistan's efforts in promoting road safety, particularly its National Road Safety Strategy supported by ADB. 

Agricultural Market Efforts in Southeast Asia: Case of Myanmar and Thailand

Event: New Approach for Farmers' Poverty Reduction Weather Index Insurance Using Satellite-Based Information

Agricultural Market Efforts in Southeast Asia: Case of Myanmar and Thailand

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Natural hazards such as floods and drought increasingly occur due to extreme weather events that are exacerbated by climate change. To cope with the adverse effects of climate change, familiarization of agricultural insurance as an adaptation measure is needed especially by developing world farmers who depend on agriculture for their livelihood. The Weather Index Insurance was developed by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance as a climate change adaptation measure for some countries in Southeast Asia.

Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Event: 7th International Skills Forum: Anticipating and Preparing for Emerging Skills and Jobs

Entrepreneurship and Leadership

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Since it was established, Rags2Riches has trained more than 1,000 artisans and partnered with five designers. Learn how this Philippine-based social enterprise is changing the lives of underprivileged women by providing them high-value, sustainable jobs.