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COVID19 A Summary of New Zealand Policy Response So Far

17 June 2020
Presentation on the experience and lessons of New Zealand in COVID-19 response and recovery.

Railway Express between China and EU New Model of International Transportation or Traditional tool of Economic Growth

15 November 2018
China Railway Express (CRE) emerged in 2011 as a means of logistics between the People’s Republic of China and the European Union. This presentation describes CRE, its stages of development, challenges, business model, future, and the motivation of the three players behind its operation.

Approaches to Measure Wider Economic Impacts of HighSpeed Railway and Experiences from Europe

14 November 2018
Investments in high-speed rail (HSR) have a long life and generate impacts which often cannot be allocated directly to specific projects. Therefore, conventional cost–benefit analysis is not sufficient to evaluate the overall impacts of HSR.

Driving Better Results from Public Services in New Zealand Issues Innovations Prospects

13 September 2018
Learn about the impetus, objectives, and main elements of New Zealand’s public sector reform. This presentation discusses the results-based management approach as a crucial element in New Zealand’s reform efforts.

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…

PHOTO GALLERY ADB officials welcome Rt Hon Helen Clark former New Zealand Prime Minister to ADB Headquarters

16 March 2018
During her visit to ADB Headquarters on 16 March 2018, Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister and former UNDP Administrator, speaks as ADB's Gender Month Distinguished Speaker, meets with President Takehiko Nakao, members of ADB's Board of Directors, selected members of senior…

PHOTO GALLERY Rt Hon Helen Clark speaks as Gender month Distinguished Speaker

8 March 2018
Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister, highlights how gender inequalities are persisting despite advantages in having women in leadership positions. Addressing a crowd of 600, she emphasized that there are proactive steps that we can take to grow the numbers of women in leadership…

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.

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.