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Presentation on Bangladesh Case

27 August 2024
Experience from ADB’s BRT Project in Dhaka

ADB-ILO Joint Research in Impacts of COVID-19 on Youth Employment in Asia and the Pacific

18 March 2021
In this presentation, ADB Youth for Asia shared significant findings as well as provided a common ground for the workshop participants from the report jointly released by ADB and ILO entitled “Tackling the COVID-19 Youth Employment Crisis in Asia and the Pacific”.

[VIDEO] The Impact of COVID-19 and Government Lockdown on Children’s Schooling, Time Use and Marriage Timing in Rural Bangladesh

17 November 2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor in developing countries is increasingly becoming a matter of concern. The poor seem more vulnerable to the COVID-19 infection given a congested and unhygienic environment, and its insufficient treatment in a poor medical system. Not only these direct…

[VIDEO] Fighting Against Learning Crisis in Developing Countries: A Randomized Experiment of Self- Learning at the Right Level

17 November 2020
This paper investigates the effectiveness of a globally popular method of self-learning at the right level in improving learning outcome — the cognitive and non-cognitive abilities — of disadvantaged pupils in a developing country, Bangladesh. Using a randomized control trial design, we find…

[VIDEO] Nudging by Beauty: Improving Women’s Health1 Decisions and Well-being in the Field

17 November 2020
Health interventions often show limited effectiveness in influencing behavior as they fail to take into account the choice architecture. To shed light on how to improve health interventions, we evaluate a unique intervention in rural Bangladesh that highlights the importance of health, hygiene,…

Prioritizing the Safety and Well-being of Project Stakeholders

10 November 2020
This presentation shares some recommended actions on how to ensure the safety of ADB projects stakeholders.

Guidance on COVID-19-related Health and Safety Measures Under Work and Service Contracts Administered by ADB Borrowers

10 November 2020
This presentation tackles the Health and Safety Management COVID-19 Plan to provide guidance on works and services contracts managed by ADB borrowers.

ADB Business Opportunities (Health)

29 October 2020
This presentation gives an overview of ongoing and upcoming ADB business opportunities relevant to the health sector. It also tackles the efforts of ADB in promoting Universal Health Care.

Health Ministers Meeting on Universal Health Coverage on Asia and the Pacific

14 September 2020
Presentation slides of Bambang Susantono, ADB Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, at the Health Ministers Meeting on Universal Health Coverage on Asia and the Pacific.

Understanding Disease Transmission and Health Risks through Water Systems

25 August 2020
This presentation discussed how an integrated approach contributes to the understanding of health risks in water systems, mainly on freshwater systems, looking at drivers, pressures, state, impact, and responses, citing a few examples of innovative monitoring and modeling used in forecasting and…