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Welcome Remarks - External Support for Decentralization Reforms and Local Governance Systems in the Asia-Pacific: Better Performance, Higher Impact?

25 August 2015
Decentralization and local government reforms have been adopted by numerous countries in the Asia and Pacific region in recent decades. The rationale and motivation for these reform initiatives, many of which were aimed at strengthening sub-national governments, have been as diverse as the reform…

Political Economy of Decentralization and Local Governance Reforms and Relevance for Asia

25 August 2015
Decentralization as a diverse and complex phenomenon is often treated too much as a technical exercise by development partners. Giving extra attention to political and institutional dynamics is crucial in order to design and implement reforms on decentralization and local governance more…

Indian Cities in Aspirational Times

25 August 2015
GIZ Senior Advisor Aparna Daz presents the work done under the Inclusive Cities Partnership Program (ICCP) on various housing solution options for the urban poor. ICCP is a collaborative effort between the Government of India and GIZ India under a three-year cooperation, which started in November…

Indian Cities in Aspirational Times

25 August 2015
Alexandra Vogl, Urban Development Specialist at Asian Development Bank (ADB), enumerates the important factors that make a city inclusive. GIZ Senior Advisor Aparna Daz, in the second half of the video, shares the lessons from India’s Inclusive Cities Partnership Program, and specifies the project…

Knowledge: What Our Stakeholders Really Want

20 August 2015
What do ADB’s stakeholders really want from ADB? How can ADB respond better? View the result of ADB’s top tasks survey conducted in 2015. Top tasks are the small set of tasks that matter most to customers. This presentation discusses the results of the top task survey conducted by ADB in May 2015…

Opportunities for Internal Audit Capacity Development

1 August 2015
Strategy 2020, the long-term strategic framework of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for 2008–2020, identifies good governance and capacity development as drivers of change. Ultimately, this improves the delivery of public goods and services, broadens inclusiveness, and reduces the impact of…

ADB's Energy Sector Operations

10 July 2015
This presentation discusses Strategy 2020 and Energy Policy 2009 as the contexts for Asian Development Bank's work in the energy sector. It provides an overview of the sector by examining volume through type of assistance, and greening of the energy agenda. The sector’s programs and approaches are…

Enabling Communication in Times of Disaster

2 June 2015
FireChat is a free mobile phone application that functions as a communication tool for posting messages without the need for cellular service or connection to an internet network. It has been used in situations where there was congestion in cellular and internet signals due to the volume of users;…

New Communication Technologies: Linking Stakeholders in Difficult Communication Environments

2 June 2015
When emergencies or disasters strike, communication can be as vital as food and shelter but it is also among the infrastructure systems that are easily damaged or rendered unavailable. This report discusses the utility of Firechat, an off-grid communication technology, to Asian Development Bank-…

ADB: Trends and Patterns in Climate Finance

25 May 2015
This presentation provides an overview of climate financing trends and patterns in general. It also examines the flow of climate finance in Asia and the Pacific. It shares details of Asian Development Bank's initiatives in relation to climate financing.