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PRC Fund Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series: Developing Productive, Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture for Food Security: the PRC’s experience

9 August to 21 September 2022
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) feeds the largest population in the world, a task fraught with many challenges. Investments in agriculture together with institutional reforms have secured a stable food supply. The PRC made a remarkable achievement in expanding agriculture production by more…
Organizer: East Asia Department

Asia Water Forum 2022: Towards a Resilient and Water Secure Asia and the Pacific

8 to 11 August 2022
Asia and the Pacific continues to be a fast-growing and dynamic region. The overall trend for urbanization will see an estimated 2.5 billion people or 55% of the population living in urban areas by 2030. However, almost 500 million people in the region still do not have access to at least basic…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Book Launch: Fintech and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Priorities for Asia (2022 Singapore Economic Review Conference)

3 August 2022
Taking place during the 2022 Singapore Economic Review Conference, this session highlighted insights from the new ADBI Press book Fintech and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Priorities for Asia, produced by ADBI, the Asian Development Bank, and Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. The…
Organizer: ADBI

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2022 with Indonesia

27 to 28 July 2022
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. In response to the COVID-19…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

High-Level Seminar on Quality Infrastructure Investment in Asia

14 July 2022
Cohosted by ADBI and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), back-to-back with the Group of 20 (G20) Investors Dialogue, this high-level seminar provided insights on strengthening the global infrastructure development agenda and convergence between the G20 and developing…
Organizer: ADBI

Workshop on Transition Finance in Asia

6 to 7 July 2022
Global asset owners are increasingly prioritizing “green” investments in their portfolios and establishing clear and well-explained targets in this regard. To convince global investors to finance issuers and projects in Asia that have yet to become “green,” it is important to consider information…
Organizer: ADBI

Implementing a Green Recovery in Southeast Asia

6 July 2022
As countries begin to recover from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, policy makers must decide what type of economic recovery they want to pursue. Will they choose measures that continue with existing “business-as-usual” economic structures that have a negative impact on the…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

SECURE Webinar 3: COVID-19 Vaccination Programs and Climate Change

28 June 2022
The SECURE Webinar Series #3: COVID-19 Vaccination Programs and Climate Change brought together experts, scholars, and practitioners to share experiences and observations over climate change and health issues that beset the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination programs globally, and to help…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Southeast Asia Department

Peer Learning Sessions: Innovations in Pacific Disaster Risk Knowledge

27 June to 29 July 2022
This session was the first of three technical sessions to explore risk knowledge in the Pacific in more detail. We will hear from government departments and regional experts who summarized the current availability of risk information in the Pacific. They presented examples of how risk insights have…
Organizer: Pacific Department

Recent Technological Advances in ASEAN+3 Financial Market Infrastructure

23 June 2022
Financial markets in East and Southeast Asia have become increasingly sophisticated and interlinked over the last two decades. A panel of experts discussed six new technologies that are helping financial market infrastructure evolve to meet the challenges of the digital age. The experts…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department