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ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Board Chair Alan Bollard on the Role of Infrastructure in COVID-19 Recovery

7 July 2021
This ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar presented New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Board Chair Alan Bollard, who examined the role of infrastructure in COVID-19 recovery in New Zealand and wider Asia and the Pacific with ADBI Dean Tetsushi Sonobe and a panel of experts. Drawing upon his experience…
Organizer: ADBI

Disaster Resilience in Asia

1 July 2021
Asia and the Pacific has seen tremendous economic and social progress since the 1960s. Yet, the region remains vulnerable to disaster risk that threatens its hard-won gains. Over the years, developing Asia has endured a growing number of disasters triggered by natural hazards. As a result,…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Fiscal Management, Local Governance and Economic Growth in Post-Covid-19 World: The New Normal

1 to 21 July 2021
Fiscal Management, Local Governance and Economic Growth in a Post-COVID-19 World - The New Normal is a webinar series organized by the Public Management, Financial Sector, and Regional Cooperation Division (EAPF) with the Mongolia and People's Republic of China (PRC) Resident Mission, and…
Organizer: East Asia Department, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

The Role of Local Governments in Promoting High Quality Growth

1 July 2021
via Zoom. Under the High-Quality Growth agenda, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) seeks to rebalance its economy by addressing the negative side effects of a long period of unprecedented economic growth, and local governments will have a key role to play in the implementation of that agenda…
Organizer: East Asia Department, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Measuring the Digital Economy

23 June 2021
Over the years, digital technologies have developed at an incessant pace and now play a prominent role in modern life activities. In response to this, development, academic, and private institutions have started developing methods to measure digitalization. ADB’s Statistics and Data Innovations…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

ADB-ITF: Consultations on Gender Equality in the Transport Sector

17 June 2021
The International Transport Forum (ITF) is expanding its work in the area of gender and transport and is developing a new gender analysis toolkit for transport policies for its member countries and beyond. ITF and ADB are exploring potential overlapping areas in their respective work on gender…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Transport Sector Office

Virtual Launch of the ADB-CDRI E-Library and ADB’s Flagship Publication - ‘Asia’s Journey to Prosperity’

16 June 2021
ADB and the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) organized this virtual event to launch a new partnership between the two organizations. Under this partnership, CDRI has been designated as a ‘Depository Library’ for ADB publications. This e-library will facilitate easier access to ADB…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

ADB Distinguished Speaker Program—Edward Glaeser

8 June 2021
Cities have the potential to play a fundamental role in bringing entrepreneurs and workers together, creating new and better jobs, and driving economic growth. In his lecture, Professor Edward Glaeser focused on policy priorities for Asia’s urban transformation, including the lessons from the…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: Greg Marsden on COVID-19 Era Travel Behavior and its Policy Implications in the United Kingdom

7 June 2021
This webinar featured Greg Marsden of the University of Leeds Institute of Transport Studies who presented findings from a longitudinal study of COVID-19 era travel behavior and policy in the United Kingdom. He described pandemic-driven macro-travel trends and behaviors in ten areas of England and…
Organizer: ADBI

ADBI Virtual Workshop on Analyzing Infrastructure Impacts in Asia Through Big Data: Spillover and Financing

3 to 4 June 2021
Infrastructure development could provide an important boost to COVID-19 recovery among developing Asian economies but will require financing solutions that address growing constraints on the use of public funds for projects due to the pandemic. New funding sources are particularly vital for…
Organizer: ADBI