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Validation Workshop on Digital Citizen

30 January 2025
ADB and Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, from 27 to 30 January, held a series of validation workshops to inform the strategic ten-year roadmap for Pakistan’s digital transformation. Relevant stakeholders including government officials, representatives of civil…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

Validation Workshop on Digital Economy

29 January 2025
ADB and Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, from 27 to 30 January, held a series of validation workshops to inform the strategic ten-year roadmap for Pakistan’s digital transformation. Relevant stakeholders including government officials, representatives of civil…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

Validation Workshop on Digital Government

28 January 2025
ADB and Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, from 27 to 30 January, held a series of validation workshops to inform the strategic ten-year roadmap for Pakistan’s digital transformation. Relevant stakeholders including government officials, representatives of civil…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

Validation Workshop on Digital Infrastructure

27 January 2025
ADB and Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, from 27 to 30 January, held a series of validation workshops to inform the strategic ten-year roadmap for Pakistan’s digital transformation. Relevant stakeholders including government officials, representatives of civil…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

Digital Transformation and Women’s Employment: The Case of South Korea

6 May 2022
The digital age offers significant opportunities to empower women - to earn additional income, enhance employment prospects, and acquire knowledge. But at the same time, digital transformation may have a negative impact on women’s access to resources and opportunities, including jobs, skills, and…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Book Launch: COVID-19 and Potential for Economic Recovery in the CAREC Region

11 April 2022
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from the new Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) - Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute book COVID-19 and Potential for Economic Recovery in the CAREC Region, to be discussed by the coeditors of the book. The event focused on the…
Organizer: ADBI, Central and West Asia Department

Digital Health Credentials in Building Trust at Population Scale -COVID-19 and Beyond

30 March 2022
Digital COVID-Credentials has proven to be an effective tool for countries to restart mobility for work and travel. Such credentials have aided policymakers in negating the risk of COVID- 19 spread, by virtue of clearly ascertaining the vaccination or testing status, in a fast and automated way…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, South Asia Department

Training on Successful Implementation of a Digital Financial Services for Health Project: Practical Considerations

1 March 2022
Digital financial services (DFS) are financial transactions, including banking, insurance, and payment services that can be accessed via digital channels. ADB DMCs can make significant progress in applying DFS to health programs, supporting progress to universal health coverage. This training…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Education Sector Group Presentations

17 January 2022
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, technological advances brought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) had already disrupted the world of work, leading to the growing demand for new sets of skills and competencies. Consequently, old jobs were being lost, while new jobs were created including…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

A New Pathway for the Creative Economy: Recovery, Growth and Jobs?

8 December 2021
Before the pandemic hit, the creative economy was on track to account for 10% of global GDP by 2030. In recognition, the United Nations declared 2021 the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. The pandemic, however, changed the trajectory of the creative economy in two…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office