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Country Case Studies on Resolving Problem Loans in Asia: Crises, Policies, Institutions, and Market Development

11 February 2020
This paper featured case studies of NPL reduction frameworks and policies implemented by ASEAN+3 countries during and after the Asian financial crisis. An analysis of country experiences of legal, regulatory, and supervisory framework institutional capacity and corporate debt restructuring reforms…

Strategies for Developing Asia’s NPL Markets and Resolution Mechanisms

10 February 2020
The paper proposed frameworks and strategies for developing NPL markets at national and regional levels in the Asia Pacific region, with a view to strengthening financial resilience and promoting financial development. The significance of a large and sustained buildup of NPLs was underlined as an…

Overstating Moral Hazard: Lessons from Two Decades of Banking Crises

10 February 2020
This paper surveyed approaches to the resolution of nonperforming loans in the context of major banking crises over the past two decades. It also explored particular country experiences and responses in-depth, including the effect of the Asian financial crisis on the banking sectors of the Republic…

Nonperforming Loans in Asia: Issues and Challenges

10 February 2020
The presentation highlighted the key issues and challenges in tackling non-performing loans (NPLs) in Asia. One of the key issues is that there are feedback effects between NPLs and macroeconomic indicators which are transmitted through various channels of financial spillovers across borders. Hence…

Climate Change - Truths and Myths

6 February 2020
This presentation dispelled various climate change truths and myths as it relates to flood risk management.

IFRM Financing

6 February 2020
This presentation guided participants on the various financing issues related to IFRM from the perspective of ADB's developing member countries, as well as multilateral development banks. It also provided some guidance when exploring various IFRM financing models.

Coastal Flood Risk - Philippines Case Study

6 February 2020
This presentation gave an overview of coastal flooding in the Philippines and the various modelling/mapping methods used to assess coastal flood risk.

Flood Risk from Dams - TA 9634 Work with IWUMD in Myanmar

6 February 2020
This presentation discussed the background and work that has been carried out under the TA 9634 with Myanmar's Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department (IWUMD), a governmental organization under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI). The project is supporting…

The City as a Sponge

6 February 2020
This presentation discussed flood risk management in the context of Sponge Cities, an initiative that addresses increasing flood risk in urban areas, as well as urban water management and urban renewal.

Nature Based Solutions - A Component of Integrated Flood Risk Management

5 February 2020
This presentation discussed the concept of Nature Based Solutions and how they are relevant in flood risk management in Asian countries.