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4 December 2020
Governments in Asia and the Pacific and globally have deployed unprecedented fiscal policy responses to tackle the immediate impacts of the COVID-19-induced recession. At the same time, it is critical that governments develop fiscal strategies for advancing recovery that promotes more resilient,…
Organizer: ADBI
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
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
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
12 to 16 October 2020
Global leaders have in recent years endorsed a G20 roadmap and principles for promoting quality infrastructure investment to help catalyse economies and realize the Sustainable Development Goals. To take next steps toward these objectives, it is imperative to examine how transportation…
Organizer: ADBI
26 June 2020
This ADBI-World Conference of Transport Research Society (WCTRS) webinar featured Prof. Michael Wegener, Professor (retired) and former Director of the Institute of Spatial Planning, University of Dortmund, Germany. Prof. Wegener examined the impacts of high-speed rail (HSR) on spatial development…
Organizer: ADBI
12 June 2020
This webinar featured Prof. Yoshitsugu Hayashi of Chubu University (Japan) and Prof. Junyi Zhang of Hiroshima University (Japan). The speakers are spearheading the COVID-19 Task Force of WCTR Society and have shared their insights about the sustainability and resiliency of transport and living work…
Organizer: ADBI
5 June 2020
This webinar featured Satish V. Ukkusuri of Purdue University who discussed how mobility data can be used to understand how cities can recover after major shocks, such as natural disasters and pandemics. Ukkusuri focused on the role of mobile phone and social media data to understand the recovery…
Organizer: ADBI
15 May 2020
This webinar featured Dr. Francesca Pagliara of the Polytechnic School of the Basic Sciences at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Dr. Pagliara discussed her work on the wider socioeconomic impacts of high-speed rail (HSR) on mobility choices, mega cities, temporary offices, land prices…
Organizer: ADBI
18 March 2020
High-quality transport infrastructure development is increasingly important to economic growth and quality of life in Asia and the Pacific.
This conference examined policy papers submitted to ADBI on high-speed rail and other transport infrastructure projects and their spillover effects on the…
Organizer: ADBI