Displaying 211 - 220 of 294
20 November 2017
Good corporate governance strengthens the rule of law, facilitates further domestic and foreign investment, and facilitates sustainable and inclusive development. By transforming corporate governance challenges into opportunities for stakeholder collaboration and cooperation, they can serve as…
20 November 2017
Corporate governance, and not just the strength of the balance sheet, is currently considered as an established investment criterion. Good corporate governance has become equally important in both public and private sectors. Among the corporate governance challenges that were identified across the…
16 November 2017
Access to finance is a huge struggle that impedes the development of small entrepreneurs and microfinance institutions across Asia and the Pacific. Launched in 2010 by ADB, the Microfinance Risk Participation and Guarantee Program encourages international and local banks to increase lending to…
11 October 2017
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the Pacific provide core public infrastructure services but its support of climate change adaptation has seen a number of challenges. This presentation discusses ADB’s Green Climate Fund Financing and how it helps leverage private sector involvement with climate…
10 October 2017
Poverty and social analysis (PSA) was key to the design and implementation of the Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project. PSA enabled the project to contribute to the improved water supply system as well as wastewater and drainage management in Myanmar. This presentation details the role of…
4 October 2017
Can Fiji overcome the challenges to its healthcare system and meet the health service demands of its people?
ADB's Frances Ng, in a session of ADB's in-house Health Talks lecture series, discussed Fiji’s health system. Using a population-centric approach, the health service demands of the Fijian…
20 September 2017
Climate change may cause severe floods in Myanmar, that in turn, may cause extensive damage to urban services and facilities. ADB is helping the country prepare for the effects of climate change through the Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project. The project demonstrates how a state of the art…
25 August 2017
Kee-Yung Nam shares his insights towards developing a common understanding of economic analysis methodologies and applications to evaluate the rationale, purpose and justification of investment projects.
25 August 2017
Kee-Yung Nam shares his insights towards developing a common understanding of economic analysis methodologies and applications to evaluate the rationale, purpose and justification of investment projects.
7 August 2017
Committed to the values and principles of open government, the Making All Voices Count (MAVC) initiative bridges the top-down and bottom-up approaches in connecting governments with their citizens; brings civil society organizations together to enable, amplify, and channel citizen voices to secure…