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Virtual Trade Mission 2021 with Portugal

14 June 2021
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. In response to the COVID-19…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2021 with Italy Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

9 June 2021
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. In response to the COVID-…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

ADB Distinguished Speaker Program—Edward Glaeser

8 June 2021
Cities have the potential to play a fundamental role in bringing entrepreneurs and workers together, creating new and better jobs, and driving economic growth. In his lecture, Professor Edward Glaeser focused on policy priorities for Asia’s urban transformation, including the lessons from the…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

ADB Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar Series: The Consultant Management System

3 June 2021
The ADB virtual CMS Seminar opened to individual consultants and consulting firms who want to work with ADB. Participants hopefully gained a greater understanding of the ADB Consultant Management System (CMS) and its procurement procedures, as the central hub for ADB’s consulting-related business…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2021 with France

26 May 2021
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. In response to the COVID-19…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Digital Entrepreneurship for Economic Resilience

26 May 2021
Nurturing Asia’s digital entrepreneurs’ potential is the key to unlocking economic resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the long-term capacity for green and inclusive development. What have we learned from best practices, conducive regulatory environments, and supportive…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

LEAP 4: From Battlefield to Marketplace: Connectivity, Industrialization, and Spatial Convergence in the GMS

18 May 2021
ERCD and SERD organized the fourth LEAP webinar in which the ADB Chief Economist presented the results of a study on the impact of infrastructure investments in the economic corridors of the Greater Mekong Subregion, using satellite images. These investments unleashed market potential,…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department, Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Financing a Green and Inclusive Recovery

12 May 2021
A green and inclusive recovery requires a vast amount of capital. The recent rapid expansion of green and social finance is driven by both non-economic and financial motives. They are associated with positive environmental and social impacts. Asian governments can nurture sustainable finance…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Asian Development Outlook 2021 Launch

28 April 2021
Developing Asia’s recovery has strengthened. Manufacturing and trade have rebounded, remittances have been relatively resilient, and policy support has been strong. But outbreaks are reemerging, vaccination efforts face challenges, and tourism remains hobbled. This Asian Development Outlook 2021…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2021 with Malaysia

20 April 2021
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. In response to the COVID-19…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department