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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2024 Launch

22 August 2024
Climate change poses a growing threat to people and their livelihoods in Asia and the Pacific. Record heat waves, catastrophic floods, prolonged droughts, and extreme weather events became more frequent. Yet critical data gaps hindered our understanding of climate impacts, particularly on…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Integrity Learning Series: Marshall Islands Youth Skills Development and Employment Project

13 May 2024
ADB OAI's integrity learning session for stakeholders of the Youth Skills Development and Employment in Marshall Islands Project. OAI provides training tailored for participants exercising oversight functions and project responsibility under RETA 9703's Integrity Learning Series.
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) Forum 2024

27 to 28 February 2024
Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel | Bangkok, Thailand The Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) is a partnership program to help countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific region scale up investments in climate adaptation, especially investments at the community level, that explicitly…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

International Anticorruption Day 2017 - Corruption and Social and Economic Stability

8 December 2017
Corruption affects all regions of the world and all levels of society, but the impact is greatest in developing countries, which comprises a large part of Asia and the Pacific. Corruption can undermine political, social and economic stability, and ultimately threaten the safety and security of…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

6th International Conference on Eco-Compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services

8 to 9 December 2017
The 6th International Conference on Eco-compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services, with the theme "Linking Growth, Conservation, and Rural Welfare via Investment in Natural Capital," primarily facilitated the learning of lessons on innovations and developments in eco-compensation across the…
Organizer: East Asia Department

The Microfinance Risk Participation and Guarantee Program

16 November 2017
Christine Engstrom, Bart Raemaekers, and Sabine Spohn of ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department shared the key features of the Microfinance Risk Participation and Guarantee Program. They also discussed how using credit enhancements and working with private commercial banks can improve access to…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Poverty and Social Analysis Training

10 October 2017
The training provided an overview of the poverty and social analysis (PSA) documentation requirements. Participants were given the opportunity to engage with urban and social development specialists on key issues in the sector and learn how good PSA can support project design and implementation.…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Social Protection: Policies, Programs, and Evidence

29 to 31 August 2017
Designing and implementing social protection programs can be challenging to many countries. This training aims to help developing member countries (DMCs) address this diffculty by helping them build their knowledge base on approaches to social protection. It also gives them the opportunity to…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

7th ADB-ADBI-OECD-ILO Roundtable on Labor Migration: Increasing the Positive Impact of Migration Through Finance and Technology

18 to 19 January 2017
Remittances are one of the driving factors for labor migration, especially within Asia. Of the $581 billion global remittances recorded in 2015, around 75% or $432 billion came from developing countries, particularly East Asia, the Pacific, and South Asia. Remittances by migrants from developing…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office