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Corporate Governance: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia

20 to 21 November 2017
ADB, together with International Finance Corporation, Financial Times, and London School of Economics, organized a conference on corporate governance challenges and opportunities in Asia. Over 100 regulators, judges, executives, lawyers, and ADB staff discussed issues relating to corporate…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office, Office of the General Counsel, Private Sector Operations Department

2nd Asia Finance Forum: FinTech and Sustainable Development

8 to 10 November 2017
The conference discussed the growing importance of digital finance and its cross-cutting impacts on sustainable development goals, including poverty reduction, inclusive economic growth, inequality mitigation. It also discussed how digital finance can help address thematic issues such as hunger,…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Workshop on FinTech Regulations and RegTech

6 November 2017
Fintech, the new marriage of financial services and information technology, has attracted the focused attention of regulators, consumers, and investors in recent years. This workshop leads participants into a deeper understanding of this concept, its growth and evolution, and its implications to…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Level One Project Boot Camp

6 to 7 November 2017
The Level One Project envisions new digital payment platforms that support inclusive, interoperable, and digital economies. It offers countries a roadmap and a set of tools to establish such platforms. The project, an initiative of the Gates Foundation, aims to help the poorest regions in the world…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Evidence-based Governance Matters in Asia

27 October 2017
Daniel Kaufmann, president and CEO of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, presented the global, regional, and country-level aspects of governance, the results, and implications of the recently launched 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI), and concrete governance initiatives such as the…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Green Equity and Financing

11 October 2017
Learn about the untapped potential for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as a vehicle for social and environmental responsibility. SOEs account for a large contribution to industrial output (for e.g. 25-30% in China) and high employment (e.g. 1.5 million people in Viet Nam) across the Asia-Pacific…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Digital Money Issues and Policy Actions in Asia

7 September 2017
ADB's Shigehiro Shinozaki with Lito Villanueva from FINTQ and Mikko Perez from Ayannah discuss key development issues on digital financial services in Asia, and how effectively they can help promote financial inclusion.
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

High Level Roundtable of Insurance Supervisors: Fostering Sustainable Development through Proportionate Insurance Regulations

5 to 6 September 2017
This event gathered together senior regional insurance supervisors for a two-day discussion on key regulatory and policy priorities in Asia and the Pacific. The discussions aimed to support the development of an enabling environment for effective and sustainable insurance and pension sectors in the…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Transforming Leadership: Women, Men, Power and Potential

29 to 31 August 2017
A multi-stakeholder dialogue process, this learning event engaged the participants in creating a safe learning environment to explore one another’s perspectives, to look at their leadership challenges in new ways, to reflect, and to be inspired. The Tokyo Lab is the third and final face-to-face…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Regional Workshop for Asian Insurance Supervisors

28 to 30 August 2017
The Regional Workshop for Asian Insurance Supervisors aimed to strengthen the capacity of countries to manage crisis, counter fraud, and conduct anti-money laundering activities. It provided a comprehensive discussion of the Insurance Core Principles (ICP), the globally accepted framework that…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office