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23 to 27 May 2016
Information and communications technology (ICT) has been used holistically to bolster financial and managerial capacities of local governments and municipal service providers; manage urban traffic, and increase the competence and autonomy of urban water supply, as well as sanitation and solid waste…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
28 April 2016
Maternal mortality and teenage pregnancy are health concerns in some Indonesian districts. The event discussed how the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Kinerja supported institutional reforms to address the issues, and reduced cases of child marriage births to mothers…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
26 to 28 April 2016
Organized by ADB's Governance Thematic Group in cooperation with the OECD-DAC Network on Governance and the German International Cooperation (GIZ)'s Sector Network Governance Asia, this learning event on Meet Lucy: New Ideas in Governance – Do They Work in Practice? enabled participants to assess…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
21 March 2016
ADB, in collaboration with the German International Cooperation (GIZ) and the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, and in partnership with the Government of the Philippines' Office of the Ombudsman, organized this high-level event with panel discussion on Evaluating and Monitoring Anti-Corruption…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
21 to 23 March 2016
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the German International Cooperation (GIZ) and the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, and in partnership with the Government of the Philippines' Office of the Ombudsman, organized a training workshop to discuss how action against corruption…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
10 March 2016
Thousands of organizations, including Asian Development Bank, report on their social and environmental impacts using guidelines developed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). This seminar introduced GRI, examined the organization’s guidelines, and discussed how sustainability reporting can…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
9 to 11 March 2016
This Workshop on Tax Evasion: Investigation and Compliance Strategies aimed to support participant countries in designing or reviewing their policies and strategies for tackling tax evasion through investigation and compliance work programs. The learning event enabled the participants to share…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
11 February 2016
In the recently released Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index for 2015, majority of the developing member countries (DMCs) of Asian Development Bank (ADB) ranked in the bottom half. Combined with weak governance and rising income inequality in the region that continues to be home…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
4 February 2016
Public financial management specialist Peter Fane discussed initial findings of an ongoing assessment of the current state of results-based budget management frameworks in developed and developing countries. Findings suggest that even some developed countries may have failed to realize the full…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
19 January 2016
As Bhutan's economy grows, so does the treat of corruption which is one of the biggest deterrents to a country's development. To counter this threat, the Government of Bhutan plans to strengthen its regulatory environment.
Gambhir Bhatta of Asian Development Bank (ADB) presented his analysis on…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office