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Introducing Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability 2016

28 February 2017
Using replicable indicators and methods, the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) framework measures performance over time through successive snapshots. An upgraded version allows PEFA to remain relevant and credible to stakeholders, and as useful as possible in meeting user needs…

Insights from the Study of Internal Audit Function in Selected ASEAN Central Banks

27 February 2017
Public sector auditing is key to good public governance. This study looks into how ASEAN Member States practice internal audit. In particular, this study examines the maturity of the internal audit function in the public sector in the member states of ASEAN by benchmarking the function with the…

FinTech RegTech and the Reconceptualization of Financial Regulation

24 February 2017
Financial technology or "Fintech" broadly means the application of technology to finance while regulation techonology or "RegTech" refers to the application of technology to regulation. This presentation compares and contrasts these two concepts. It traces their roots and discusses how they have…

Future Cities Reenergizing the Way We Do Development

23 February 2017
Recognizing the risks associated with the challenge of Asia and the Pacific's rising urban population, the Future Cities Program (FCP) is a new approach that pilots how Asian Development Bank (ADB) can better engage with cities, broaden the operational pipeline, and have more effective results.…

Future Cities Reenergizing the Way We Do Development

23 February 2017
Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Andrew McIntyre leads the Future Cities Program, an initiative which aims to reinvigorate the process of development. He shares how engaging cities through a new approach of harmonizing quality research, expertise, and investments can reconfigure cross-sector…

Experience in Advocating Fecal Sludge Management

22 February 2017
To address water challenges in the Asia and Pacific region, ADB's Water Operational Plan 2011–2020 puts forward a number of priority solutions to improve the effectiveness and enhance the quality of the outcomes of ADB's water operations. This presentation discusses how ADB catalyzes its investment…

Social Protection Policies in Asia Challenges and Solutions

15 February 2017
Social protection helps lift people out of poverty and enhances access to basic social services. It also builds human capital while increasing access to formal employment, incomes, and savings. In Asia, social protection programs in East Timor, Nepal, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Krygyz Republic, and…

The Social Protection Agenda of the SDGs and its Fiscal Challenge

15 February 2017
Successfuly meeting the SDGs is not an easy feat, especially since some of these goals have far-reaching social protection agenda. ADB developing member countries (DMCs) must be able to identify cost and resource requirements required to meet these goals. This presentation shares a modelling…

The Potential Contribution of Noncontributory Social Assistance Schemes to the Closure of the Protection Gap in Asia

15 February 2017
Social assistance can help reduce poverty and inequality, increase human and physical capital, generate local and regional multiplier effects, and foster economic and social mobility. However, most social assistance programs in many countries underperform. There is clearly a need to go beyond…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Assessing the Resource Requirements for the Social Protection Agenda of SDGs in Asia Health Care Schemes

15 February 2017
Social health protection aims to ease the burden caused by illness and disabilty. An effective health protection system provides universal access to affordable, available, and adequate health care. In Asia, much still needs to be done to provide social health protection to all. Lower middle income…