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Environment Impact Assessment - Course Outline

14 December 2016
This is the course outline on Environment Impact Assessment.

Environment Impact Assessment - Reading Material

14 December 2016
This is the reading material on Environment Impact Assessment.

Substandard and Fake Medicines: Undermining Health Security in the Greater Mekong Subregion

5 December 2016
How do you know that the medicine you bought is not fake? Purchase with caution, especially if you are from the Greater Mekong Subregion. Douglas Ball presented on the global problem of substandard or falsified medicines, and how they undermine health systems and progress in health policies. He…

Review of Retail Electricity Tariffs

5 September 2016
Electricity subsidies are often paid out if government budgets exceed all spending on education, healthcare, and rural support. In order to subsidize low residential customer prices, governments impose higher prices on industrial customers, which discourages new investment and encourage…

Transport (Southeast Asia)

17 March 2016
Know more about ADB's programs, projects, and opportunities in Southeast Asia under the Transport sector.

Water and Urban Development (Southeast Asia)

16 March 2016
Learn more about ADB's Water and Urban Development operations in Southeast Asia and the corresponding potential business opportunities.

Public Management and Finance (Southeast Asia)

16 March 2016
Learn more about ADB's Public Sector Management and Finance operations in Southeast Asia and the corresponding potential business opportunities.

Problems and Solutions of Trade/Customs in Asian Countries

1 March 2016
NTT Data shares some trade and customs issues that beset some countries in Asia. These include complicated custom procedures, separate applications that have to be submitted in paper form, slow duties collection, and cases of tax evasion. This presentation details some solutions that can be applied…

Human Capital Development in South and Southeast Asia: Achievements, Prospects, and Policy Challenges

1 December 2015
Educational and skills challenges constrain the development of human capital in South and Southeast Asia as the region catches up with the rest of the world. The introduction of technical and vocational education and training programs helps prepare new entrants to the workforce by providing quality…

Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities

27 August 2015
Mitigation progress cannot be measured without estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Capturing project and city emission estimates has yet to be fully mainstreamed as part of Asian Development Bank’s urban operations. Despite the challenges, there is a strong case for moving toward…