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DigitalxADB: Driving Digital Development Across Asia and the Pacific 2021

11 to 29 October 2021
Digital technologies are today’s most powerful drivers of change. DigitalxADB aims to raise awareness and build broad consensus within ADB to continue focusing on the digital opportunities that lie ahead in a world reshaped by COVID-19. This event is designed to help ADB’s people and partners learn…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Information Technology Department, Private Sector Operations Department

Week 1 of DigitalxADB

11 to 14 October 2021
Digital infrastructure underpins our modern economy, workplace, government, and society. As the rest of the world becomes more digitally dependent, expanding digital infrastructure in developing members is critical in achieving inclusive and sustainable post-pandemic recovery. This Week session…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Information Technology Department, Private Sector Operations Department

An Enhanced Measure of Regional Cooperation and Integration

7 October 2021
The Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index (ARCII) is a robust tool to track progress on different areas of regional cooperation and integration (RCI). To capture its increasingly complex nature, the enhanced ARCII framework offers several innovations including new dimensions on…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: Yuqing Xing on Global Value Chains and Export Performance in the People’s Republic of China

5 October 2021
This webinar featured Yuqing Xing of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo, who discussed the key findings of his new book Decoding China’s Export Miracle: A Global Value Chain Analysis. He explained the implications of global value chains (GVCs) for export performance and…
Organizer: ADBI

ADBI-Central Bank of Sri Lanka-APAEA Joint Workshop on Monetary Policy, Banking and Finance, and Central Banking

30 September 2021
The conduct of monetary policy is increasingly challenging for emerging Asian economies due to the effects of COVID-19, unconventional monetary policies in advanced countries, volatile capital flows, volatile commodity prices, and the spillover effects of trade conflicts. This ADBI-Central Bank of…
Organizer: ADBI

Accelerating e-commerce in the new normal

28 September 2021
The 17th Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Accelerating e-commerce in the new normal” featured policy options and global good practice examples to help countries foster an enabling environment in the medium and long-term as they mitigate COVID-19 impacts and…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

ASEAN Economies: The Road to Recovery

23 September 2021
At the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the ASEAN region responded relatively well to the crisis compared with other parts of the world, with travel restrictions and country-wide lockdowns keeping the spread at bay. As of April, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecast…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

Asian Development Outlook 2021 Update Launch

22 September 2021
COVID-19 continues to afflict developing Asia, but vaccines are changing the pandemic’s trajectory and impact. With new variants dominating, differences in vaccination progress and outbreak containment are contributing to divergent outlooks in the region. This Asian Development Outlook 2021…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Conference on Improving the Quality of Basic Education in Southeast Asia

15 to 17 September 2021
Southeast Asia is home to varying degrees of autonomy in education service delivery. Countries in the region also vary in their public investment in education, education policy development, and community involvement in education. Improving the quality of basic education to ensure students acquire…
Organizer: ADBI

COVID-19 and Transport Policy in Developing Asian Countries and “Frontiers in High-Speed Rail Development” Book Launch (14th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transport Studies)

12 to 14 September 2021
ADBI, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank, World Conference of Transport Research Society (WCTRS), Chubu University, and Eastern Asia Society of Transport Studies (EASTS), held two sessions during the 14th International Conference of EASTS. Session 1: COVID-19 and Transport Policy in…
Organizer: ADBI