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Knowledge Summary - Smart Cities: A Case Study of Singapore

3 April 2017
The ADB's objective was to have a training program that will allow its staff from various operational departments to better understand Singapore’s approach and plans to becoming a Smart Nation. This is expected to contribute to enhancing ADB’s operations in the design of potential ADB urban…

Smart Cities Training: A Case Study of Singapore (Video)

3 April 2017
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) designed a training program that will allow its staff from various operational departments to better understand Singapore’s approach and plans to becoming a Smart Nation, thereby contribute to enhancing ADB’s operations in the designing of potential ADB urban…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Singapore’s Electricity Industry: Liberalization and Features

20 March 2017
Competition encourages innovation and gives consumers quality services. Learn about the experience of Singapore in introducing competition in the electricity sector. This presentation shares details of the country’s electricity market reform milestones, including the role and operation of the…

Shaping the Future of Education with Technology: Comparison of Korea and Singapore for ICT in Education

11 November 2016
The Republic of Korea and Singapore have enacted systemic and systematic policies to bring new forms of teaching and learning practices in schools. ICT has been employed not only as a pedagogical tool but also as a catalyst to prepare the competitive workforce in the knowledge economy.

Trends and Development of ICT in Education Policy

10 November 2016
Despite a countless number of national-level ICT in education policy initiatives in the last decade, cases of successful integration of ICT that have led to enhancing teaching and learning in school still remain an exception than the norm. A suggested practical procedure for developing a national…

ITE Education Services

19 September 2016
Introducing infrastructure and pedagogical innovations in technical and vocational education and training (TVET), ITE Singapore is an authentic learning facility to prepare work-ready skilled workforce. It also serves as a hotspot for industry practitioners to collaborate and co-create relevant…

MLD:Comparative Analysis of Maldives’ Legal Framework and Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards in the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement

31 July 2016
The objective of this comparative analysis is to avoid involuntary resettlement wherever possible; to minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives; to enhance, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project…

Health Financing

9 June 2016
A core question for a health system is not how to finance healthcare costs, but how to make tradeoffs among competing goals. This presentation looks into the health care philosophy applied by Singapore, and how its public health infrastructure and a tiered approach has built a health population.

MLD: Comparative Analysis of Maldives Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement

31 December 2015
This documents discussed the use of screening process for each proposed project, as early as possible, to determine the appropriate extent and type of environmental assessment so that appropriate studies are undertaken commensurate with the significance of potential impacts and risks.

The Role of Communication in Governance and Reform

30 June 2015
Major tax reforms were implemented in Maldives from 2010 to 2011. Anticipating public and private stakeholder resistance to paying new taxes, the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority implemented a communication and awareness raising campaign to educate and convince the public about the necessity of…