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Asian Impact Webinar: Asian Development Outlook 2022 Launch

6 April 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has heightened uncertainty and rattled commodity markets, even as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Recovery in developing Asia continues, but it now faces significant global headwinds—even as many economies still lag behind their pre-pandemic trends. The Asian…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2022 with France

30 March 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

Two Years On - COVID-19 Impacts on Gender Equality in Asia

29 March 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating consequences for progress toward gender equality in Asia. The UN Women’s Rapid Gender Assessment—which provides snapshots of how the region’s women and girls have experienced the pandemic—is helping expose the extent of these impacts and their implications…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Integrated River Basin Management: Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region

29 March 2022
via Zoom, 2-4 pm GMT+8 ; 8-10 am CEST ; 2-4 am EDT On 29 March 2022, ADB hosted a Knowledge Symposium on “Integrated River Basin Management: Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region.” The event focused on presenting existing ADB projects and wider initiatives in…
Organizer: East Asia Department

Forum: Enabling Green and Socially Responsible Supply Chains

28 March 2022
Making supply chains green and socially responsible. Three brainstorming sessions hosted by the Asian Development Bank’s Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program brought together public and private sectors to identify an actionable path toward green and socially responsible supply chains. The “…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department

Digitalization and Credit Scoring for Women SMEs: Part III – Implementation Challenges

24 March 2022
This is the third and final installment of the three-part series, "Alternative Credit Scoring for Women SMEs." The series aimed to provide practical knowledge on gender, alternative data, and insights on credit scoring for financial institutions . Watch previous episodes: part 1 – the basics and…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department

ADB's Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS 2022): Sustainable Solutions for Southeast Asia’s Recovery

16 to 17 March 2022
Highlights The pandemic has had a deep and profound impact throughout Southeast Asia. Many of the region’s hard-won gains in reducing poverty, creating jobs, and enhancing health and well-being have been reversed, with the poor and vulnerable particularly hard-hit. While countries continue to…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

Making Big Data Work for Economic Assessment

8 March 2022
Big data offers unprecedented advantages for monitoring economic trends in real-time and assessing the socioeconomic impact of major events. The webinar explored different types of innovative data sources and tools, and discuss how Asian economies can improve accessibility, capacity, and…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2022 with India Exim Bank

4 March 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

How Female-Friendly Are Workplaces in Urban Pakistan?

4 March 2022
The webinar presented results from a representative survey of firms in in Lahore, Pakistan—a metropolis of over 10 million—to shed light on how comfortable workspaces in Lahore currently are for women and the extent to which they can be made more favorable, both for women who are currently…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Economic Research and Development Impact Department