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Sample Landfill Operations Manual

1 March 2017
Up to 10 billon metric tons of solid waste is generated annually from urban households, commerce, industry, and construction globally. This is bound to increase further as populations grow and migration from rural to urban areas occurs with wealth and consumption inevitably rising, prompting the…

Sample Landfill Environmental Monitoring and Management Plan

1 March 2017
Up to 10 billon metric tons of solid waste is generated annually from urban households, commerce, industry, and construction globally. This is bound to increase further as populations grow and migration from rural to urban areas occurs with wealth and consumption inevitably rising, prompting the…

Insights from the Study of Internal Audit Function in Selected ASEAN Central Banks

27 February 2017
Public sector auditing is key to good public governance. This study looks into how ASEAN Member States practice internal audit. In particular, this study examines the maturity of the internal audit function in the public sector in the member states of ASEAN by benchmarking the function with the…

Skills Development Funds: Country Experiences and Implications for South Asia

15 December 2016
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET), in general, equips workforce with lifelong and technical skills that are required from employers. One of the ways to finance TVET is by setting up a dedicated fund for skills development, known as skills development fund.

Publication - Monitoring Universal Health Coverage in the Western Pacific: Framework, Indicators, and Dashboard

10 November 2016
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have a clear focus on equity-focused monitoring and evaluation to ensure that no one is left behind. The United Nations member states have agreed on a range of indicators to track progress toward health for all in the SDGs. Universal health coverage is a…

Publication - Health Care Financing in Asia: Key Issues and Challenges

10 November 2016
This article examines the major elements of health care financing such as financial risk protection, resource generation, resource pooling, and purchasing and payment; provides key lessons; and discusses the challenges for health care financing systems of Asian countries. With the exception of…

Social Marketing and Behavior Change for Environmental Protection

10 November 2016
By following a set of customized sequential actions, Rare integrates behavior change communication early in its project design. This report discusses in detail Rare’s behavioral change approaches and the elements of its “pride” campaign that resulted in effective behavior adoption.

Event Report

29 September 2016
This report summarizes the event proceedings of the Learning Event on Localizing Global Agendas held at the ADB headquarters on 27–29 September 2016 jointly organized by the Governance Thematic Group of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Development Partners Network on Decentralisation and…

Catalysts for Financial Inclusion: Remittance and Digital Finance

28 September 2016
An animated, fact driven discussion on remittances was held in one of this event’s breakout sessions. Asian Development Bank Senior Investment Specialist Sabine Spohn hosted the panel that featured KlickEx Executive Chairman Robert Bell, DMA Asia Pacific Director Jonathan Capal, and Commission on…

Call for Contributions: Localizing Global Agendas

27 September 2016
The Governance Thematic Group and the Secretariat of the Development Partners Network on Decentralisation and Local Governance (DeLoG) invite proposals for contributions at the joint learning event on “Localizing Global Agendas” (Agenda 2030, COP 21, Habitat III) which will take place on 27-29…