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MobiCom: "E money" Customer and Regulatory Understanding

9 November 2017
This presentation shares brief information on e-money, customer-based infrastructure, and the convenience joint cards provides to users, in the context of Mobicom's experience. It also highlights how information sharing can help reduce risk.

Poverty and Social Analysis in Action: Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Area Development Investment Program

10 October 2017
Poverty and social analysis (PSA) enabled the Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Area Development Investment Program to become more responsive to the needs and context of its target beneficiaries. PSA guided program implementation by providing a thorough assessment of the social impacts of the…

The Food Stamp Program: A Secret History of the First Targeted Benefit in Mongolia

30 August 2017
Back in 2008, Mongolia suffered from the highest inflation rate in Asia, reaching up to 30%. This led to lower food quality, especially for women and limited funds for education and health needs. The government, through ADB assistance, established a food stamp program to help the poor buy critical…

Thailand’s Automotive Manufacturing Corridor

25 May 2017
Strategy 2020 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) recognizes the need for Asia and the Pacific to pursue “open regionalism,” keeping trade and investment links open with the rest of the world.1 ADB’s Strategy 2020 also aims to increase regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in all operational…

#UbeSafe Road Safety Campaign

4 May 2017
Learn more about #UbeSafe, a project of the Global Shapers Ulaanbaatar Hub, that aims to promote road safety. Success indicators that can be replicated are outlined in the presentation.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Potential and Clean Development Mechanism Possibilities for Solid Waste Management in Five Case Study Cities

28 February 2017
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) implemented a regional technical assistance, TA 8566: Mainstreaming Integrated Solid Waste Management in Asia, to conduct an assessment of solid waste management practices in five case study cities (CSCs) in Asia and to provide recommendations and best practices…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Mitigation Options in Solid Waste Management (The Philippines, Myanmar, and Thailand)

28 February 2017
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) implemented a regional technical assistance, TA 8566: Mainstreaming Integrated Solid Waste Management in Asia, to conduct an assessment of solid waste management practices in five case study cities (CSCs) in Asia and to provide recommendations and best practices…

Possible Options and Practices for Reducing Greenhouse Gases in the Solid Waste Management Sector

28 February 2017
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) implemented a regional technical assistance, TA 8566: Mainstreaming Integrated Solid Waste Management in Asia, to conduct an assessment of solid waste management practices in five case study cities (CSCs) in Asia and to provide recommendations and best practices…

The Case of Mongolia

16 February 2017
Since its independence, Mongolia has made considerable progress in reducing poverty. From 38.8% in 2010, poverty incidence in the country declined to 21.6% in 2014. However, meeting the social protection agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals would require Mongolia to pursue crucial measures.…

MON: Comparative Analysis of Mongolia’s Legal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement: Indigenous Peoples

31 January 2017
The term Indigenous Peoples is used in a generic sense to refer to a distinct, vulnerable, social and cultural group possessing the following characteristics in varying degrees: (i) self-identification as members of a distinct indigenous cultural group and recognition of this identity by others; (…