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Health Financing

9 June 2016
A core question for a health system is not how to finance healthcare costs, but how to make tradeoffs among competing goals. This presentation looks into the health care philosophy applied by Singapore, and how its public health infrastructure and a tiered approach has built a health population.

Plug and Play: Our Story

8 June 2016
The Plug and Play Tech Center, a Silicon Valley-based technology startup accelerator, has actively funded 400+ companies since 2000. It provides pre-seed and seed stage investments ranging from $20K to $500K. The Plug and Play ecosystem consists of mentorship, logistical support, networking,…

ICT for Skills Development in the Changing World of Work

8 June 2016
This presentation talks about the issues and challenges in skills development in the Asia Pacific. It also outlines some of UNESCO's initiatives to promote skills development, cases on information, communication, and technology (ICT) for innovative skills development. It also shares recommendations…

ICT Strategies Enabling Innovation and Entrepreneurship

8 June 2016
Entrepreneurship is solving problems, and technology entrepreneurs have the potential to solve problems on a global scale. Gerudio's Raman Nambiar talked about broadening access to technology, the current tech innovators and their potential impact, and the next generation of innovators.

New Technologies and Education: From Bridging the Gap to Transformative Change

7 June 2016
This presentation provides an overview of new technologies, and how these tools can be used to improve the quality and access to education.

Instituting e-Government Procurement in Nepal

1 June 2016
e-Government procurement (e-GP) promotes transparency, quality, and economic development as proven by Nepal’s experience. The new e-GP system of Nepal eases the access of national and international bidders to procurement opportunities; reduces turnaround time across the public procurement cycle…

Closing Remarks - Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

25 May 2016
In his closing remarks at this conference, Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Diwakar Gupta stressed that (i) public private partnerships are vital for digital financial services to reduce costs to government; (ii) development in digital finance can expand financial services for the poor and build…

Perspectives on Consumer Protection and Emerging Risks in Digital Finance

25 May 2016
This presentation examines the state of financial consumer protection and the potential risks and costs of emerging and innovative banking services. It discusses the initiatives of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the banking institutions in Hong Kong to strengthen consumer protection and…

Customer-Centricity for Financial Inclusion

24 May 2016
Customer-centricity is the key to real financial inclusion with digitization as the tool towards this transformation. Recently, there has been a big push to promote digital financial inclusion in India with some examples featured in this presentation. The success and benefits as well as the…

BASIX Social Enterprise Group

24 May 2016
BASIX Social Enterprise Group, at the forefront of financial inclusion, offers affordable, accessible, and scalable digital payments solutions to the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) segment in India. This presentation discusses the stages of microfinance digitization based from BASIX’s experience.