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17 to 19 November 2020
The fountain is a frequent meeting place for locals in the bustling Zhetysu Park. It features a daily evening program with coloured lights accompanied by classical and modern music during the warm months. (Photo by: Nur-Sultan Akimat)
Cities are designed according to current or past conditions.…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department
27 October 2020
On 27 October, a joint CWRD-OGC Brown Bag seminar discussed the development and adoption of a Law on International Commercial Arbitration in Uzbekistan, which received a compliance check by the UNCITRAL. The participants discussed the importance of the Law to the country’s business climate and…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Office of the General Counsel
22 October 2020
via Zoom
A Brown Bag session discussed with two experts, International Relations professor David Lewis and Constitutional lawyer Dr. Saniya Toktogaziyeva the recent developments in the Kyrgyz Republic and their impact on the country's medium- to long-term governance and the economy.
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department
1 October 2020
Delivering a safe, effective vaccine will be a turning point in the fight against COVID-19. Drawing on his ongoing research, Nobel Laureate Michael Kremer explored how to create appropriate incentives to accelerate access to the vaccine.
Led by Vice President Deborah Stokes, a high-level panel…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
29 September 2020
Digital transformation is affecting how we work, socialize, and create economic value. Digital platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram; search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, and Baidu; and video sharing and music streaming platforms such as YouTube and Spotify create virtual spaces…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
3 September 2020
During the cold winter days most citizens often idle their car engines for long periods to warm the engine and interior. This unnecessarily wastes fuel, costs money, causes excess engine wear and tear, and produces greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and harmful air pollutants.
The proposed Block…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department
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
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
6 August 2020
In the race against time to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, forward-looking policymakers must begin exploring the next steps such as access to the vaccine, financing, and distribution, and start working on their countries' preparedness for the challenge. Two renowned experts provided an…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office
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