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Stakeholder Consultation: Cambodia Country Partnership Strategy 2019-2023

8 January 2019
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has started the process of crafting the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2019-2023 for Cambodia by holding a series of consultations with stakeholders. To ensure that its future interventions are inclusive and responding to the needs of Cambodia and its people,…

PHOTO GALLERY: Cambodia Country Partnership Strategy Provincial Stakeholder Consultations

8 January 2019
Photos taken during the CPS provincial consultations in Battambang, Kratie and Svay Rieng provinces, and national consultations with line ministries, development partners, private sector, and civil society in Phnom Penh. The consultations aim to seek stakeholders' inputs for the formulation of the…

Environmental Flows: Concepts and Methods

22 November 2018
Rivers are an interconnected and interdependent living system. This presentation defines Environmental Flows (EFlows) as it relates to ecosystems, its main aspects, assessment methods, and the benefits of increased scale and detail.

Contemporary Concepts in Water Management and Impacts of Development on Local Hydrology

22 November 2018
Contemporary concepts in water management include use versus consumption, virtual water, and a hierarchy of water requirements. This presentation describes these concepts as well as managing competition in water use, what water management should focus on, infrastructure development and hydrology…

Training Course on Pollution, Health, and Safety Management in ADB Projects: Water Management Module

21 November 2018
Water pollution has been increasing in Asia, resulting in economic losses, health problems, and damage to aquatic systems. ADB-financed projects must not only meet environment safeguard requirements in water quality impacts; they must also incorporate environmental sustainability into project…

Water Quality Modeling: A Brief Introduction

21 November 2018
Water quality models can aid in planning and in assessing the environmental impacts of project-generated pollution. This presentation explains the uses, purposes, limitations, and components of water quality models; their application in the review of ADB-funded projects, with case studies as…

ADB's New Procurement Framework: What's the Latest?

26 April 2018
Jeff Taylor in this presentation shared the changes to ADB’s procurement approach to deliver benefits and flexibility throughout the procurement cycle. He discussed the renewed focus on the concepts of value for money and fitness for purpose to save time and bring private sector and hi-tech…

My Bosses, My Mentors

7 December 2017
Xianbin Yao, Special Senior Advisor to the President, reflects on his journey of more than two decades with ADB and how he has benefited from colleagues since 1991. The presentation aims to (i) reflect on and share ADB experiences through few but pertinent snapshots; (ii) encourage the people in…

ADB and the Economic Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

7 November 2017
Christopher Stephens discussed ADB's mission, strategy, and the general economic outlook in developing Asia in the first installment of the ADB-SFS Speaker Series. He shared how ADB and its 67 member-countries have faciliated economic growth, regional cooperation, and poverty reduction in Asia and…

2016 Development Effectiveness Review: Is ADB Really Set Up to Deliver Results?

25 May 2017
ADB’s Bernard Woods examines if ADB was really set up to deliver results by looking at its progress toward the interim targets of the institution's Strategy 2020, and its midterm performance review using the Development Effectiveness Review 2016 results. This video covers the full session of…