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5 September 2016
Electricity subsidies are often paid out if government budgets exceed all spending on education, healthcare, and rural support. In order to subsidize low residential customer prices, governments impose higher prices on industrial customers, which discourages new investment and encourage…
2 September 2016
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a resource-rich province located in a severe cold climate zone of the People's Republic of China, relies heavily on coal to provide heating for its population. With support from Asian Development Bank, a new and gender-sensitive business model for wind-based…
18 August 2016
The economy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has slowed down based on current available data. While the slowdown is expected, the growth rate seems to lag behind the projection. This presentation provides an initial analysis of this economic slowdown's impact and explains how PRC's…
28 June 2016
What are climate change-relate risks that could significantly affect essential infratructure systems? This presentation looks into the climate vulnerability of Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project in Lao PDR.
14 June 2016
Peking University has partnered with several multilateral agencies for education development. It has collaborated with agencies such as the Asian Development Bank, Ford Foundation, UNESCO, and World Bank in projects that tackle education development for the poor, private education development, and…
14 June 2016
There has been a huge expansion in higher education in the People's Republic of China (PRC) since the late 1990s. To help the country promote the employment of its college graduates, a group of education experts evaluated PRC's higher education policies through an ADB policy and advisory technical…
14 June 2016
A survey among the staff of Chinese universities showed that about 80% of them agreed that the number of self-employed graduates has increased over the years. Results also revealed that 65% of entrepreneurship graduates who became self-employed were opportunity driven while 35% became so out of…
14 June 2016
The number of students in the PRC has rapidly increased in recent years. To help university graduates secure jobs, the country needs policies that will ensure graduates' professional relevance. It should also deepen cooperation among universities, government, and industry, and provide start-up…
7 June 2016
In promoting technical and vocational education and training (TVET), there is no one-size-fits-all communication approach as each TVET audience has different interests, stakes and perspectives, and local cultures and contexts vary. Recruiting experts who can assist in systematic communication…
31 March 2016
The Nam Theun 2 (NT2) Hydroelectric Power Project in the Lao People’s Democratric Republic (Lao PDR) is considered by then deputy prime minister Somsavat Lengsavad as the most powerful in Lao PDR, and a worldwide model of social and environmental responsibility. As previous chair of the NT2…