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11 to 12 October 2022
Quality education is critical for boosting human resources development, economic growth, and sustainable development, prompting many governments to invest heavily in education to promote their future competitiveness. Despite encouraging trends in public education investment and school completion in…
Organizer: ADBI
7 October 2022
Researchers and policymakers rely on timely, granular data to enhance the impact of analysis underlying policies to support development. The emergence of social media presents new opportunities for real-time data, but can it be harnessed for sustainable development?
At this event, a panel of…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
25 September 2022
While the sustainable bond market in ASEAN has grown significantly in recent years, it still accounts for less than 2% of the total outstanding bond market. A panel of experts discussed options for increasing the supply of sustainable bonds in the region, shared their practical experiences in…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
22 September 2022
Thousands of tons of plastic waste are polluting Thailand’s canals, rivers, and seas every year. The TerraCycle Global Foundation collects and recycles that waste before it reaches and gets degraded and diluted across the ocean. In the space of 2 years, the Foundation has prevented over 560,000…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
21 September 2022
Recovery in developing Asia continues as many economies reopen from the pandemic, but challenges remain. Growth in the People’s Republic of China is slowing markedly. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has unsettled commodity markets and stoked inflation. And aggressive tightening by central banks is …
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
16 September 2022
Sri Lanka is facing multiple crises. Among them, the one hitting its population where it hurts the most, is food insecurity. As per UN World Food Program’s (WFP) report in July 2022, two in five Sri Lankan households are not consuming adequate diets.
The webinar invited expert speakers from the…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
8 to 9 September 2022
Farmers’ organizations such as cooperatives, associations, self-help groups, producer organizations, farmer-based organizations, farmer groups, and collective action can help to boost farmer productivity and bargaining power, farm management skills, household welfare and livelihoods, and rural…
Organizer: ADBI
5 September 2022
Before the COVID-19 crisis, the creative economy, broadly encompassing knowledge-based economic activities underpinning the creative and cultural sectors and bridging art, culture, technology, and business, was on pace to account for 10% of the global GDP by 2030. However, micro, small and medium-…
Organizer: ADBI
28 August 2022
This ADBI session focusing on Asian economies featured new research on macrofinancial resilience and sustainable economic recovery.
The session highlighted the importance of institutional quality in crisis periods and COVID-19’s impact on households and the implications for human capital…
Organizer: ADBI
25 to 26 August 2022
Physical: Park Plaza Hotel Beijing Science Park, 25 Zhichun Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Virtual: ZOOM
The workshop will share key findings from the TA work on technical, financial and institutional challenges of improving and coordinating solid waste management across the Beijing-Tianjin-…
Organizer: East Asia Department