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Progress in Payment for Forest Environmental Services in Viet Nam

24 November 2016
Pham Hong Luong, director of the Department of Planning and Finance, Viet Nam Administration of Forestry, provided a briefing on Viet Nam’s payment for forest environmental services (PFES). PFES was piloted in 2008 in two provinces, Son La and Lam Dong, and replicated throughout the country in 2011…

Dhaka Water: Thinking of a System-Side Solution

30 September 2016
Poverty is deep-rooted in economic, political, and social processes in Bangladesh. The uneven ownership of productive assets, lack of skills and knowledge, inadequate development of infrastructure, frequent natural disasters, low levels of urbanization are the main causes of poverty. Among the…

Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project

28 September 2016
Supported by the Asian Development Bank, the Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project (UGIIP-III) aims to strengthen urban governance and improve urban infrastructure and service delivery in municipalities in Bangladesh. This presentation discusses how Sustainable…

Public-Private Partnership Led Improved Fecal Sludge Management Services in Faridpur Municipality, Bangladesh

28 September 2016
This presentation provides a brief situational analysis of the state of fecal sludge management in the municipality of Faridpur in Bangladesh. A business proposal was created to improve the system on a large scale adopting service level agreements with private sector service providers.

PISA 2012 in Viet Nam: Results and Lessons Learned

20 September 2016
Learn from the lessons of Viet Nam in Programme for International Student Assessment.

Skills for Employment Investment Program in Bangladesh

19 September 2016
The Government of Bangladesh’s Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP) is the largest skills development program in Asia and the Pacific. Under a private-public partnership model, SEIP will support training of 1.5 million youths in Bangladesh of which about 70% will be provided with…

Japan International Cooperation Agency's Technical and Vocational Education and Training Projects in Viet Nam and Cambodia

19 September 2016
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) aims to improve education and training to meet the changing needs of industry. JICA’s technical and vocational education and training (TVET) projects focuses on the training of trainers in Viet Nam and on improving the quality of TVET to meet…

ICT Applications for Social Protection Delivery: Examples in Mongolia, Nepal, and Viet Nam

19 September 2016
Mongolia, Nepal, and Viet Nam differ in their use of ICT for social protection services. Mongolia has extensively used ICT: It has issued electronic ID cards to all its citizens starting in 2012, which the latter use to access government services. Viet Nam and Nepal have started to introduce the…

Green Freight Strategy: Experiences of ADB Green Freight Project

16 September 2016
Learn about ADB’s experiences on green freight projects. This presentation features green freight projects implemented by ADB and the Ministry of Transport in Laos, Thailand, and Viet Nam from 2016 to 2016, with the objective of fostering low-carbon sustainable freight transport. It shares project…

Road Safety in Bangladesh

14 September 2016
Implemented by the Center for Injury Prevention and Research in Bangladesh, the Safe Crossings program aims to create a low speed zone, provide road safety education, and gain commitment from local communities. This presentation also offers some road safety suggestions to policymakers.