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Remittances in Asia The Impact of COVID-19: Harnessing Digitization Aid Recovery in Asia

25 March 2021
Leon Isaacs discussed challenges with remittances in Asia during COVID-19 pandemic and gave recommendations.

Pakistan’s Roshan Digital Account

25 March 2021
Syed Ali-Mumtaz H. Shah gave an overview of the Roshan Digital Account in Pakistan. In his presentation, he discussed how the digital account fully integrated Pakistan’s banking and payment system in a completely digital way and provided access in various lifestyle baking products. In his…

Digital Remittance: Solutions to First and Last Mile Issues

25 March 2021
Mayumi Ozaki highlighted the digital remittances in Asia. He highlighted how digital remittance can be used in providing solutions to first and last mile issues, from the capture of data to cash-out.

Finding power from collaboration – through COVID and beyond

21 March 2021
In this presentation, Lasse Leponiemi discussed how collaboration can effectively help to get through COVID and beyond. She also presented their different projects and studies as well as how to partner with them.

The Economic Impact of International Commercial Arbitration

17 March 2021
Prof. Dr. Jordi Paniagua, professor of economics at the University of Valencia, highlighted the positive economic impacts of international commercial arbitration. He first showed graphs illustrating the trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide and in the South Pacific in terms of capital…

Experience of the Republic of Korea

17 March 2021
Mr. Changwan Han, director of the International Dispute Settlement Division of Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Justice, talked about how international arbitration has contributed to increased economic activities and investment flows in South Korea. A stable and effective dispute resolution system…

Athita Komindr - Opening Remarks (Speech)

17 March 2021
Ms. Athita Komindr, head of the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RCAP), also gave her opening remarks. She identified the positive impacts of ADB and UNCITRAL’s collaboration in introducing legal reforms on international commercial arbitration in the South Pacific, and stated…

Athita Komindr - Opening Remarks (Slides)

17 March 2021
Ms. Athita Komindr, head of the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RCAP), also gave her opening remarks. She identified the positive impacts of ADB and UNCITRAL’s collaboration in introducing legal reforms on international commercial arbitration in the South Pacific, and stated…

Overview of International Arbitration Reform in the South Pacific

17 March 2021
Ms. Christina Pak, principal counsel and team leader of the Law and Policy Reform (LPR) Program of ADB, informed the participants about this arbitration reform technical assistance project’s accomplishments to date. First, the program has assisted several South Pacific countries in adopting state-…

John Denton - Keynote Address

17 March 2021
Mr. John Denton, secretary general of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), delivered the keynote address. He drew the audiences’ attention to the ICC’s efforts to achieve its overall purpose of enabling business worldwide to secure peace, prosperity, and opportunity for all. These efforts…