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ADBI-KIPO-USPTO Workshop on Patents for Innovation

21 October 2021
Innovation is crucial to resilient, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth and prospects for early COVID-19 recovery in Asia and the Pacific. Patents are essential tools for driving innovation in the region, incentivizing innovators with certain exclusive rights and fair returns, and…
Organizer: ADBI

Cambridge University-World Economic Forum-ADBI 2021 Regional Fintech Roundtable

19 to 20 October 2021
Rapid advancements in financial technology, or fintech, are opening the door to greater financial inclusion and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. However, the growing knowledge gap between innovators and regulators regarding fintech and business models that apply it threatens to…
Organizer: ADBI

Book Launch: Demographic Transition and Its Impacts in Asia and Europe

19 October 2021
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from the new ADBI Press book Demographic Transition and Its Impacts in Asia and Europe, as discussed by a panel of contributors to the book. The focuses included the sectoral and social effects of the regions’ accelerating population aging and approaches for…
Organizer: ADBI

ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: Yuqing Xing on Global Value Chains and Export Performance in the People’s Republic of China

5 October 2021
This webinar featured Yuqing Xing of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo, who discussed the key findings of his new book Decoding China’s Export Miracle: A Global Value Chain Analysis. He explained the implications of global value chains (GVCs) for export performance and…
Organizer: ADBI

ADBI-Central Bank of Sri Lanka-APAEA Joint Workshop on Monetary Policy, Banking and Finance, and Central Banking

30 September 2021
The conduct of monetary policy is increasingly challenging for emerging Asian economies due to the effects of COVID-19, unconventional monetary policies in advanced countries, volatile capital flows, volatile commodity prices, and the spillover effects of trade conflicts. This ADBI-Central Bank of…
Organizer: ADBI

ADBI-University of Cambridge Online Course on Fintech & Regulatory Innovation

30 September to 25 December 2021
Rapid advancements in financial technology, or fintech, are opening the door to greater financial inclusion and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. However, the growing knowledge gap between innovators and regulators regarding fintech and business models that apply it threatens to…
Organizer: ADBI

ADBI-Stanford University Training Program on Case Study Writing for Public Policy

28 September to 1 October 2021
ADBI and the Stanford University Leadership Academy for Development (LAD) held a 4-day workshop on case study writing and public policy for government officials from Asia and the Pacific. The workshop discussed how to create and utilize case studies to enhance policy development in the region,…
Organizer: ADBI

Accelerating e-commerce in the new normal

28 September 2021
The 17th Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Accelerating e-commerce in the new normal” featured policy options and global good practice examples to help countries foster an enabling environment in the medium and long-term as they mitigate COVID-19 impacts and…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

ASEAN Economies: The Road to Recovery

23 September 2021
At the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the ASEAN region responded relatively well to the crisis compared with other parts of the world, with travel restrictions and country-wide lockdowns keeping the spread at bay. As of April, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecast…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

ADBI-JARTS-IIT Learning Series on High-Speed Railway: Global Experiences on High-Speed Railway Safety Management

17 September 2021
Greater high-speed rail (HSR) development in Asia will require policy makers and industry partners to navigate complex planning, design, construction, operational, and maintenance issues, as well as increasingly challenging domestic socioeconomic and political conditions as a result of the COVID-19…
Organizer: ADBI