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5 June to 9 July 2023
High-Speed Rail (HSR) development has been an important driver of economic growth in Asia and Europe. To expand HSR’s benefits in developing Asia and beyond, policy makers and experts must address complex challenges such as project appraisal and economic and quality-of-life impact analyses.…
Organizer: ADBI
1 June 2023
On 1 June 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI), in collaboration with the Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department (PPFD) and Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM), held a full-day integrity learning session for more than 50 participants from TJRM executing and…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Central and West Asia Department
10 May 2023
On 10 May 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) and Central and West Asia Department's Portfolio, Results, Safeguards and Gender Unit (CWOD-PSG) held a hybrid integrity learning session for more than 80 Pakistan portfolio executing and implementing agencies and project…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Central and West Asia Department
9 to 11 May 2023
On 9–11 May, ADB and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) organized the 11th Regional Conference of the Anti-Corruption Initiative (ACI) for Asia and the Pacific at ADB Headquarters.
The ACI, for which ADB and OECD serve as co-Secretariat to the Initiative and guide the…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
3 May 2023
Held alongside the 56th Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meeting in Incheon, this ADBI session explored Group of 20 (G20)-ADB engagement and options for the G20, the Group of Seven (G7), and the Global South to address shared challenges.
Senior policy makers and experts examined G20 efforts to…
Organizer: ADBI
25 April 2023
This ADBI Featured Speaker webinar spotlighted the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Mahvash Qureshi, who presented new research on geopolitics, financial fragmentation, and the implications for macro-financial stability, as documented in the IMF’s April 2023 Global Financial Stability Report.…
Organizer: ADBI
20 April 2023
On 20 April 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) organized an integrity learning session for 15 participants from the Armenian Territorial Development Fund, Yerevan Municipality, and Road Department, who are implementing ADB projects in the Armenian portfolio. The integrity…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Central and West Asia Department
14 April 2023
On 14 April 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) held a hybrid integrity learning session for 93 government officials working on ADB projects part of India’s portfolio. The session was part of the India Resident Mission Capacity Development Resource Center and Procurement Unit…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, South Asia Department
11 April 2023
This ADBI Featured Speaker webinar spotlighted University of Waikato development economist and Asian Development Review Editor-in-Chief John Gibson, who discussed growing evidence on the importance of secondary towns for poverty reduction.
Gibson explained that in contrast to traditionally more…
Organizer: ADBI
5 April 2023
On 5 April 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) conducted a session for 10 participants from the executing agency and project implementation unit of the Renewable Heating Demonstration in Remote Areas Project in Mongolia. Conducted during the project’s inception mission, the…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, East Asia Department