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Transforming Leadership: Women, Men, Power and Potential

29 to 31 August 2017
A multi-stakeholder dialogue process, this learning event engaged the participants in creating a safe learning environment to explore one another’s perspectives, to look at their leadership challenges in new ways, to reflect, and to be inspired. The Tokyo Lab is the third and final face-to-face…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Economic Analysis of Investment Projects

25 August 2017
Kee-Yung Nam discussed economic analysis methodologies and applications to evaluate the rationale, purpose, and justification of investment projects. Dr. Kee-Yung Nam, Principal Economist of ADB's Economic Analysis and Operational Support Division, is resource speaker in this installment of the ADB…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

How Can We Use Community Contracting More Widely?

17 August 2017
ADB’s Hans Woldring shared his experience of using community contracting for constructing small-scale civil works in an emergency project in Afghanistan, and how the project transformed the lives of community members. He also discussed possible ways to apply the approach more widely in ADB's…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

ADB-ADBI Forum on Governance and Institutions: Practical Lessons on Governance and Service Delivery for Subnational Governments

9 to 11 August 2017
The Governance Thematic Group of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) jointly organized the 2017 Forum on Governance and Institutions in partnership with the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) and Korea Local Information Research &…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Open Government for Improving Public Services in Asia

7 to 8 August 2017
Good quality public services are critical to the lives of citizens and ensuring their effective delivery is an essential function of government. But governments are not alone in this; experience and evidence built up over a number of decades have shown that citizens and civil society also have…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

"What Elephant?" Framing Governance Reforms in Real-World Conditions

3 August 2017
Focusing on a country's institutions and its political economy enhances understanding of the reform process. This learning event was held in the context that even as Asia has prospered under real-world conditions, "good governance" tends to be displaced by "good enough governance." It discussed how…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Knowledge Sharing by ADB Interns

25 July 2017
Three students who interned at ADB presented their research findings on topics including Inclusive Green Growth Index, ASEAN integration and new technology, and state-owned enterprise reforms in the People’s Republic of China. Their internship is part of the partnership between ADB’s Governance…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Noncommunicable Diseases, Elderly Care, and Potential Investment Opportunities

24 July 2017
Explore potential investment opportunities for control of noncommunicable diseases and development of elderly care system in Beijing. ADB intern Frank Mu presented on the current situation of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and elderly care in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and discussed…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Fiscal Space for Health and Resources to Finance Universal Health Coverage

17 July 2017
Financing the health sector is a big challenge for many countries on the way to achieving universal health coverage. Health financing challenges facing health systems across many low- and middle-income countries include those related to underfinancing of the sector; inefficient/inequitable…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Sustaining Growth and Stability in Advanced Middle-Income Countries

13 July 2017
The Asia Foundation's William Cole discussed the rising challenges ahead for Asia's advanced middle-income countries. Global evidence suggests that sustaining economic growth and political stability through this phase has become harder and will only get worse in the decades ahead. Possible new…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department