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7 December 2023
Corruption and its staggering costs have affected sustainable development across the globe. Corruption drains more than 5 percent of the world’s GDP. Of approximately $13 trillion in global public spending, 25 percent or $3 trillion is lost to corruption.
In developing countries, the United…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
22 to 24 November 2023
Eco-compensation is a policy mechanism which aims to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of human activities by implementing measures to offset or compensate for ecological damage caused by those activities. Examples of eco-compensation include fiscal transfer, regional cooperation and…
Organizer: East Asia Department
9 to 12 October 2023
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) organized Bangkok Plastics Week on 9-12 October 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Bangkok Plastics Week was a series of capacity development events and workshops on data monitoring approaches and regional…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
26 to 28 September 2023
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines
WELCOME TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC SOCIAL PROTECTION WEEK 2023!
The Asia-Pacific Social Protection Week 2023: Social Protection in a Changing World, hosted by ADB’s Human and Social Development Sector Office, brought together in-person at ADB Headquarters more than…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
19 to 21 September 2023
Digital x ADB is co-organized by the Digital Technology for Development Division of the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department and the Information Technology Department. The event is held every two years for ADB’s staff members, consultants, contractors,and partners to learn about…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
5 to 7 September 2023
Economic corridor development (ECD) plays a crucial role in promoting regional cooperation and integration (RCI). A successful ECD will increase connectivity through trade integration and infrastructure development leading to increased regional economic growth. ECD becomes more important for post-…
Organizer: Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division, Central and West Asia Department, South Asia Department, Southeast Asia Department, Economic Research and Development Impact Department
24 August 2023
At the beginning of 2022, Asia and the world seemed poised for an economic recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic began to recede. Unfortunately, additional shocks unsettled the nascent recovery, hindering the progress that had been underway. Cost of living pressures rose as prices of energy and food…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
18 August 2023
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from a new special issue of the journal Review of Development Economics on rural and agricultural development in the digital age, edited by Wanglin Ma, Andy McKay, Dil Rahut, and Tetsushi Sonobe.
Papers in this special issue investigated the impacts of the…
Organizer: ADBI
18 August 2023
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from a new special issue of the journal Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics on farmers’ organizations and sustainable development, coedited by Wanglin Ma, Marco Marini and ADBI’s Dil Rahut.
Papers in this special issue examined how farmers’…
Organizer: ADBI
16 to 18 August 2023
Better access to domestic and international markets allows rural farmers to sell their products at higher prices, motivating them to increase the quantity, quality, and diversity of the goods they produce and sell more. Reliable market access is also beneficial to regional income growth, food…
Organizer: ADBI