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PHOTO GALLERY: Hon. Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa, calls on women leaders to 'keep an eye out for women' at ADB's International Women's Day celebration

8 March 2018
The annual celebration of International Women's Day is a long-standing tradition within ADB and serves as an opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to gender equality and reflect on gender issues that affect women, globally. This year, Hon. Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa, is…

PHOTO GALLERY: ADB officials welcome Hon. Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa, to ADB Headquarters

8 March 2018
Hon. Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa, visits ADB Headquarters on 8 March 2018 to speak as this year's honored guest for International Women's Day. During her visit, she met with President Takehiko Nakao, selected members of ADB's Board of Directors and senior Management, and…

Blockchain at the Border: An Exploration

2 March 2018
Can blockchain simplify the business environment for export? Can blockchain increase access to finance? Learn about the blockchain pilot project implemented by the World Bank for small- and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs in Viet Nam.

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Tools and Approaches

22 February 2018
This presentation discussed SPREP's regional initiatives, tools, and approaches, as well as their 2017–2026 Strategic Plan’s four regional goals, which includes strengthening resilience to climate change, healthy and resilient island and ocean ecosystems, improved waste management and pollution…

Country Presentation – Viet Nam

22 February 2018
This presentation shared Viet Nam's SDG targets for the environment that are part of their National Action Plan for the Implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The targets focus on pollution control, water, natural resource management, protection of marine, coastal and water…

Property Tax Revenues

22 February 2018
Property taxes cover the recurrent and non-recurrent taxes on the use, ownership, or transfer of property, and are raised at different levels of government. In the Asian context, local governments raise revenues from recurrent taxes on immovable property; whereas taxes on wealth, inheritance, and…

Revenue Statistics in Asian and Pacific Countries

22 February 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s publication on revenue statistics is a data and iterative tool that policymakers can use to compare key indicators between countries. It provides no financial cost and minimal resource cost for countries to participate.

ADB's Capacity Support on Tax for Asia-Pacific Countries

22 February 2018
Learn about ADB’s capacity support on tax for countries in the Asia and Pacific region. ADB’s support for the development of tax capacity is based on the two main pillars of strengthening domestic resource mobilization and enhancing transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes.

How to Access ADB Support for Taxation Reforms

22 February 2018
To foster development impacts, ADB offers various types of financial products to the public sector as shared in this presentation. The presentation also features the types of services offered by ADB that are relevant to taxation reforms.

Environmental Protection Tax in Viet Nam

21 February 2018
Viet Nam’s Law on Environmental Protection Tax (EPT) passed in 2010 is an indirect tax on products and goods which, when used, have a negative effect on the environment. Built on the principle that "polluters must pay," it is a tool that contributes to changing people’s consumption behavior towards…