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13 December 2016
If a movie or a TV serial was made about Manila’s Estero de Paco before, it would have been titled, “the flowing dead.” This learning event discussed how the estero, a formerly dead tributary of the Pasig River in the Philippines, is not just flowing and alive, but also showcased how communications…
Organizer: Department of Communications and Knowledge Management
8 December 2016
The Visakhapatnam–Chennai Industrial Corridor Development Program is expected to stimulate economic growth in India.
In this Insight Thursday session, ADB's Manoj Sharma discussed the program, comprised of a multitranche financing facility, a policy-based loan, an urban climate change resilience…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
19 September 2016
PM Group’s Chris Lewis-Jones presented on designing, building, and launching trade information portals (TIPs) in this learning event organized by Asian Development Bank's Board of Directors. TIPs are a one-stop shop where cross-border trade rules, regulations, procedures, and processes are gathered…
Organizer: Board of Directors
15 September 2016
ADB is promoting the use of high-level technologies across the infrastructure sectors, including transport, energy, water, and urban development. Such technologies will help lower greenhouse gas emissions and raise development impacts, among other advantages.
This seminar brought together public…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office
26 August 2016
Drastic changes happened with the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, including the transition from central planned to a market-based economy.
In a brown bag session, Lyubov Tsoy, intern at Asian Development Bank's Public Management, Finance, Sector, and Trade Division of the Central and…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department
9 March 2016
Held in Tokyo, Japan, this Knowledge Partnership Forum for Innovative Project Development in the Energy and Transport Sectors gathered 150 participants from private sector and public agencies.
The forum aimed to strengthen partnerships with the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the private…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
1 March 2016
Two private companies, Japan's Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System Center and NTT Data, shared their respective business models and how they can potentially contribute to trade facilitation and customs modernization in Asia and the Pacific.
Organizer: Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division, Southeast Asia Department