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10 December 2024
In celebration of this year’s International Anticorruption Day, ADB’s Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) hosted a knowledge-sharing session on Integrity in Private Sector Development: A Conversation to explore the intersection of integrity principles and private sector development to…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
25 to 27 September 2024
ADB and OECD, co-secretariats of the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific (ACI), in collaboration with the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bhutan and the Royal Government of Bhutan, held the 2024 ACI regional seminar on 25-27 September 2024, in Thimphu, Bhutan. The seminar focused on…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
7 December 2023
Corruption and its staggering costs have affected sustainable development across the globe. Corruption drains more than 5 percent of the world’s GDP. Of approximately $13 trillion in global public spending, 25 percent or $3 trillion is lost to corruption.
In developing countries, the United…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
5 to 7 September 2023
Economic corridor development (ECD) plays a crucial role in promoting regional cooperation and integration (RCI). A successful ECD will increase connectivity through trade integration and infrastructure development leading to increased regional economic growth. ECD becomes more important for post-…
Organizer: Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division, Central and West Asia Department, South Asia Department, Southeast Asia Department, Economic Research and Development Impact Department
28 July 2023
As one of ADB’s seven operational priorities under Strategy 2030, RCI operation needs to be closely monitored. By volume and number, the pre-pandemic annual share of RCI projects in total ADB-financed projects is about 25% spread across the different regional departments. Of ADB’s RCI operations…
Organizer: Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division
16 June 2023
Regional Technical Assistance (RETA) 9433, Enhancing Tax Transparency of ADB Developing Member Countries (DMCs), is an ADB initiative focused on enhancing the capacity of ADB DMCs to (i) meet internationally agreed standards on tax transparency, (ii) counter tax evasion, and (iii) protect…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
9 December 2022
ADB celebrated its 12th International Anticorruption Day on 9 December 2022 through a hybrid event hosted by OAI.
President Masa delivered a speech reminding ADB personnel that in upholding the highest ethical standards, we are trustworthy, transformational, and client-centric. Two of the US State…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
29 to 31 May 2017
Regional cooperation and integration (RCI) is a process by which national economies become more interconnected regionally. RCI plays an important role in accelerating growth and reducing poverty.
Asian Development Bank's RCI Thematic Group (RCI TG) Skills Development Plan for 2017-2018 aims to…
Organizer: Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division
25 May 2017
The RCI-TG Secretariat held a final workshop to discuss two country studies on Economic Corridor Development and a background Paper on The Future of RCI in Asia and the Pacific. The workshop aimed to solicit comments on the country studies and discuss the proposed coverage of the background and…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department, Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division
9 November 2015
In this knowledge sharing session, Pradeep Srivastava of Asian Development Bank (ADB), discussed the applications of the new spatial regional cooperation and integration (RCI) framework to urbanization in developing countries. The framework expands the intersection of urban development and RCI…
Organizer: Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division, Water and Urban Development Sector Office