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Briefing Note No. 3: Strengthening Country Safeguard Systems For The Protection Of Displaced Persons

30 May 2016
ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement recognizes efforts by developing member countries to improve involuntary resettlement safeguards and paves the way for the application of country safeguard systems to ADB-financed projects.

Briefing Note No. 4: Safeguarding Indigenous Peoples Through Strengthening Country Safeguard Systems

30 May 2016
Opportunities remain to strengthen country safeguard systems for indigenous peoples by improving developing member countries' capacity to implement projects affecting them.

Briefing Note No. 5: Strengthening Capacity To Apply Country Safeguard Systems

30 May 2016
The 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement of the Asian Development Bank calls for strengthening country safeguard systems as an objective in itself, to ensure that such systems achieve the benchmarks set by international good practices.

Closing Remarks - Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

25 May 2016
In his closing remarks at this conference, Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Diwakar Gupta stressed that (i) public private partnerships are vital for digital financial services to reduce costs to government; (ii) development in digital finance can expand financial services for the poor and build…

Welcome Address - Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

24 May 2016
Asian Development Bank’s Bambang Susantono in his welcome address at this conference highlighted how (i) a sharing economy gathers individuals, companies, governments, and policy makers to share information and resources, creating a network effect and impact that increases access and value for all…

SOL: Land and Titles (Amendment) Act 2016

27 April 2016
This document contains details of an Act to amend the Land and Titles Act (Cap.133) to provide a right to resume certain fixed term estates. Disclaimer The legal instruments provided on this website are only those used as bases for the relevant equivalence assessments and are not guaranteed to be…

Bangladesh: We Have Not Forgotten You – Unusual Partnerships for Prisoners

26 April 2016
Officials from several ministries, the Prison Directorate, and the Bangladesh Police have undertaken a number of visits abroad to observe first-hand how other countries organise their criminal justice systems. Recommendations were developed based on the learnings from the trips and possible reform…

Sri Lanka Road Investments – Building and Maintaining Trust and Partnership

26 April 2016
A Multitranche Financing Facility (MFF) by ADB of $800 million to the road sector in Sri Lanka is the culmination of a development towards an approach where development partners align to the government policy framework. As an essential part of this development of a close and trustful partnership,…

Matching Skills and Labour Markets in Sri Lanka: Results-Based Lending as Reform Vehicle

26 April 2016
The technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector in Sri Lanka is reforming at sector level because of strong early champions in the Ministry of Finance and Planning (MoFP) and, subsequently, change agents at sector level with strong network and knowledge both about the MoFP and the…

Indonesia: Incentives, Innovations and Replication – Local Governance Improvements for Better Services for All

26 April 2016
Indonesia introduced a dramatic decentralization in 2001 – but local governments (LGs) often lacked sufficient capacity to deliver. The USAID-supported Indonesia Local Governance Service Improvement (Kinerja) program focused on incentives, empowering citizens to demand better services; on…