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Video - Session 6 - Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models

12 April 2016
This video covers Session 6 of the conference entitled “Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models.” It draws lessons from a solar home program implemented in Bangladesh that demonstrates how business models can address inclusive energy challenges. It also shows how private sector…

Solar Programs of the Infrastructure Development Company Limited

12 April 2016
Bangladesh’s Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), in this presentation, features the solar home system program and solar mini-grid project as its renewable energy initiatives. ICDOL promotes the use of alternative energy sources by ensuring the financial and economic sustainability…

BAN: Comparative Analysis of DMC Legal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement

29 February 2016
Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards Objectives: To avoid involuntary resettlement wherever possible; to minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives; to enhance, or at least restore, the livelihoods of alldisplaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project…

Making Renewable Energy a Success in Bangladesh: Getting the Business Model Right

1 December 2015
More than three quarters of Bangladeshis in rural areas have no electricity in their homes, forcing the villagers to complete their work during daylight. This paper analyzes the success of the solar home system program in Bangladesh, which today provides clean and reliable electricity to millions…

Bangladesh Skills for Employment Investment Program: Opportunity to Transform the Skills Sector

1 December 2015
With unmet training needs owing to a large gap in training capacity, Bangladesh faces a shortage in skills supply resulting to low productivity and income. Introducing performance-based financing, the Skills for Employment Investment Project in Bangladesh involved industry associations in priority…

Globe International Centre: Supporting the Development and Passage of Right to Information in Mongolia

23 November 2015
Mongolia is part of the Open Government Partnership, and it continues to ensure continued progress on transparency and accountability.

Mongolia: Why Follow the Money?

23 November 2015
Advancing budget transparency requires collaborative efforts of various stakeholders. In Mongolia, there have been efforts to uphold transparency, including the participation of citizens in the monitoring of public funds.

Does Legal Environment Mean Existence of Law?

23 November 2015
The implementation of Right to Information in Mongolia has several lessons and experiences that other countries can learn from.

Promoting Inclusive Financial Services and Financial Education: The Case of Mongolia

17 November 2015
Providing access to financial services for the poor and vulnerable non-poor households is the aim of ADB's Promoting Inclusive Financial Services for the Poor project in Mongolia. To implement the project’s communication component, entertainment-educate was used as an approach to conduct financial…

Soap Operas in the Desert: The Power of Stories to Change Behavior

17 November 2015
ADB’s Promoting Inclusive Financial Services for the Poor project in Mongolia has shown why it is important to strike a balance between changing behavior about financial planning and saving with existing financial services, and choosing a communication approach and medium that could carry…