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Career Opportunities at Asian Development Bank

28 March 2019
Interested in working for ADB as a staff member? Join this presentation for more information on short- and long-term opportunities available from ADB’s human resources department.

High-Level Technology in ADB Procurement Operations

28 March 2019
Learn how ADB ensures value for money in the procurement process involving the High-Technology Funds.

An NGO Perspective: Bidding for and Implementing an ADB-Financed Contract

28 March 2019
What are the benefits and challenges of implementing ADB-financed contracts? Gain insights from the experience of BRAC, one of the many non-government organizations working closely with ADB.

ADB's Work in Education and Implications for Going Forward

14 January 2019
Skills mismatch remains one of the biggest challenges, but there have been gains in terms of providing access to education in the region. This presentation looks into ADB’s education portfolio and direction and shares some recent ADB innovation projects in the education sector that ADB can…

Preliminary Ideas for K-12 Educational Improvement in Asia and the Pacific Region

14 January 2019
Early childhood education is about a third of World Bank projects in East Asia and the Pacific. This reason behind is because early intervention pays off. This presentation shares some global trends in education, particularly in K-12 curriculum. It also highlights the global shift to active…

Draft Framework for Higher Education in Asia and the Pacific

14 January 2019
Employment is changing, and one needs to have a niche in order to survive. Conventional challenges such as traditional university, academic profession, and untailored curriculum are now challenged. This presentation shares some cases of innovation in the education sector, and some ADB possibilities…

Training Course on Pollution, Health, and Safety Management in ADB Projects: Water Management Module

21 November 2018
Water pollution has been increasing in Asia, resulting in economic losses, health problems, and damage to aquatic systems. ADB-financed projects must not only meet environment safeguard requirements in water quality impacts; they must also incorporate environmental sustainability into project…

Modeling Spatiotemporal Urban Spillover Effect of High Speed Rail Infrastructure Development

15 November 2018
The concept of spillover effects has been introduced and applied to high-speed rail development to formulate the economic impact in increasing regional tax revenue. This presentation looks into the idea of spatiotemporal modeling and analysis by developing a spillover effect extent estimation model…

Land Acquisition and Infrastructure Development through Land Trust Laws: A Policy Framework for Asia

14 November 2018
The “land question” has invigorated agrarian studies and economic history since Marx and early 20th century writers on agrarian questions. In countries that allow private land ownership, compulsory land acquisition is the right and action of the government to take property not owned by it for…

Kazakhstan: Towards Integrity and Accountability

8 November 2018
The key priorities towards accountability, public oversight, transparency, meritocracy, and rule of law in Kazakhstan.