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Towards Integrated Programs and Database for Social Protection Programs in Indonesia

18 May 2018
Indonesia faces several challenges in financing SDGs. These include lack of common understanding on standardized indicators among pertinent government agencies, lack of political consensus, and lack of civil society participation. This presentation shares recommendations on how the country can…

Indonesia Proposed Technical Assistance for Building Inclusive Social Assistance

18 May 2018
The Program Keluarga Harapan or Family Hope Program in Indonesia is now one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programs. It has contributed to the increase in prenatal visits and immunization, enrollment rates, and school attendance in the country. Programs such as this can be…

Overview: Fiscal Space in Indonesia, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste

18 May 2018
Fiscal space refers to the financial resources that a government can use to support a certain program without compromising its own financial position. This presentation shares the potential fiscal spaces in three countries: Indonesia, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste. These resources can be used to finance…

Progress Report: Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (Phase 1)

13 May 2018
This presentation presents a progress report on the Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (FCFWI), including challenges, opportunities, and immediate next steps. The FCFWI is a gender-targeted initiative to identify and support key triggers that would accelerate women’s participation in urban…

Facilitating women’s employment in the transport sector

25 April 2018
The presentation covers the following: (i) the World Bank Group's Gender Strategy 2016-2023; (ii) barriers to women's employment in the transport sector; (iii) the economic case for gender equality; (iv) operational lessons learned on what works and what does not; and (v) an overview of World Bank…

Tbilisi Transport Company’s actions to give equal opportunities to women

25 April 2018
The presentation discusses gender equality improvement program implemented by the Tbilisi Transportation Company, including an overview of the company's gender equality policy, and related benefits, training, and awareness-raising campaign.

Gender Challenges and Opportunities for Tbilisi City Hall

24 April 2018
The presentation discusses the integration of gender quality issues in Tbilisi City Hall's priorities, legislations, governance structure, strategies/action plans, budgeting, programs, and projects.

ADB project examples of involving women in urban planning and governance: Livable Cities—Integrated Urban Action Plans for Balanced Regional Development, Georgia

24 April 2018
The presentation discusses various entry points for gender issues as an integral part of inclusive planning of urban development projects.

Safety and Public Transportation

24 April 2018
The presentation is a two-city analysis (Baku and Tbilisi) of the incidence and impacts of sexual harassment in public transport. It also presents the case for the importance of infrastructure design changes, technological innovations, and targeted awareness raising in changing behaviors, with the…

Agricultural Market Efforts in Southeast Asia: Case of Myanmar and Thailand

16 March 2018
Natural hazards such as floods and drought increasingly occur due to extreme weather events that are exacerbated by climate change. To cope with the adverse effects of climate change, familiarization of agricultural insurance as an adaptation measure is needed especially by developing world farmers…