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5 October 2024
This presentation by Nation Partners maps ADB’s existing work on heat stress and identifies strategic entry points for action. It invites reflections on early findings and points to next steps to strengthen ADB’s support to developing member countries.
Organizer: Gender Equality Division
1 October 2024
An overview of ADB’s technical assistance on gender and heat, outlining its objectives, approach, and planned activities across five developing member countries.
Organizer: Gender Equality Division
1 October 2024
Insights on how to prepare for increased temperatures through strategic interventions.
Organizer: Gender Equality Division
1 October 2024
This presentation is an introductory of Technical Assistance 10127.
Organizer: Gender Equality Division
15 February 2017
Social assistance can help reduce poverty and inequality, increase human and physical capital, generate local and regional multiplier effects, and foster economic and social mobility. However, most social assistance programs in many countries underperform. There is clearly a need to go beyond…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
19 January 2017
Migration is highly influenced by the changing demography, economic situation, and policies of destination countries. Those with ageing populations will have a greater need for migrant workers. Those with higher wage rates will attract more workers from different countries. Local policies also…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
18 January 2017
Remittances play an important role in many economies. They are the main source of foreign exchange in many developing countries. They have also become an important and fairly stable source of income for many families. To maximize the benefits of remittances, countries should be able to update and…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
21 September 2016
Various stakeholders from Asia and the Pacific share their insights on the importance of investing in ICT for social protection. ICT, they said, is a crtiical foundation for social protection as it helps provide direction to social protection programs. By investing in ICT, organizations can improve…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office