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Sources of Great Recession: A Bayesian Approach of a Data Rich Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model with Time-Varying Volatility Shocks

8 March 2016
Kobe University Professor Shin-Ichi Nishiyama, then with Tohoku University, in his paper concluded that negative bank net worth shock affected the US economy before the downturn of corporate net worth. While troubled Asset Relief Program worked well for financial institutions, it has not been the…

Strengthening Enterprises through Gender Capacity Building

3 March 2016
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves explicitly prioritizes women’s empowerment in its mission statement. It implements a robust gender capacity building program to ensure cooking sector enterprises prioritize and understand how to integrate gender throughout their business models.

Sustainable Urban Transport: Realizing the New Climate Change Agenda and Initiatives in BRT and Road Safety - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

19 February 2016
This webinar discusses the implications and applications of COP21 on the urban transport sector. It also presents an integrated approach to urban transport planning and management, including ADB's contributions to urban transport in terms of knowledge sharing and learning, financing, and inclusive…
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Sustainable Urban Transport: Realizing the New Climate Change Agenda and Initiatives in BRT and Road Safety - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

19 February 2016
With the recent global agreements on climate change mitigation and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), transport and urban development specialists are saying that now is the right time to implement green transport projects.

An Assessment of the Implementation of Results-Based Management Frameworks in Selected Countries

4 February 2016
Failure of bureaucracies to identify appropriate output definitions and indicators, and a unifying outcomes classification framework has undermined the usefulness, integrity, and comprehensibility of agencies’ performance-based budget (PBB) and results-based budget management (RBBM) frameworks. PBB…

Knowledge Partnership Week 2015 Report

22 January 2016
This material contains the final report of Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s Knowledge Partnership Week 2015. This report summarizes the highlights of the week, which aimed to promote innovation in the Bank’s operations by strengthening knowledge partnerships with crucial stakeholders. The event…

Knowledge Partnership Week 2015 Report

22 January 2016
This material contains the final report of ADB's Knowledge Partnership Week 2015. This report summarizes the highlights of the week, which aimed to promote innovation in the Bank’s operations by strengthening knowledge partnerships with crucial stakeholders. The event allowed ADB to promote…

Growing Cities, Hungry Mouths, and Women Farmers: Why Participation Counts

22 January 2016
Multiple challenges such as limited recognition impede women’s participation in the agriculture sector. More can be achieved in irrigation when women farmers are encouraged to participate and reach their full potential in light of changing economic and social patterns, increasing populations, and…

Promoting Good Governance in Irrigation

22 January 2016
This document presents a broadened perspective of governance in irrigation. It discusses these three key aspects: (i) lessons learned and opportunities to strengthen institutional, policy, and legal frameworks to improve performance; (ii) changing rural dynamics and the feminization of agriculture…

Private Sector Participation in Irrigation Management

21 January 2016
Poor management operation and maintenance affects the water-energy-food nexus. An unsuccessful public irrigation management is the result of an unreliable and insufficient approach. A huge potential exists for the private sector to participate in and contribute to addressing the challenges of…