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Smart Cities Training: A Case Study of Singapore (Video)

3 April 2017
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) designed a training program that will allow its staff from various operational departments to better understand Singapore’s approach and plans to becoming a Smart Nation, thereby contribute to enhancing ADB’s operations in the designing of potential ADB urban…
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Singapore’s Electricity Industry: Liberalization and Features

20 March 2017
Competition encourages innovation and gives consumers quality services. Learn about the experience of Singapore in introducing competition in the electricity sector. This presentation shares details of the country’s electricity market reform milestones, including the role and operation of the…

Shaping the Future of Education with Technology: Comparison of Korea and Singapore for ICT in Education

11 November 2016
The Republic of Korea and Singapore have enacted systemic and systematic policies to bring new forms of teaching and learning practices in schools. ICT has been employed not only as a pedagogical tool but also as a catalyst to prepare the competitive workforce in the knowledge economy.

Trends and Development of ICT in Education Policy

10 November 2016
Despite a countless number of national-level ICT in education policy initiatives in the last decade, cases of successful integration of ICT that have led to enhancing teaching and learning in school still remain an exception than the norm. A suggested practical procedure for developing a national…

ITE Education Services

19 September 2016
Introducing infrastructure and pedagogical innovations in technical and vocational education and training (TVET), ITE Singapore is an authentic learning facility to prepare work-ready skilled workforce. It also serves as a hotspot for industry practitioners to collaborate and co-create relevant…

Comparative Study of Small and Medium Enterprise Development in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan

29 August 2016
This comparative study puts a spotlight on the role of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in economic development in terms of contribution to Gross Domestic Product and creation of employment opportunities in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It also tackles factors that affect the sustainability of SMEs…

Health Financing

9 June 2016
A core question for a health system is not how to finance healthcare costs, but how to make tradeoffs among competing goals. This presentation looks into the health care philosophy applied by Singapore, and how its public health infrastructure and a tiered approach has built a health population.

Advanced Electricity Metering Project

11 April 2016
This presentation discusses the Asian Development Bank’s project on advanced electricity metering in Uzbekistan. The gender equity and mainstreaming component of the project through the adoption of a gender action plan is highlighted.

Samarkand Solar Power Plant Project: Central Asia’s First Solar Power Plant

1 October 2015
In the Republic of Uzbekistan, increasing demand and aging thermal power plants contribute to growing energy deficiencies while solar energy has been overlooked. Backed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), it now aims to become a regional hub for solar energy as it is set to build one of the…

Uzbekistan: Advanced Electricity Metering Project

19 May 2015
This presentation discusses the nationwide rollout of Advanced Electricity Metering (AEM) project in Uzbekistan. How AEM reduced aggregate technical, commercial, and collection losses in the country, and its metering architecture are explained. Issues in project design and implementation are also…