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17 March 2016
ADB’s plan to double its annual climate financing by 2020 is the focus of this presentation. Climate finance, defined by the Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks' Climate Finance as the amount of financial resources that contributes to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation…
17 March 2016
This presentation discusses ADB’s approaches to climate finance mobilization.
9 March 2016
Risks in tax avoidance and evasion are on the rise in Asia. Mobilization of domestic resources is needed to create better tax systems that is crucial for development. The Asian Development Bank provides technical assistance for the capacity development of tax administration in Asia.
9 March 2016
Knowledge partnerships provide opportunities for organizations to gain knowledge, leverage strengths, and augment resources. The Asian Development Bank continues to expand its own network of knowledge partners, guided by a set of defined and transparent principles.
3 March 2016
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves explicitly prioritizes women’s empowerment in its mission statement. It implements a robust gender capacity building program to ensure cooking sector enterprises prioritize and understand how to integrate gender throughout their business models.
29 February 2016
The objective of this analysis is to prepare anoverview comparingthe legal framework for Sri Lanka’s Country Safeguard System (CSS) for land acquisition (LA) and involuntary resettlement (IR) withthe Policy Principles of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) for IR as…
19 February 2016
This webinar discusses the implications and applications of COP21 on the urban transport sector. It also presents an integrated approach to urban transport planning and management, including ADB's contributions to urban transport in terms of knowledge sharing and learning, financing, and inclusive…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
19 February 2016
With the recent global agreements on climate change mitigation and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), transport and urban development specialists are saying that now is the right time to implement green transport projects.
11 February 2016
Many developing member countries of Asian Development Bank (ADB) persistently score low in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. With weak governance and public sector institutions, there are risks to development effectiveness of ADB's investments. This presentation provides…
31 December 2015
This material contains the highlights of Asian Development Bank’s Knowledge Partnership for Clean Energy Workout on the Indonesia Center of Excellence.
This report summarizes the highlights of the event, the first in a series of intensive workout sessions envisioned to help Indonesia and other…