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Organica-powered Wastewater Treatment Plant

22 May 2018
Traditional wastewater treatment plants are costly and inefficient. They consume massive amounts of energy and can negatively impact land values. This presentation shares a new way of treating wastewater, as used in Hungary, India, and Indonesia. This method, promoted by the Organica Water Company…

Information Technology Audit

18 May 2018
Information technology (IT) audit evaluates risk management, internal control, and compliance with policies. It also helps promote current and sound internal control, which is important for any institution. This presentation discusses the scope of an IT audit and some supervisory considerations…

Information Technology Governance

18 May 2018
Information technology (IT) governance consists of the leadership, organizational structures and processes that ensure that the enterprise’s information technology sustains and extends the organization’s strategies and objectives. This presentation discusses the components, drivers, and challenges…

Integrated Supervision

18 May 2018
Information technology (IT) risks have the potential to impact any and all of the business risks, especially for financial institutions. This presentation describes how IT risk is captured in a financial institution’s risk profile. It also discusses how to integrate IT risks into supervisory…

Indonesia Proposed Technical Assistance for Building Inclusive Social Assistance

18 May 2018
The Program Keluarga Harapan or Family Hope Program in Indonesia is now one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programs. It has contributed to the increase in prenatal visits and immunization, enrollment rates, and school attendance in the country. Programs such as this can be…

Nonlinear Effects of Population Aging on Economic Growth

17 May 2018
Using the panel data consisting of 142 countries for the period between 1960 and 2014, the authors assessed the nonlinear effects of population aging on economic growth. They found that population aging negatively affects economic growth only when it reaches a certain high level and its negative…

Discussion on “Nonlinear Effects of Population Aging on Economic Growth”

17 May 2018
In discussing the presentation on “Nonlinear Effects of Population Aging on Economic Growth” presented by Hyun-Hoon Lee, the presenter noted that in principle, population aging may affect growth through labor supply, capital accumulation, and productivity. He also noted that the empirical evidence…

Information Technology Risk Management: Information Security

17 May 2018
Information security remains a significant input into the overall assessment of a firm’s information technology environment. This presentation discusses the elements of an information security program, access and identity management, and incidence response and management.

Information Technology Risk Management: Data Governance

17 May 2018
All institutions increasingly depend on system-generated information for decision-making and regulatory reporting. Assumptions by management and examiners that data provided by institution is always accurate, or lack of understanding of how the data is produced, may lead to major errors. It is…

Information Technology Risk Management: Vendor Management

17 May 2018
The use of service providers to perform operational functions presents various risks to financial institutions. Some risks are inherent to the outsourced activity itself, whereas others are introduced with the involvement of a service provider. This presentation discusses the risks involved in…