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How Safe are Your Roads? Lessons from Tajikistan

22 March 2018
Each year, around 1.18 million deaths and millions of road accident-related accidents are recorded globally and most of these happen in Asia. Solutions that promote road safety are needed as this alarming number also has a serious economic impact. Even the Sustainable Development Goals recognize…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

Multilateral Financial Institutions: Chief Audit Executive Group 2017 Meeting

4 to 6 April 2017
The ADB Office of the Auditor General (OAG) organized the 2017 Multilateral Financial Institutions – Chief Audit Executive Group (MFI-CAEG) meeting in Beijing from 4 to 6 April 2017. The meeting served as a venue to discuss and share ideas, challenges, achievements, and lessons learned in internal…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General

Internal Audit Maturity in the Public Sector in ASEAN - Insights from the Study of Internal Audit Function in Selected Central Banks

8 March 2017
This academic study examined the maturity of the internal audit function in the public sector in the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by benchmarking the function with the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Capability Model for the public sector.
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General

Internal Audit Panel of Experts Inaugural Meeting

6 to 8 March 2017
The Internal Audit Panel of Experts is an advisory board to provide independent, objective and expert advice to the Capacity Development Working Group. The Panel of Experts is particularly tasked on strategizing and identifying opportunities for internal audit capacity development in the public…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General

Brown Bag Session: Comparative Study of Small and Medium Enterprise Development in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

26 August 2016
Drastic changes happened with the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, including the transition from central planned to a market-based economy. In a brown bag session, Lyubov Tsoy, intern at Asian Development Bank's Public Management, Finance, Sector, and Trade Division of the Central and…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

ASEAN Internal Audit Network Inaugural Meeting

21 to 22 July 2016
The ASEAN Central Banks Head of Internal Audit Network pushes for professionalism and collaboration in internal auditing practices. The Office of the Auditor General of the Asian Development Bank organized the Network’s inaugural meeting in Manila to provide a forum for development of methodologies…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General

CAREC Energy Workshop on New Technologies

27 July 2015
Organized by ADB in partnership with the Energy Sector Coordinating Committee (ESCC) of Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC), this workshop on CAREC Energy Workshop on New Technologies delivered a good understanding of new technologies geared towards capacity building: smart meters,…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Proof in: Poverty Can End. What are We Waiting for?

18 June 2015
ADB’s Betty Wilkinson discussed results of six randomized control trials of ultrapoor programs, and its implications for ADB developing member countries. She outlined a comprehensive approach that can boost livelihood, income, and health for one billion people who still live in extreme poverty. The…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Way Forward: Strengthening the Monitoring and Evaluation System for Reconstruction of Flood-Damaged Schools

20 March 2025
This presentation gives an overview of the strategic framework to strengthen the monitoring and evaluation system for reconstructing flood-damaged schools.
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

GBV and the Role of Healthcare Providers 1

24 February 2025
This presentation gives an overview of the definition and forms of violence against women (VAW) and gender-based violence (GBV) in Pakistan.
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department