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14 December 2016
The TA will assist judiciaries develop seminal jurisprudence responsive to climate change and sustainable development issues as follows: (i) by exposing them to global and regional developments in this field, especially emerging concepts, principles, and jurisprudence from different jurisdictions…
Organizer: Office of the General Counsel
24 to 25 November 2016
The 2016 international eco-compensation conference provided a platform for discussing innovations, developments, and lessons in implementing eco-compensation and payments for ecosystem services in the People’s Republic of China and other countries. Over 150 representatives from ADB developing…
Organizer: East Asia Department, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
24 November 2016
ADB's Eri Honda and the Team Leader of ADB's Future Cities Program Ian Hamilton shared stories on how the restoration of Thingazar Creek is paving the way for the transformation of Mandalay into a prosperous, green urban center. The Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project is the first urban…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
22 to 24 November 2016
ADB hosted its first Green Business Forum with the aim to:
(i) provide a networking platform to share lessons and knowledge among green business leaders, government officials, and other stakeholders in the region; and
(ii) raise the profile and expand the focus of green investments beyond…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
17 November 2016
Representatives from Ernst & Young shared their experience in infrastructure and urban development. The speakers were Abhaya Agarwal, Transaction Advisory Services partner, and Gaurav Taneja, Government and Public Sector practice head, both from Ernst & Young India; and Hermant Nandanpawar…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
17 November 2016
Anish Mehta, Senior Advisor with the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), examined how applying behavioral science approaches can help deliver better public policy in the Philippines in this Insight Thursday session. He focused on the potential for fiscal revenue mobilization, drawing on evidence from…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
27 to 28 October 2016
With the theme, “Promoting Sustainable Urbanization in Asia and the Pacific”, the 2016 Asian Development Bank (ADB)-Asian Think Tank Development Forum gathered around 70 participants representing 24 countries in the region. Held in New Delhi India, this year's forum was co-organized by the National…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
27 October 2016
Central and West Asia Department's Lu Shen and South Asia Department's Vivian Castro-Wooldridge shared their experiences on the three-week course they attended at UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education in Delft, the Netherlands.
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
26 October 2016
Bryan Wong, public sector lead in the Philippines, and Julian Lan, senior solutions architect in Asia and the Pacific of Amazon Web Services, gave a presentation about cloud computing, an on-demand delivery of information technology resources and applications via the internet with pay-as-you-go…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
23 September 2016
Asian Development Bank’s East Asia Department intern Zilong Wang shared his findings on road network performance in the People’s Republic of China using data mining approach. The relationship between road network in different provinces and a variety of factors related to economy, geography, and…
Organizer: East Asia Department