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14 April 2025
Background
Economic growth has fundamentally changed lives in Asia and the Pacific, lifting more than 1.5 billion people out of poverty over just two generations. In only one generation, poverty rates in our region dropped from 75% of the population to less than 10%. A new middle class now enjoys…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
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
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
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
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
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
11 August 2021
The second webinar in the series 'Digital Technologies and Quality Jobs – Lessons Learnt and New Horizons' focused on the topic of disabilities and labor market inclusion. The virtual event, “Shaping a Better Employment Landscape for People with Disabilities in Asia-Pacific” was hosted in…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office
23 April 2021
A new SDCC webinar series
How can governments and other stakeholders address the urgent challenge of ensuring the COVID-19 recovery is jobs-rich and inclusive? How can accelerated digital transformation drive quality job creation and what are the skills needed for these new jobs? ADB’s…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office
23 April 2021
The first webinar in the new series focused on the opportunities and challenges of ensuring the accelerated transition to the digital economy is jobs-rich and inclusive. The discussion explored three different models that leverage technological innovation to help marginalized groups access…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
25 March 2021
Digital technologies are underpinning almost all aspects of daily life, including healthcare. The UK has seen great success in digitally transforming its National Health Service (NHS) by harnessing innovations to deliver better healthcare.
COVID-19 highlighted the importance of capacitating…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office