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How the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Framework Can Make a Difference

22 August 2016
The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Framework was established in 2001 to provide a mechanism to assess public financial management performance (PFM) that would be usable by any country. It was expected to produce a common pool of data to help countries and their development…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Being Future Fit: Innovation & the Development "Mutants"

5 August 2016
Over the last couple of years, UNDP Asia Pacific has taken concentrated on innovation with modest investments to encourage staff to experiment with new ideas outside traditional project cycles, challenge business as usual, and engage with new and non-traditional partners. Despite a few challenges…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Tax Evasion: Investigation and Compliance Strategies Workshop

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

Can Corruption be Tackled? Making the Case for Good Governance

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

Integrating Governance and Institutional Development in ADB Operations

14 to 15 December 2015
The overall objective of this Integrating Governance and Institutional Development in ADB Operations: Program Design Workshop was to come up with principles and approaches in the design of a flagship learning program on governance and public sector management in ADB, meant for ADB staff and…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Social Accountability at the Local Level: Citizens Engaging with Local Government

26 to 27 November 2015
ADB, in collaboration with the Partnership for Transparency Fund, organized this National Workshop on Social Accountability at the Local Level: Citizens Engaging with Local Government under the Regional Technical Assistance (RETA) on Support for Implementation of the Second Governance and…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Governance Cooperation Fund: Open Government Partnership Knowledge Exchange and Learning Event

23 to 24 November 2015
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) hosted the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Knowledge Exchange and Learning Event at the ADB Headquarters with the Asia Foundation, USAID, and the World Bank as co-organizers. This ADB Governance Cooperation Fund-sponsored event focused on enhancing knowledge about…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office