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Value for Money Presentation

19 November 2020
The presentation to ADB staff and other participants on value for money (VfM) assessment and its relation to the Principles of QII, particularly Principle 2 on raising economic efficiency in view of life cycle costs. The objectives of the session were to understand the role of VfM in the project…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Fiscal and Debt Assessment of PPPs

11 November 2020
This presentation delivered to ADB staff and other event participants focused on the possible fiscal and debt impacts of public-private partnership (PPP) investment, and how these are most effectively managed. The session forms part of a program of webinars dealing with the application of the…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

PPP Renegotiation Best Practices

4 November 2020
A presentation to ADB staff and other event participants in respect of the renegotiation of Public-Private Partnership contracts, as part of a program of webinars dealing with the application of the principles of QII to PPP transactions. Many PPP projects globally have had to deal with the…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Apples and Oranges A Normative Perspective on Governance in International Comparison

4 December 2018
ADB, in partnership with Bertelsmann Stiftung, held a seminar on Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI). BTI is a cross-country index that measures governance quality and provides an analysis of political management and transformation processes.
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Comparative Analysis of Tax Administration in Asia and the Pacific

25 October 2018
Richard Highfield, international tax consultant, will share an overview of the key issues and challenges confronting revenue bodies in the Asia-Pacific region. The event aims to help revenue bodies identify opportunities for enhancing the operation of tax systems by sharing internationally…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Workshop on Enhancing ValueAdded Tax Administration

23 to 25 October 2018
Experts from International Monetary Fund and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development discussed key issues and challenges confronting revenue bodies of developing economies on value-added tax administration, and how these issues are addressed by advanced economies in the region and…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Driving Better Results from Public Services in New Zealand

13 September 2018
Iain Rennie, former State Services Commissioner and Head of State Services of New Zealand, discussed his country's contemporary public sector management challenges and assessed the prospects for ongoing innovations in coming years.
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Optimizing Public Services through Digital Government

6 September 2018
Samia Melhem, lead policy officer in World Bank's Transport and ICT Global Practice, is giving a lecture on leveraging digital government for improved public services. She is also underscoring the significance and applicability of the Digital Government Readiness Assessment Toolkit to ADB…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Localizing Sustainable Development Goals The Role of Management for Development Results

27 to 30 August 2018
Over 50 representatives from government, private sector, development partners, and academe shared their experiences and discussed challenges of multi-level governance to ensure that no one gets left behind. This seminar reflected on efforts to localize sustainable development goals through…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Applying Big Data to Public Service Delivery

23 July 2018
Experts from the Philippines, Singapore, and the US shared their experiences on the use of big data and other disruptive technologies, and how these have been applied to public service delivery projects and programs.
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office