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ADB and the Economic Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

7 November 2017
Christopher Stephens discussed ADB's mission, strategy, and the general economic outlook in developing Asia in the first installment of the ADB-SFS Speaker Series. He shared how ADB and its 67 member-countries have faciliated economic growth, regional cooperation, and poverty reduction in Asia and…

Poverty and Social Analysis in Action: Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Area Development Investment Program

10 October 2017
Poverty and social analysis (PSA) enabled the Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Area Development Investment Program to become more responsive to the needs and context of its target beneficiaries. PSA guided program implementation by providing a thorough assessment of the social impacts of the…

Poverty and Social Analysis in Urban Projects

10 October 2017
Urbanization brings not only economic growth but challenges--higher slum populations, congestion, and lack of access to basic services. Poverty and social analysis (PSA) can help urban projects address these challenges more effectively. PSA can improve project design, maximize project benefits, and…

Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project

10 October 2017
Poverty and social analysis (PSA) was key to the design and implementation of the Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project. PSA enabled the project to contribute to the improved water supply system as well as wastewater and drainage management in Myanmar. This presentation details the role of…

e-GP as a Key Component of ADB’s Procurement Reform

2 October 2017

Mainstreaming Solid Waste Management in Asia

29 September 2017
Implementing successful, long-term solutions to reduce, dispose, and recover solid waste requires communication to change behaviors of diverse stakeholders from households to utilities. ADB’s Andrew McIntyre shared the results of a five-city technical assistance on mainstreaming solid waste…

The Circular Economy Advantage

26 September 2017
Compared to today’s linear’s “take, make, dispose” economic model which disregards loss of materials, a circular economy provides a powerful lens to review every process within a framework of material flows and reduces waste or inefficiencies. Switching from a linear to a circular economy is…

Meeting Asia’s Infrastructure Needs

21 September 2017
Infrastructure is associated with development. For Asia to cope with its inhabitants’ needs, more and better infrastructure is needed. Unfortunately, investment gaps remains in many countries in the region. This presentation, based on ADB’s report Meeting Asia’s Infrastructure Needs, looks into the…

Financing for Effective, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization (People's Republic of China Case)

21 September 2017
Urbanization rate in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has increased to 56.7% in 2016, a far cry from 35.88% rate recorded in 2000. This spells the need for sustainable financing mechanism and solving equity and efficiency issues. Learn more about the “new-type of urbanization” in the PRC, along…

Dynamics of Financing and Governance of the Melamchi Water Supply Project in Kathmandu

20 September 2017
The Government of Nepal initiated the Melamchi Water Transfer Project in 1997 to meet the growing demand for water in the capital city, Kathmandu. The project was officially rolled out in year 2000, and since then became instrumental in providing water supply to at least one-fourt of the city.…