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14 September 2016
Women are the predominant users of public transport. Yet the transportation systems they depend on are not geared toward their needs. ADB’s 2015 report on the prevalence of harassment on public transport across three cities in Central and West Asia shows the impact of this behavior on women’s lives…
7 September 2016
The Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project in Indonesia is a three-phased project with the objective of setting up 20 million hectares of Marine Protected Areas by 2020. Based on lessons from Phase 1, communication was integrated as a component for Phase 2 and considered critical for…
7 September 2016
Key communication strategies employed by the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project (COREMAP) Phase II in Indonesia entailed promoting, building, and sharing the COREMAP brand; mobilizing public support for effective coral reef management and positioning the issue as a public concern; and…
7 September 2016
The Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project Phase II in Indonesia focused its communication activities at the national level on members of parliament, key law enforcers, and key judicial officials. The communication strategy was developed early as a project requirement as public awareness…
7 September 2016
A unique element in the design of the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project Phase II in Indonesia was its decentralized model focusing on community-based resource management. This required a substantial investment in social mobilization to organize community groups and foster behavior…
7 September 2016
Rationalizing communication approaches to fit stakeholder needs, interests, and access is crucial for multi-stakeholder projects covering different national, district, and local levels. This report discusses in detail the key communication approaches used by the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and…
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…
1 September 2016
This presentation analyzes the features of geospatial electrification planning in the context of Indonesia. It also discusses the salient aspects as well as the technical and social challenges of this planning approach.
31 August 2016
This presentation provides a brief background of Central and West Asia. It also enumerates regional challenges, particularly energy access and ageing infrastructure, among others. It shares what Asian Development Bank is doing to address these challenges in the region.
28 April 2016
Maternal mortality and teenage pregnancy occur significantly more frequently in Indonesia than in neighboring Asia-Pacific countries. It is estimated that 48 of every 1,000 live births in Indonesia in 2015 was to a teenage mother. Teenage pregnancy is also one of the driving causes of maternal…