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Dysfunctional Agriculture Markets and Malnutrition

9 March 2021
This session discusses the impacts of dysfunctional agricultural markets on farmer profits, low farm productivity, bad food quality, high prices for consumers, and the devastating impact on malnutrition. Panelists and participants gave recommendations to improve policies and regulatory frameworks…

COVID-19 vaccines update

24 February 2021
Presentation on the global situation and current updates of COVID-19 vaccines development, access, and distribution.

Supplying Safe and Effective COVID-19 Vaccines

24 February 2021
Presentation on fast-tracking development, innovations, and reliable supply of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines.

Rolling Out the COVID COVID-19 Vaccines

24 February 2021
Presentation on lessons, insights, and perspectives on enhancing large scale vaccine distribution amid COVID-19 based on the experience of Asian Development Bank working with countries in Asia and the Pacific and financing options through the ADB Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX).

Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global emission projections

11 January 2021
Niklas Höhne of NewClimate Institute discussed the recent recovery packages and key examples of green recovery from various countries including China, India, South Korea, the USA, and the European Union.

Fighting Illicit Flows - A Collective Response

18 December 2020
Money laundering in the region is costing governments and economies billions, which could have been used for the development and social sector gains for its populations. Global Financial Integrity Policy Director Lakshmi Kumar discusses how much countries lose with illicit financial flows, and how…

Value for Money

11 December 2020
Learn more about Value for Money, and how ADB applies this approach through Strategic Procurement Planning.

Doing Business with ADB and the ADB Procurement System

9 December 2020
This presentation gives an overview of business opportunities at ADB and explains the ADB procurement framework.

Exposing Dirty Money: My 1 MDB Story

9 December 2020
Journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown discusses how the multibillion-dollar financial scandal of 1MDB unfolded, with its multiple red flags of financial transfers and fronting politically exposed persons involved. She notes in this presentation how it was seen as the largest kleptocracy investigation…

Fireside Chat – A Precarious Path to Recovery

7 December 2020
Developing Asia will contract this year by 0.7%, its first contraction in six decades. Growth will rebound to 6.8% in 2021, but this implies only a partial recovery. The presentation discusses the risks that comes with this scenario such as the possibility of a prolonged pandemic; geopolitical…