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Progress Report: Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (Phase 1)

13 May 2018
This presentation presents a progress report on the Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (FCFWI), including challenges, opportunities, and immediate next steps. The FCFWI is a gender-targeted initiative to identify and support key triggers that would accelerate women’s participation in urban…

How gender budgeting contributes to urban planning

24 April 2018
The presentation includes discussion on: (i) the importance of taking gender into consideration in urban planning; (ii) an overview of the concept of gender-responsive budgeting (GRB); (iii) how GRB is linked with urban planning; (iv) actors and stakeholders in the GRB process; (v) some experiences…

Agricultural Market Efforts in Southeast Asia: Case of Myanmar and Thailand

16 March 2018
Natural hazards such as floods and drought increasingly occur due to extreme weather events that are exacerbated by climate change. To cope with the adverse effects of climate change, familiarization of agricultural insurance as an adaptation measure is needed especially by developing world farmers…

Property Tax System of the Netherlands

22 February 2018
In the Netherlands, property tax is a tax levied by the municipal government according to market value. Assessment of the market value of properties is conducted annually and is based on the Act for Real Estate Assessment. Learn more about the property tax system in the Netherlands.

Towards Malaria Elimination: ADB-supported Work in Myanmar

25 January 2018
There is no room for malaria in Myanmar. Health expert Valerio Reggi shares Myanmar's moves to eliminate the disease. ADB is helping to strengthen Myanmar's regulatory capacity; ensure effective assessments of medicines; and reduce the risk of substandard and falsified medicines, particularly anti…

Making the Demand Side of Freedom of Information Work

5 December 2017
In the United Kingdom, the passage of the Freedom of Information was a long and slow process. Maurice Frankel of the Campaign for Freedom of Information, UK, shares his experience in working on the United Kingdom’s campaign for FOI since it was set up in 1984. Prior to the FOI Law, a statutory…

Freedom of Information

5 December 2017
Records management helps citizens find requested information, identify the type of information that exists, and ensure the destruction of unwelcome information. This presentation provides useful information on processing freedom of information requests.

Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project

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…

Earth Observation Tools Enhance Planning, Climate-Proofing in Mandalay

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…

Building Resilience/Adaptive Capacity through Social Collaboration in Community DRR and Learning Programs - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

21 July 2017
Paul Ofei-Manu shares the underlying principles of social collaboration and case studies on initiatives that highlight good collaborative processes/practices