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14 December 2017
Subnational government leaders, senior officials, civil society representatives, development partners, private sector, and media representatives in this roundtable session talked about the role of open government in promoting inclusive development. The discussion covered exciting local open…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
5 to 6 December 2017
This summit marked the one-year anniversary celebration of the implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Program in the Philippines under Executive Order No. 2 signed by the President on 23 July 2016. It brought together relevant actors within government, as well as partner institutions…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
1 December 2017
ADB tax consultants David Tansey and Richard Highfield talked about ICT in tax administration and provided an overview of the latest series on comparative analysis of tax administration in Asia and the Pacific.
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office, Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
1 to 2 December 2017
Designed for senior tax policymakers and tax administrators, this seminar aimed to facilitate revenue mobilization and implement comprehensive tax system reforms that effectively support medium-term growth.
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
27 November 2017
Public investment can be an important catalyst for economic growth, but the benefits of additional investment depend crucially on how it is managed. A significant share of the value of investment can be lost to inefficiencies in the public investment management processes. There is substantial scope…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
20 to 21 November 2017
ADB, together with International Finance Corporation, Financial Times, and London School of Economics, organized a conference on corporate governance challenges and opportunities in Asia. Over 100 regulators, judges, executives, lawyers, and ADB staff discussed issues relating to corporate…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office, Office of the General Counsel, Private Sector Operations Department
9 November 2017
Is a seamless healthcare system possible? How close are we to achieving efficiency in the health sector?
Mark Britnell, Chair and Senior Partner for the Global Health Practice of the professional services firm KPMG, will discuss his book, "In Search of the Perfect Health System."
Over the past six…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
27 October 2017
Daniel Kaufmann, president and CEO of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, presented the global, regional, and country-level aspects of governance, the results, and implications of the recently launched 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI), and concrete governance initiatives such as the…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
11 October 2017
Learn about the untapped potential for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as a vehicle for social and environmental responsibility.
SOEs account for a large contribution to industrial output (for e.g. 25-30% in China) and high employment (e.g. 1.5 million people in Viet Nam) across the Asia-Pacific…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
4 October 2017
Fiji’s health system faces many of the same challenges, such as population growth and ageing, resulting in increasingly unsustainable costs.
ADB's Frances Ng discussed Fiji’s health system. Using a population-centric approach, the health service demands of the Fijian population have been modelled…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office