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26 November 2020 to 31 December 2024
The Pacific WASH Webinar Series is a collaboration between the ADB and the Pacific Water and Wastewater Association (PWWA) with its member utilities supported through WASH Regional TA-6551 Strengthening WASH Practices and Hygiene Behavioral Change in the Pacific.
The webinar series serves as a…
Organizer: Pacific Department
26 November 2020
The Pandemic Response plan is one of many plans that a utility has to develop to ensure that services can be maintained during a disruptive event. The introduction to the Pandemic Planning workshop discussed the emergency planning and management framework and focused specifically on the…
Organizer: Pacific Department
17 November 2020
The KDIS-3ie-ADB-ADBI Conference on Impact Evaluation aims to share empirical research findings on impact evaluation of human capital development policies in Asia using evidence-based approaches and big data.
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
1 October 2020
Delivering a safe, effective vaccine will be a turning point in the fight against COVID-19. Drawing on his ongoing research, Nobel Laureate Michael Kremer explored how to create appropriate incentives to accelerate access to the vaccine.
Led by Vice President Deborah Stokes, a high-level panel…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
29 September 2020
Digital transformation is affecting how we work, socialize, and create economic value. Digital platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram; search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, and Baidu; and video sharing and music streaming platforms such as YouTube and Spotify create virtual spaces…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
21 August 2020
ADB teamed up with the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) for a virtual challenge to crowdsource digital solutions for Asia and the Pacific economies reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Winners of the first two events presented their solutions to the questions of how to track the…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
12 August 2020
ADB’s essential research work Asia’s Journey to Prosperity traces the economic and social evolution of Asia and the Pacific—from a low-income agrarian region in the 1960s to a global manufacturing powerhouse today. With COVID-19 threatening to turn back the clock on that progress, how will Asia…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
28 July 2020
Lockdowns have helped restrict COVID-19 transmission but at a terrible cost for business activity and people’s livelihoods. Policymakers need to know: How can we reopen our economies while keeping this disease in check?
This webinar discussed different non-pharmaceutical interventions countries…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
8 July 2020
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic exposes Asian banks’ vulnerability to U.S. dollar funding risks. A sudden squeeze in U.S. dollar funding liquidity associated with unwinding of carry trades by non-US global banks can quickly spill over to emerging market borrowers, as evidenced during…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
18 June 2020
This webinar featured a panel of experts as they discussed the updated growth prospects for developing Asia contained in the Asian Development Outlook 2020 Supplement. During the webinar, attendees had the opportunity to learn about the factors underlying the forecast revisions in the Asian…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department