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Making All Voices Count: A Grand Challenge for Development

7 August 2017
Committed to the values and principles of open government, the Making All Voices Count (MAVC) initiative bridges the top-down and bottom-up approaches in connecting governments with their citizens; brings civil society organizations together to enable, amplify, and channel citizen voices to secure…

Overview of Korea University of Technology and Education

25 July 2017
The Korea University of Technology and Education (KoreaTech) fosters technical and vocational education and training teachers and practical engineers based on the educational philosophy of “seeking truth from facts.” KoreaTech offers a balanced curriculum with theory studies and practical training…

Capital Market and Fintech

3 July 2017
How does the financial service industry cope with the ever-changing needs and demands of its clients? Learn how fintech has benefited consumers and service providers, and discover the steps that should be taken to enhance convenience for the players in the financial service industry.

Let's Get Social

29 June 2017
Social media is changing the way people and organizations communicate and consume information. This presentation shares how social media influences ADB in its communication and decision-making activities, and where ADB stands in the social media landscape.

Let's Get Social

29 June 2017
Social media fulfils a variety of uses, from being a branding tool, a content distribution network and a means of conversation with new or influential audiences, to an early warning system of impending reputational issues. In this rapidly changing environment, ADB must move with the times to get…

Customer Obsession

15 June 2017
New organizational models that are succeeding today adopt a very outward-looking approach, focusing around and managing the experience of their customers. This presentation explores what makes these organizations different and how they are organized, their cultural aspects and strategic views, and…

Climate-smart Practices and Varieties for Intensive Rice-based Systems in Bangladesh and Cambodia

15 June 2017
Rice in Bangladesh and Cambodia is grown using smart, climate-friendly, water-saving technologies that yields better harvests for farmers. Through ADB's Investment Assessment and Applications of High-Level Technology for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific project, the International Rice…

Korea’s ICT-related Agricultural Projects and Lesson Learned

15 June 2017
Discover how South Korea has embraced smart farming technologies and vastly improved its agriculture. Sanghun Lee of the Korea Agency of Education, Promotion and Information Service in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery (EPIS) shared Korea's advanced agriculture technologies and their…

Data-driven Agriculture: Empowering Smallholders via Technology

15 June 2017
Data is defining is the future of agriculture. Discover the work of Pessl Instruments in using data to improve agricultural production. Pessl Instruments’ Vishnu Nair presents state-of-the-art, climate-smart technology for gathering and processing field and weather data that can be useful in the…

Financing for Agriculture: Role of Public-Private Partnerships

15 June 2017
Financial risks in agriculture hinder investments in the sector. Can public-private partnerships make a difference? Access to finance is critical for the growth of agriculture, but many financial institutions are reluctant to accept the risks prevalent in the sector. ADB’s Arup Chatterjee explains…