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Reducing the Impacts of Air Pollution on Maternal and Child Health: The Scientific Evidence and Key Messages for the Public (English)

30 October 2019
This presentation discussed current evidence on health impacts from prenatal and early life exposure to air pollution. It also provides key public messages and communication channels to increase public awareness of health risks and strategies to reduce exposures and health impacts.

Air Purifier Use During Pregnancy, Fetal Growth, and Early Childhood Development: The UGAAR Study (English)

30 October 2019
This presentation discussed results from the Ulaanbaatar Gestation and Air Pollution Research (UGAAR) Study, which is investigating the relationship between exposure to Ulaanbaatar's air pollution and fetal growth during pregnancy.

Air Purifier Use During Pregnancy, Fetal Growth, and Early Childhood Development: The UGAAR Study (Mongolian)

30 October 2019
This presentation discussed results from the Ulaanbaatar Gestation and Air Pollution Research (UGAAR) Study, which is investigating the relationship between exposure to Ulaanbaatar's air pollution and fetal growth during pregnancy.

Financing Last Mile Communities

30 October 2019
[Session Summary] We cannot solve poverty without addressing financial inclusion; and we cannot bring about financial inclusion at any sort of scale without technology that is relevant and useful to the people you are giving it to. Learn how AgUnity works to achieve this through the use of…

Closing Remarks

30 October 2019
[Session Summary] [Closing Video] Woochong Um, Director General for Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB, stressed the importance of focusing on smallholders, investing in infrastructure, and working with governments to create an enabling environment for rural development and…

Flood Forecasting System

29 October 2019
This presentation discusses the methods of flood information service in the Republic of Korea.

Infrastructure Financing in Asia

29 October 2019
This presentation gives a brief overview of the book, "Infrastructure Financing in Asia", a collection of papers which aims to give insights and guidance for policymakers and researchers about what Asia needs to do to mobilize financing for infrastructure. It also includes an overview of all 11…

Tackling Rural Distress in the 21st Century: A New Trans-Disciplinary Multi-stakeholder Paradigm of Development

29 October 2019
[Session Summary] The large demographics facts – 3.4 billion today in rural population – will still be over 3 billion in 2050. People will still live in rural areas in 2050. The possibility of absorption of more rural migrants into urban areas faces severe constraints, and there is both urban…

Keynote Address: Launch of Publications on Food Security Investment Requirements, Climate-Smart Practices, and Horticulture Value Chain Development

29 October 2019
This presentation provides an overview of the joint publications launched. These are the outputs from the joint research with ADB's long-standing partners, IRRI and IFPRI for over two years. The joint research was also done in close collaboration with national research organizations and think tanks…

Ending Hunger in Asia and the Pacific by 2030: An Assessment of Investment Requirements in Agriculture

29 October 2019
This presentation gives an overview of the joint publications of ADB and the International Food Policy Research Institute that assess the investment requirements in agriculture in the region. It also provides a snapshot of the researches conducted in Indonesia and the People’s Republic of China.