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The Future of Work: Is This Time Different?

12 December 2017
What skills are most critical for future jobs in light of the rapid changes in technology and development in automation, artificial intelligence, and robots? How can low-skilled workers cope with technological advancement? In this presentation, Carl Benedikt Frey of Oxford Martin School, gives an…

Synergy of Poverty Reduction and Environmental Protection: UN Case Studies and Lessons Learned

9 December 2017
What key lessons can the UN offer to solve the poverty-environment issues of the People’s Republic of China? Green development and poverty reduction—these are important itineraries common in both the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the People’s Republic of China’s national…

Eco-compensation vs. Pollution Compensation: US Transboundary Watershed Management—Experiences and Lessons

8 December 2017
Who pays, who benefits, how much, and how—these are among the questions tackled in the presentation to better differentiate eco-compensation from pollution compensation, particularly in the context of watershed management. The experiences and lessons of the United States in transboundary watershed…

Gross Ecosystem Product and Ecological Asset Accounting for Eco-Compensation: Methodology and Pilots in Qinghai, Yunnan, and Guizhou Provinces

8 December 2017
Attempts have been made globally to find new accounting indicators, beyond GDP, to quantify the contribution of ecosystems to human welfare and socioeconomic development. Through its eco-compensation and ecological civilization policies, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has integrated…

Policy Implications of Natural Capital Accounting

8 December 2017
What is the central challenge of the 21st century? It is developing an interlinked economic, social, and governance system that not only promotes sustainable development and alleviates poverty but also protects the environment, especially the ecosystem goods and services essential for human well-…

The Circular Economy Advantage

26 September 2017
Compared to today’s linear’s “take, make, dispose” economic model which disregards loss of materials, a circular economy provides a powerful lens to review every process within a framework of material flows and reduces waste or inefficiencies. Switching from a linear to a circular economy is…

Meeting Asia’s Infrastructure Needs

21 September 2017
Infrastructure is associated with development. For Asia to cope with its inhabitants’ needs, more and better infrastructure is needed. Unfortunately, investment gaps remains in many countries in the region. This presentation, based on ADB’s report Meeting Asia’s Infrastructure Needs, looks into the…

Regional Integration in Asia: Trends and Issues

21 September 2017
Regional integration shows large variations across subregions and six dimensions, with Southeast Asia being the most advanced. Asian financial markets and systems, meanwhile, are still more integrated globally than regionally. This presentation highlights Asia’s regional integration trends, with…

Financing for Effective, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization (People's Republic of China Case)

21 September 2017
Urbanization rate in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has increased to 56.7% in 2016, a far cry from 35.88% rate recorded in 2000. This spells the need for sustainable financing mechanism and solving equity and efficiency issues. Learn more about the “new-type of urbanization” in the PRC, along…

Economic Analysis of Investment Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

25 August 2017
Kee-Yung Nam shares his insights towards developing a common understanding of economic analysis methodologies and applications to evaluate the rationale, purpose and justification of investment projects.