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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…

ICT Challenges and Opportunities for Social Protection Delivery in Nepal

19 September 2016
In Nepal, several obstacles hinder investments on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for social protection. Data, for one, is still scare. Moreover, IT personal and expertise are also still at a weak level. To overcome these obstacles, capacity-training is needed at the country-level.…

Road Safety in Cambodia

14 September 2016
Ensuring rural road safety is one of the responsibilities of the Social and Environment Office (SEO) of Cambodia’s Ministry of Rural Development. This presentation provides a brief background of SEO. It also explains SEO’s involvement in rural road safety and how it undertakes capacity improvement…

Community-Based Rural Road Safety Output

14 September 2016
Learn about the Rural Roads Improvement Project in Cambodia supported by ADB. The project used a three-stream approach in the form of safe school zone, data collection analysis, and social enforcement.

Gender and Social Inclusion in Mini-grid Systems in Nepal: Approach and Challenges

30 August 2016
This presentation discusses the existing policy and directives of Asian Development Bank (ADB) on gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) mainstreaming in the energy sector of Nepal. The GESI approach used by ADB as well as the challenges that impede its full realization in Nepal’s mini-grid…

NEP: Preparation of Pollution Control Strategy and Action Plan - Compendium of Environment Statistics 2015

29 August 2016
The eradication of poverty and the assurance of environmental sustainability are today’s greatest challenges. The concept of sustainable development introduces concrete measures to bring these ambitions into balance and intends to promote sustainable development for the benefit of current and…

The Development of Government Bond Market in Cambodia

18 August 2016
Cambodia has shown a robust economic growth for the past decade, around 7.5% real growth. In order to maintain this growth, Cambodia needs to strengthen its investment in infrastructure and other areas. The challenge is to beef up public investments; thus, government bonds are being issued to…

CAM: Comparative Analysis of Cambodia’s Legal Framework and Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards in the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement

31 July 2016
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 all displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project levels; and to improve the standards of…

Impact of Climate Change on Glacier Dependent Himalayan River Basins

27 June 2016
How does climate change affect the Himalayan region? Aside from the apparent increasing temperature, Himalayan region has been experiencing serveral changes affecting its environment and inhabitants. This presentation gives a snapshot on the changes on glacier ice volume and glacial lakes.