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Noncommunicable Diseases and Elderly Care in Beijing

24 July 2017
Is there much room for investment on noncommunicable diseases control and elderly care in Beijing? ADB intern Frank Mu presented on the current situation of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and elderly care in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and discussed potential investment opportunities for…

Investment Requirements to Achieve Food Security in Asia and the Pacific in 2030

15 June 2017
The People's Republic of China and Indonesia require more investments for high-level technology in agriculture. The International Food Price Research Institute, through an ADB project, is studying the investment requirements of the People's Republic of China and Indonesia to boost ICT use in the…

Trust Funds as a Tool to Protect the Water Source Areas: A Case Study in Longwu, Zhejiang Province

25 November 2016
The Shanshui trust fund, Hangzhou’s Longwu reservoir water source protection project, is a public trust project to protect and manage the environment of small drinking water source. It is supported by the Wanxiang Trust–China Nature Conservancy Public Trust. The project use the trust structure to…

An International Overview of Innovative Financing Instruments for Ecosystem Management, and Implications for the People's Republic of China

24 November 2016
Michael Bennett, Forest Trends senior researcher, outlined some of the major types of innovative approaches for conservation finance globally, and highlighted some of the main trends in the developments of these approaches. In the presentation, Bennett discussed the position of the People’s…

Water Funds in the People’s Republic of China

24 November 2016
Based on the payment for ecosystem scheme, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has developed sophisticated financial tools, collectively called Water Funds, to attract investments from water users and direct the funding toward conservation of key lands upstream that filter and regulate water supply. TNC’s…

Accounting Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP)

24 November 2016
Ecosystem is essential for human survival and development. Yet in the economic-social-environment nexus, there is currently no widely used index to measure sustainability of the natural environment. The economic system has gross domestic product (GDP) to measure its performance, whereas social…

Green Finance

23 November 2016
The path that the People's Republic of China has taken to design its green financial system is covered in this presentation. It also examines closely the concept of green finance by understanding its meaning and importance.

Experience Sharing on Equator Principles Implementation and Green Finance: Achieving Competition Advantages through Sustainable Finance

23 November 2016
The Industrial Bank in the People’s Republic of China adopted the Equator Principles In October 2008, the first financial institution in the country to do so, to promote the country’s green credit program. The Equator Principles is a risk management framework that guides financial institutions in…

Global Impact of China's Growth Slowdown and Structural Change

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…

Development in (the People's Republic of) China Electronic Tendering and Bidding Procurement

5 October 2015