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9 July 2025
BRAC's presentation outlined their Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) programme that addresses extreme poverty through the "ABCs" approach: Assets (productive investments), Basic needs (consumption support), and Coaching (intensive mentorship). The programme has evolved since 2002 to integrate climate…
20 February 2024
The presentation provides an overview of MSMEs in India and discusses the impact of climate change and challenges to low carbon transtion facing MSMEs. Finally, it presents SIDBI's Green Inclusivity Program form MSMEs.
20 February 2024
The presentation discusses learnings from the FICCI project on scaling up investments in 3 MSME clusters by developing Standard Energy Efficient Techologies (SEET). It highlights the challenges and opportunities facing the SME sector.
15 February 2024
Welcome Address
Mio Oka, Country Director, India Representative Office, ADB
Opening Remarks
V Anantha Nageswaran Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India
Ramesh Subramaniam (virtual) Director General and Group Chief, ADB Office of the Director General, Sectors Group, ADB Special address on…
27 April 2022
India is host to a rich wildlife with an estimated 2,413 rhinoceros in Kaziranga alone. Faced with increasing loss of wildlife due to habitat loss and fragmentation and roadside accidents, the government of Assam is currently working on a wildlife-friendly development project specifically on…
17 June 2020
The presentation discussed some initial interventions in community-scale solar pumping for agriculture. Preliminary learnings suggested that the approach is suitable for remote communities. Scaling these interventions holds promise and can facilitate further investments at the nexus of energy,…
16 June 2020
While first-cost typically governs single building development, entire new districts are able to reach net-zero or near-zero energy/emissions status through technology integration and design across multiple systems on a site. With project examples from China, India, and the United States, this…
29 October 2019
[Session Summary] Check out how establishing farmer-producer organizations has helped farmers in Maharashtra, India.
29 October 2019
Cases of farmer’s suicides have been documented in Bangladesh due to persistent losses in crops. Every year, Bangladesh's farmers incur huge losses with their products due to the lack of storage facilities and the government's failure to control the market.
29 October 2019
The article gives a glimpse of the challenges and tasks ahead for the new government. More than the money, the long-term challenges need consensus to implement tough but necessary reforms to address the agricultural crisis in India. Sustainability, more than anything else is agriculture’s biggest…