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Designed Elastic Components to Improve Life Cycle Costs of Track Superstructures

23 May 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Dorfner shares Getzner's solutions to vibrations and structure-borne noise generated by railways, which have a detrimental effect on track superstructure components such as rails, sleepers, and ballasts. He also underscores the importance of introducing more elasticity…

Building the Pakistan Road Assessment Program to Star Rate National Highways for Safety PakistanRAP Update

2 May 2019
Greg Smith presented updates on PakistanRAP, an initiative of Pakistan's National Highway Authority, with support of ADB. It includes the conduct of road assessments for the country's national highways, capacity building activities for local policymakers, engineers and consultants to perform iRAP…

Implementation of Regulatory Sandboxes A Global Overview

16 April 2019
The number of regulatory sandboxes are increasing, with different regulators organizing them. This presentation presents a global overview of regulatory sandboxes, a programme allowing FinTech firms to test new solutions in an actual market environment under regulatory supervision, but without…

The Regulatory Sandbox Concept Models Benefits and Risks

16 April 2019
Innovation in financial services can reduce costs, as well as improve transparency and expand financial inclusion. But they they can also lead to new risks, which may lead to regulatory uncertainty. This presentation presents an overview of current regulatory sandbox models and describes the…

Key Considerations in Developing a Regulatory Sandbox

16 April 2019
This presentation offers the policy, organizational and operational considerations in developing a regulatory sandbox: from setting the objectives, which sandbox model to adopt, and how sandbox regulations will be implemented.​

Exit from a Sandbox and Next Steps

16 April 2019
This presentation provides guidance on preparing for a FinTech firm's exit from the sandbox. It also includes pointers for a firm's extension or early termination, as well as the publication of outcomes.

Blockchain Principal Applications and Regulatory Implications

2 April 2019
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) are separate fintech innovations that work well together. This presentation gives an overview of the two separate concepts and outlines their respective advantages and disadvantages.

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…

Breakout Session Topic 2 Regulation of Private Recruitment Agencies

25 January 2019
Participants in this session work together to create a strategy and draw up a list of essential rules to effectively regulate private recruitment agencies.

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.