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How Safe are Your Roads? Lessons from Tajikistan

22 March 2018
Road safety has an economic impact. Even the Sustainable Development Goals recognize this by including it under Target 3.6: "By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents”. This presentation shares Tajikistan's efforts in promoting road safety, particularly its…

Knowledge Brochure Series - Issue 5 Smart Waste Management

21 March 2018
ADB, Korea Water and Wastewater Works Association (KWWA), and Seoul Urban Solution Agency (SUSA) co-organized this three-day Smart Waste Management workshop during Water Korea 2018 (21-23 March 2018). KWWA is a public agency under the Ministry of Environment consisting of more than 170 water…

Welcome Remarks - ADB Business Opportunities Fair 2018

14 March 2018
ADB is implementing a new procurement framework that takes a principles-based approach and is less prescriptive. In her welcome remarks, ADB Vice-President for Administration and Corporate Management Deborah Stokes, shares how the new framework promotes quality and value for money. She also tackles…

Sandboxed in Disruption at Scale in the Internet of Things World

2 March 2018
The growing digitalization of government and business has led to the emergence of disruptive technology, putting future competitiveness and socio-economic growth at stake. Rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) is a component in almost all these disruptive changes. Learn about IoT and its…

The Philippine REGALA Experience

23 February 2018
Land is central to a country’s development and growth. Improved tenure security promotes social and economic development, while an efficient land market gains attraction from investors. Learn how the Support to Local Government Revenue Generation and Land Administration Reforms Project (REGALA)…

Introduction: Overview of Taxes on Property

22 February 2018
What is property tax and how does it affect economic growth? Certain features of the housing market affect the impact of taxation on economic efficiency, administrative and compliance costs, fairness, etc. Learn about the characteristics of the housing market and how to deal with property taxes.

Geographical Information System-Assisted Mass Appraisal in Shenzhen

22 February 2018
As part of the People’s Republic of China’s gradualist approach to modernize, an advanced property valuation system in Shenzhen City was developed in anticipation of a future recurrent property tax. Learn about the challenges and opportunities in implementing Shenzhen’s Geographical Information…

Philippine Initiatives on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

21 February 2018
This presentation shared how the Philippines is integrating the environmental dimensions of the SDGs, including the role of NEDA. It also highlighted logistical challenges in engaging different stakeholders as well as building adequate capacity for the evaluation of performance.

Tax Policy Analysis and Evidence-Based Tax Reform: Key Indicators for Policy Analysis

20 February 2018
Macroeconomic and microeconomic indicators are useful in tax policy analysis as they provide understanding of the impact of taxes on the economy, and the decisions of individuals and corporations. When analyzing tax policies, it is important to use a range of indicators with complementary strengths…

Broadening the Tax Base

20 February 2018
Read about tax expenditures and their revenue cost. Learn how to make tax expenditure reports. Tax expenditures and incentives are widely used in the real world, but most expenditures go far beyond market failures and externalities, and just translate political preferences. While tax expenditures…