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ICT in Bhutanese Education System

9 November 2016
Integration and use of ICT in the Kingdom of Bhutan’s educational system started way before the year 2000. iSherig is the Education ICT Master Plan for the Kingdom of Bhutan that aims to harness the power of ICT as an enabling tool in teaching and learning.

BHU: Comparative Analysis of Bhutan’s Legal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement: Indigenous Peoples

31 October 2016
The term Indigenous Peoples is used in a generic sense to refer to a distinct, vulnerable, social and cultural group possessing the following characteristics in varying degrees: (i) self-identification as members of a distinct indigenous cultural group and recognition of this identity by others; (…

ITE Education Services

19 September 2016
Introducing infrastructure and pedagogical innovations in technical and vocational education and training (TVET), ITE Singapore is an authentic learning facility to prepare work-ready skilled workforce. It also serves as a hotspot for industry practitioners to collaborate and co-create relevant…

Deploying Mobile and Branchless Banking in Bhutan

1 July 2016
An ADB project is helping Bhutan promote financial literacy and strengthen financial inclusion by supporting mobile and branchless banking. In line with the government's priority under the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2013–2018) to improve the business climate for the private sector, the Strengthening…

Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation: Bhutan Case Study

28 June 2016
Bhutan plans to build its second east-west highway to improve trade and rural connectivity in the southern part of the country. This highway is expected to provide additional connectivity to India, increase regional trade and open up internal areas of Bhutan. This requires identification of climate…

Health Financing

9 June 2016
A core question for a health system is not how to finance healthcare costs, but how to make tradeoffs among competing goals. This presentation looks into the health care philosophy applied by Singapore, and how its public health infrastructure and a tiered approach has built a health population.

Video - Session 4 - Skills Development to Create a Local Pool of Labor

12 April 2016
This video covers Session 4 of the conference entitled “Skills Development to Create a Local Pool of Labor.” The importance of skills development in the context of energy access is examined. More specifically, it analyzes a broad range of issues on employment generation, skills development, and job…

A Regional Gender Assessment of Energy Policies and Programmes in South Asia

10 April 2016
The Asian Development Bank implemented a project that aimed to increase rural poor women’s access to affordable, reliable, and clean renewable energy sources and technologies in its three developing member countries in South Asia: Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. This report presents the findings of…

Improving Gender Inclusive Access to Clean and Renewable Energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka

10 April 2016
Energy is a critical factor in any poverty reduction strategy. It is also essential for generating production, income, and employment. The Asian Development Bank rolled out a project in three of its developing member countries in South Asia—Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka—to help increase rural poor…

BHU:Comparative Analysis of Bhutan Legal Framework for Involuntary Resettlement and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement

29 February 2016
The objective of this comparative analysis is to provide an overview of the extent to which the legal framework for Bhutan’sCountry Safeguard System (CSS) for land acquisition (LA) and involuntary resettlement (IR) is equivalent to the Policy Principles of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Safeguard…