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How to Access ADB Support for Taxation Reforms

22 February 2018
To foster development impacts, ADB offers various types of financial products to the public sector as shared in this presentation. The presentation also features the types of services offered by ADB that are relevant to taxation reforms.

Property Tax Revenues

22 February 2018
Property taxes cover the recurrent and non-recurrent taxes on the use, ownership, or transfer of property, and are raised at different levels of government. In the Asian context, local governments raise revenues from recurrent taxes on immovable property; whereas taxes on wealth, inheritance, and…

Revenue Statistics in Asian and Pacific Countries

22 February 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s publication on revenue statistics is a data and iterative tool that policymakers can use to compare key indicators between countries. It provides no financial cost and minimal resource cost for countries to participate.

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme SPREP Tools and Approaches

22 February 2018
This presentation discussed SPREP's regional initiatives, tools, and approaches, as well as their 2017–2026 Strategic Plan’s four regional goals, which includes strengthening resilience to climate change, healthy and resilient island and ocean ecosystems, improved waste management and pollution…

Tax Policy for Domestic Resource Mobilization Challenges for the Developing World

20 February 2018
Domestic resources are the largest untapped source of financing to fund national development plans. The potential for expansion of domestic resource mobilization (DRM) may be particularly high in Asia and the Pacific, but further efforts are needed to increase tax revenues in developing countries…

Drafting Arbitration Agreements

13 February 2018
The panel dealt with the various dispute resolution options lawyers have, the model clauses of arbitral institutions, the key elements of an arbitration clause, the optional clauses to consider, and the tips and traps in drafting arbitration agreements.

Construction Disputes

13 February 2018
Ms. Jo Delaney moderated the session and talked about the construction developments in the South Pacific, the features of construction dispute resolution, the best practices in construction arbitration, and the types of construction disputes.

Climate Finance Disputes

13 February 2018
Ms. Jo Delaney explored the nature of climate finance disputes through a solar farm case study. She outlined a solar farm project involving a private party loan agreement to sell and purchase certified emission reductions from the project and discussed the potential disputes arising from the…

Energy Disputes and Arbitration

13 February 2018
Mr. Kevin O’Gorman talked about the types of energy disputes often submitted to arbitration and the bases for submission, namely host country instruments, joint operating agreements, service contracts, gas sale and purchase agreements, and liquefied natural gas agreements.

Contracting with Foreign Parties and CrossBorder Dispute Resolution

13 February 2018
Ms. Koh Swee Yen discussed about the inclusion of arbitration clauses in contracts without the parties truly appreciating and understanding what the process entails, and how the process could be managed and tailored to fit the parties’ needs. Particular emphasis was placed on the choice of arbitral…