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Leveraging Data for Urban Design and Planning in Post-COVID Cities

8 June 2021
This presentation discussed the primary themes of the manual and how it can support the crafting of practical post-pandemic urban planning recommendations.

Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 on GMS Countries using GIS

10 November 2020
This presentation discusses how GIS can be used for recovery and rebuilding, and other efforts where analysis of spatial patterns and relationships are needed. As one property of epidemics are their spatial spread, GIS can be used to find spatial correlations and segmentations, and identify…

The Impact of Demographic Change on Labor Supply and Economic Growth: Can Asia Meet the Challenge Ahead?

18 May 2018
Some member-nations of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will see their working-age population grow or slightly decline by 2050; others will see them shrink. Several APEC countries rely on migration to expand their labor force and GDP. The labor force participation rates among people…

Tapping Technology to Maximize the Longevity Dividend in Asia

18 May 2018
The workforce in many Asian countries is aging and shrinking. Specific technologies could help improve the labor force participation of senior citizens or their productivity. Policies should promote the promotion and adoption of technologies, lifelong learning for seniors, and cross-border, intra-…

Health and Education (Southeast Asia Department)

15 March 2018
Learn more about ADB's focus and action areas in the field of health and education, particularly in Southeast Asia.

Health and Education (Southeast Asia Department)

15 March 2018
Learn more about ADB's focus and action areas in the field of health and education, particularly in Southeast Asia.

Unique Health Identification

5 February 2018
With increasing Universal Health Coverage, expanding health insurance schemes, and the desire for better disease surveillance comes the need for unique health identification. Michael Stahl provides an overview of the status of unique identification in the health sector in ADB member countries and…

Updates from ADB's Health Impact Assessment and Healthy Project Design Initiative

29 May 2017
ADB Consultant Gene Peralta explains ADB's health impact assessment and its usefulness in achieving healthy design of infrastructure projects. Results of pilot and demonstration projects in five countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion are discussed as well as the collaboration with universities…

Health and Education (Southeast Asia)

23 March 2017
Know more about ADB's programs, projects, and opportunities in Southeast Asia under Health and Education.

Substandard and Fake Medicines: Undermining Health Security in the Greater Mekong Subregion

5 December 2016
How do you know that the medicine you bought is not fake? Purchase with caution, especially if you are from the Greater Mekong Subregion. Douglas Ball presented on the global problem of substandard or falsified medicines, and how they undermine health systems and progress in health policies. He…