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8 December 2022
The session is about Mill, Hong Kong, China’s first beverage carton recycling pulp mill and education center. The center can process up to about 50 tons of beverage cartons daily and turn them into recycled paper pulp. At the same time, it can also recycle all kinds of wastepaper (composite-…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
7 to 9 December 2022
Digital transformation is central to enhancing economies’ productivity, competitiveness, and sustainable development. Digital finance and trade play an important role in these dynamics, with sound and efficient domestic and cross-border digital payments systems increasingly crucial for reducing…
Organizer: ADBI
5 December 2022
Dynamic entrepreneurs are needed to innovate and create the jobs that will support Asia’s future development. How can digitalization and the business environment provide conditions for entrepreneurs to thrive?
Objectives
Webinar attendees had the chance to engage with the speakers and:…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
2 December 2022
This ADBI hybrid event spotlighted key takeaways from the new book Keeping Indonesia Safe from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt from the National Economic Recovery Programme, published by the Indonesia Finance Ministry and the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. It explored COVID-19’s economic…
Organizer: ADBI
2 December 2022
This ADBI Featured Speaker webinar spotlighted Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Chief Economist Erik Berglof, who presented AIIB’s 2022 Asian Infrastructure Finance report on the transition to net zero carbon emissions in emerging economies and related policy challenges and solutions.…
Organizer: ADBI
29 November to 2 December 2022
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
28 to 30 November 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic, trade tensions, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has significantly disrupted global supply chains, reverberating through commodity markets and trade channels, threatening food and energy security, and weighing on sustainable economic recovery.
While the world continues to…
Organizer: ADBI
25 November 2022
This ADBI Featured Speaker webinar spotlighted Alexander Plekhanov of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), who presented EBRD’s 2022-23 Transition Report on the policy implications of “business unusual” conditions in the global economy.
He discussed the effects of COVID-19…
Organizer: ADBI
24 November 2022
Launched in 2020, Koinpack built a deposit-based reuse system for plastic packaging, allowing consumers to purchase their favorite brands in reusable bottles, instead of single-use flexibles. When they return the bottle, they get a cashback as an incentive.
Koinpack works with existing brands…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
21 to 24 November 2022
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department