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Discussion on Improving State Capacity to Target Extreme Poverty: An Evaluation of a Randomized Intervention in Bangladesh

8 September 2021

Improving State Capacity to Target Extreme Poverty: An Evaluation of a Randomized Intervention in Bangladesh — Draft Paper

8 September 2021

Trade STR Data Points and Feedback Loop

9 December 2020
The 2012 Asia/Pacific Group Report on Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) recommended policies to combat TBML. This presentation gives a status of the proposals, identifies the TBML data points that need to be added when reporting suspicious transactions, and outlines next steps, including testing…

Migrant Domestic Workers: Current Situation and Issues

25 January 2019
In Asia, there is a need to ensure equal treatment to migrant domestic workers under national labor laws and improve their access to legal information and social services.

Labor Migration Trends and Policies in Asia

24 January 2019
Overall migration flows continue to decline from almost 6 million workers in 2015 to 5.24 million in 2017. Reduced recruitment in the Gulf Cooperation Countries is the main driver behind this downward trend.

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…

Seeing is Believing: Twinning Water Utilities for Better Services

19 May 2015
This video features a twinning program between an experienced mentor utility—in this case Maynilad (Philippines)—with a recipient utility, Khulna WASA (Bangladesh). The exercise is part of a knowledge sharing initiative called Water Operators Partnerships in Asia and the Pacific, established by…

Rx: The Value of Communication in Health Projects

26 February 2015
From the outset, ADB’s Second Urban Primary Health Care Project in Bangladesh integrated development communication as one of the outputs to ensure that the project would not just achieve but also sustain its outcomes. The project’s successful implementation of its behavior change communication…

Rx: The Value of Communication in Health Projects

26 February 2015
Having identified communications as an essential project element, a behavior change communication and marketing (BCCM) strategy involving all stakeholders was developed by ADB’s Second Urban Primary Health Care Project in Bangladesh. The project’s experience has shown that using BCCM is critical in…