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24 November 2021
What are ADB sanctions including temporary suspensions and debarments? How does a firm or individual get debarred or temporarily suspended and what are the consequences? Why is your role in ADB’s sanctions screening crucial to fight corruption? How do you get access to and use ADB’s Complete…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
26 to 28 October 2021
Online commerce in developing Asia, enabled by accelerating digitalization, broadband internet access, and market demand, is at the forefront of the region’s digital economy growth. It is also opening new possibilities for women’s economic empowerment, offering family-friendly flexible work…
Organizer: ADBI
27 September 2021
This webinar is organized by the Finance Sector Group, Central and West Department, and Financial Supervisory Services of Korea to understand the crowdfunding regulatory framework through Korea’s experience and how their lessons learned can help in developing Georgia’s crowdfunding model.
Organizer: Finance Sector Office
16 July 2021
Ayushi Misra, FSG Intern, delivered a presentation on the topic "Microfinance under the New Normal".
The presentation, through analysis of the microfinance sector of three Asian countries viz Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Philippines, aimed to identify the potential risks that the sector is facing…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
1 July 2021
On 1 July, Nasruminallah Mian discussed insights on streamlining ADB's Country Operations Business pipeline process from his experience working on Pakistan’s Country Operations Business Plan. A single window pipeline was initially proposed by leveraging ADB’s SharePoint platform. The seminar…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department
16 June 2021
ADB and the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) organized this virtual event to launch a new partnership between the two organizations. Under this partnership, CDRI has been designated as a ‘Depository Library’ for ADB publications. This e-library will facilitate easier access to ADB…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department
28 April 2021
Developing Asia’s recovery has strengthened. Manufacturing and trade have rebounded, remittances have been relatively resilient, and policy support has been strong. But outbreaks are reemerging, vaccination efforts face challenges, and tourism remains hobbled.
This Asian Development Outlook 2021…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
12 April 2021
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) initiated an update of its 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) in August 2020 following a corporate evaluation by ADB’s Independent Evaluation Department last May 2020. The ongoing update seeks to modernize the policy in consideration of the changing development…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards
17 March 2021
To raise awareness and discuss the positive development impact of international arbitration reform in the South Pacific, ADB, in conjunction with UNCITRAL, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, and other renowned…
Organizer: Office of the General Counsel
5 February to 28 April 2021
In response to its members’ request to learn from countries’ successful experience and best practices in corruption prevention and education, the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific (ACI) partners with Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to conduct a public…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity