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Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management

19 March 2019
Developing sustainable, long-term flood resilience requires a management strategy that combines a portfolio of solutions—social, economic, financial, environmental, institutional aspects, engineering, disaster preparedness, insurance, and emergency response requirements. This integrated approach is…

Social Protection of Migrant Domestic Workers

25 January 2019
Singapore is largely dependent on a transient population of migrant women to cook, clean, and care. It has adopted policies and better approaches to improve the protection and working conditions of these women but many challenges remain.

Migrant Domestic Workers Current Situation and Issues

25 January 2019
In Asia, there is a need to ensure equal treatment to migrant domestic workers under national labor laws and improve their access to legal information and social services.

Relation Between HighSpeed Rail and Regional Development

15 November 2018
High-speed rail (HSR) is considered necessary for regional development. Several HSRs are under development in Asia, and Japan’s experience would be informative and useful to them. This presentation covers five HSR case studies, including projects in Japan and the Kuala Lumpur–Singapore HSR.

Strengthening One ADB

7 November 2018
Learn about knowledge products and services (KPS) in ADB’s Nepal Resident Mission (NRM). In ADB’s NRM, KPS is determined by concerned staff based on the perceived needs of analysis or study in particular areas of the sector or theme, and/or broader political, economic, and social contexts of Nepal.

Using Knowledge From an Impact Evaluation An Example of Water Supply in Nepal

7 November 2018
Learn how to use knowledge generated from an impact evaluation study. This presentation features a case example of an ADB-assisted water supply project in Nepal.

Integrated Solid Waste Management in Project Municipalities Nepal Case Study

15 October 2018
Solid waste management remains a challenge in Nepal, but the government is working with various sectors to implement an integrated approach that involves community participation.

Designing a Communication Strategy for MultiStakeholder River Management

5 June 2018
This is a case study on how to raise awareness and build community ownership among diverse stakeholders for a project to save Nepal's Bagmati River.

Chatbots for Learning Kinetic Coach

13 December 2017
By automating psychomotor training and facilitated learning, there is potential to relook how young people in Asia can quickly improve skills by replicating experts using Artificial Intelligence. Learn from the experience of Dioworks.

JobKred

12 December 2017
Skill-gaps occur in the market when the supply could no longer meet the demand. One of the main reasons behind skills-gaps is the failure of many individuals to assess their own competencies. In this presentation, Gray Gan of JobKred explains how technology can help address this problem.