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Session Video - Online Learning: What's New and What Works

3 February 2016
Online learning and change management expert Phillip Ash in this event discussed the current status, trends, and opportunities in online learning. He also explored strategic alternatives to maximize knowledge sharing and learning within and among Asian Development Bank's sector and thematic groups…

Knowledge Partnership Week 2015 Report

22 January 2016
This material contains the final report of Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s Knowledge Partnership Week 2015. This report summarizes the highlights of the week, which aimed to promote innovation in the Bank’s operations by strengthening knowledge partnerships with crucial stakeholders. The event…

Growing Cities, Hungry Mouths, and Women Farmers: Why Participation Counts

22 January 2016
Multiple challenges such as limited recognition impede women’s participation in the agriculture sector. More can be achieved in irrigation when women farmers are encouraged to participate and reach their full potential in light of changing economic and social patterns, increasing populations, and…

Women are Ready for Roads

1 January 2016
After years of civil war, Cambodia was transforming into a vibrant market economy. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved funding to rehabilitate 500 kilometers of rural roads in seven provinces, one of the key pieces of infrastructure for Cambodia's mostly rural population to access much needed…

How the Energy Field of Study at the Asian Insitute of Technology Can Support the Indonesia Center of Excellence with ADB

17 December 2015
Indonesia’s transitional path to clean energy will require a considerable amount of resources—human, technological, and financial, among others. The Asian Institute of Technology, with its core competency and extensive research work in the field of energy, aims to participate in and contribute to…

Knowledge Partnership for Clean Energy: Workout on the Indonesia Center of Excellence

16 December 2015
This knowledge workout to support the establishment and operationalization of the Indonesia Center of Excellence for Clean Energy served as the first pilot test case of ADB’s “knowledge department” in applying the integrated knowledge partnership building strategy on operational needs that will…

Design Issues in Governance Learning Program

14 December 2015
Addressing design issues in the delivery of learning programs helps ADB improve its operations on the ground. This presentation explains the core issues in program design that one should take note of.

Nationwide Telecommunications Project in Myanmar: Bridging the Digital Gender Divide

9 December 2015
Political and economic reforms have promoted recent development of the telecommunication infrastructure in Myanmar. ADB viewed the Nationwide Telecommunications project as an opportunity to mainstream gender equity in private sector operations, and developed a Gender Action Plan (GAP) with Ooredoo…

Nationwide Telecommunications Project: Bridging the Digital and Gender Divides in Myanmar

9 December 2015
ICT projects that recognize the digital and gender divides can help provide women with equal access to communication tools to increase their voice and representation. This report explains in detail the communication and gender context of ADB’s Nationwide Telecommunications project in Myanmar,…

Vocational Education in Secondary Schools: A Review of International Practices

2 December 2015
Vocational education acts as a bridge between education and employment and provides a better match for the aptitudes and interests of some pupils, according to an OECD study in 2010. Any major reform of secondary school provision should give serious consideration to vocational education and its…