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Understanding Disease Transmission and Health Risks through Water Systems

25 August 2020
For the second part of the series, Dr. Eline Boelee, senior researcher and advisor for water-environment-health interlinkages at Deltares, discussed how an integrated approach contributes to the understanding of health risks in water systems. She focused mainly on freshwater systems, looking at…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

#DigitalAgainstCOVID-19 Hackathon Winners Showcase

21 August 2020
ADB teamed up with the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) for a virtual challenge to crowdsource digital solutions for Asia and the Pacific economies reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Winners of the first two events presented their solutions to the questions of how to track the…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Asia's Journey to Prosperity—Past, Present, and Post-COVID-19

12 August 2020
ADB’s essential research work Asia’s Journey to Prosperity traces the economic and social evolution of Asia and the Pacific—from a low-income agrarian region in the 1960s to a global manufacturing powerhouse today. With COVID-19 threatening to turn back the clock on that progress, how will Asia…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

ADB Water and Deltares Seminar Series: Collaborating on Innovative and Sustainable Solutions for Integrated Water Management

11 August to 6 October 2020
Following a successful seminar series with Water Aid on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and health in the context of the pandemic, the ADB Water Sector Group is collaborating with Deltares, an independent Netherlands-based knowledge institute, to bring attention to the issues of water…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Resilient City Toolbox for Urban Resilience Planning

11 August 2020
Urban societies and economies are increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather due to climate change, ongoing urbanization, and densification. To reduce the risks to acceptable levels, urban resilience needs to be strengthened. For the first part of the series, Deltares focused on the challenges…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Restarting Economies and COVID-19 Control: Letting Loose Without Letting Up

28 July 2020
Lockdowns have helped restrict COVID-19 transmission but at a terrible cost for business activity and people’s livelihoods. Policymakers need to know: How can we reopen our economies while keeping this disease in check? This webinar discussed different non-pharmaceutical interventions countries…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

WASH Seminar Series: Part 3 – WASH, IWRM, and Climate Change

18 July 2020
Part 3 of the Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series The impacts of climate change are being felt across the Asia and Pacific region and threaten to reverse progress made in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Services must be urgently extended and strengthened in the face of…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office

COVID-19 and Dollar Funding Strains

8 July 2020
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic exposes Asian banks’ vulnerability to U.S. dollar funding risks. A sudden squeeze in U.S. dollar funding liquidity associated with unwinding of carry trades by non-US global banks can quickly spill over to emerging market borrowers, as evidenced during…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

WASH Seminar Series: Part 4 – A Health Systems-Strengthening Approach to Improve WASH in Health Care Facilities

23 June 2020
Part 4 of the Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series WASH is a critical part of infection prevention and control. Despite this, one in four health care facilities lacks basic water services and 896 million people seek care at facilities with no water service, according to the…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Lockdown, Loosening and Asia’s Growth Prospects

18 June 2020
This webinar featured a panel of experts as they discussed the updated growth prospects for developing Asia contained in the Asian Development Outlook 2020 Supplement. During the webinar, attendees had the opportunity to learn about the factors underlying the forecast revisions in the Asian…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department