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Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems for Smart Cities

26 May 2016
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are necessary in ensuring safe and efficient transport networks. The current ITS, however, tend to focus on data collection and technology and generally miss out the need to incorporate the welfare of the three crucial components: infrastructure, vehicles, and…

Women's World Banking

25 May 2016
This presentation introduces Women’s World Banking, a global nonprofit devoted to giving more low-income women access to the financial tools and resources they require to build security and prosperity. It also features a collaborative project between Women’s World Banking and the Diamond Bank in…

Developing Markets Associates

24 May 2016
Remittances are a key source of development finance with about two-thirds of the global flow going to countries in Asia and the Pacific. This presentation looks at why there is an ongoing global pressure to reduce remittance costs. Trends in global remittances are likewise examined.

Keynote Opening - Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

24 May 2016
Financial inclusion expert and entrepreneur Carol Realini in her opening keynote promoted “Banking as a Platform” as an approach to financial services delivery. She also explained how global innovation will create a fully banked world.

Micro-learning and Collaborative Problem Solving: The New Applications of Online Learning Management Systems

14 April 2016
Much has changed in the online learning landscape, and there might be a need to veer away from the old school approach. For courses to remain effective, two major innovations should be considered in managing online learning systems: micro-learning and collaborative problem solving.

Why Conduct Impact Evaluation

11 April 2016
Impact evaluation through cost-benefit analysis and improved project design leads to sustainable and meaningful investments. The importance of conducting impact evaluation of projects is highlighted in this presentation. Key aspects of impact evaluation are also discussed.

Opportunities and Obstacles to Anti-Corruption Reform and Tools to Assess the Potential for Successful Reform

22 March 2016
Striking an optimal balance between opportunities and deterrents for corruption leads to societal control of this unethical conduct. Effecting change will require the alignment of tools or measures with a domestic movement that is already in place.

Theories of Change for Anti-Corruption Reforms

22 March 2016
This presentation introduces the theory of change (ToC) methodology to advance anti-corruption reform. It explains the distinct features and various components and purposes of a ToC. The steps involved in a ToC development are also discussed.

What is Corruption?

21 March 2016
Corruption, defined by Transparency International as “the abuse of entrusted power for private gain,” is tackled in this presentation. The discussion also covers the different categories and forms or actions of corruption. The concept of systemic corruption is examined.

Climate Finance: Getting the Numbers Right

17 March 2016
ADB’s plan to double its annual climate financing by 2020 is the focus of this presentation. Climate finance, defined by the Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks' Climate Finance as the amount of financial resources that contributes to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation…