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Non-Revenue Water

22 March 2023
Reducing water losses and improving the efficiency of the water supply is a top priority for water utilities around the world. A well-performing water utility might lose around 20% of its water to non-revenue streams. In the Pacific, this figure can be up to 60%, or even higher, representing a…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Pacific Department

11th Meeting of Partners (MOP) of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop

14 to 15 March 2023
This Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI) Ecosystem Services Training Workshop was held during the 11th Meeting of Partners of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) in Brisbane, Australia. It aimed to enhance knowledge-sharing and site-level capacity in wetland management in RFI's…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Policy Maker E-Training Course: Applying Principles of Quality Infrastructure Development in Asia

6 March to 29 April 2023
The Asian Development Bank report Supporting Quality Infrastructure in Developing Asia emphasizes the importance of the Group of 20 (G20) Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment for sustainable development and recovery. However, quality infrastructure growth is a complex process that…
Organizer: ADBI

Indonesia-Japan Policy Research Forum for Asia: Impact Investing for the Transition Toward a Zero-Carbon Society

22 February 2023
Co-organized by ADBI, the University of Indonesia, and the University of Tokyo, the Indonesia-Japan Policy Research Forum for Asia discussed climate change and impact investing practices for advancing the transition toward a zero-carbon society. It explored the growth of impact investing and its…
Organizer: ADBI

Good Enough Guide to On-Site Sanitation in the Pacific

17 February 2023
This is a recording of the Good Enough Guide to On-Site Sanitation in the Pacific training delivered by the Asian Development Bank at the Water and WASH Futures Conference in Brisbane, Australia in February 2023. This training, targeted at WASH practitioners, explores the principles underpinning…
Organizer: Pacific Department

22nd OECD-ADBI Roundtable on Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia

1 to 2 February 2023
Cohosted by ADBI, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the Government of Japan, the 22nd Roundtable on Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia examined strategies for strengthening financial resilience. Policy makers and experts together explored recent trends…
Organizer: ADBI

Book Discussion: Keeping Indonesia Safe from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt from the National Economic Recovery Programme

2 December 2022
This ADBI hybrid event spotlighted key takeaways from the new book Keeping Indonesia Safe from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt from the National Economic Recovery Programme, published by the Indonesia Finance Ministry and the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. It explored COVID-19’s economic…
Organizer: ADBI

ADBI 25th Anniversary Celebration: Strategies for Developing Asia’s Future

1 December 2022
ADBI has observed the 25th anniversary of its founding as the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Tokyo-based think tank under the theme Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Development in Asia and the Pacific. This virtual celebratory event highlighted ADBI’s knowledge contribution and next steps…
Organizer: ADBI

On-Site Sanitary Behaviors

30 November 2022
Achieving SDG target 6.2 of universal access to adequate and equitable sanitation requires faecal waste to be safely contained, transported, and treated along the sanitation service chain. While there are multiple technology options for achieving the SDG target, choices at the point of…
Organizer: Pacific Department

Omni Processor Project: Revolutionizing Municipal Solid Waste and Liquid Sludge Management in Bangladesh (ADB Circular Economy Webinar Series, Session 08)

17 November 2022
Session Synopsis: In observance of World Toilet Day and the call for urgent action to make sanitation a global development priority, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) organized a session on a waste-to-energy facility using omni-processor technology, which helped to provide clean water and other…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office