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9 February 2022
Another year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the report describes an Asia and Pacific region that has more experience in tackling pandemic hardships, better data showing positive integration trends, and greater confidence in cooperation to address shared concerns. The report also features a theme…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
28 January 2022
Innovative solutions for Asia and the Pacific on Green Ports, Shipping, and Maritime Decarbonization.
Objectives:
Understand the imperative and the challenges of maritime decarbonization.
Understand the role of the different stakeholders involved in maritime decarbonization and the greening of…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Transport Sector Office
26 to 28 January 2022
How can technology and finance protect our oceans, increase resilience, and accelerate the growth of sustainable blue economies?
The ADB Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum aimed to promote and share innovative technologies, good practices, case studies, and practical solutions to protect and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
19 January 2022
Is the world today afflicted with excessive automation? In this lecture, Professor Daron Acemoglu discussed automation and its consequences, including the potential economic, political, and social costs of the current path of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies. By displacing…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
17 January 2022
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, technological advances brought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) had already disrupted the world of work, leading to the growing demand for new sets of skills and competencies. Consequently, old jobs were being lost, while new jobs were created including…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
10 December 2021
Education and training have a critical role to play in combating the negative effects of climate change. Climate-induced disasters adversely affect education systems, like floods and natural disasters, disrupting education. However, education and training can be major drivers for…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
8 December 2021
Before the pandemic hit, the creative economy was on track to account for 10% of global GDP by 2030. In recognition, the United Nations declared 2021 the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development.
The pandemic, however, changed the trajectory of the creative economy in two…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office
6 December 2021
To increase the farming income of smallholder farmers and minimize food waste in horticulture value chains, ADB assisted the state governments in Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh, farmer producer organizations (FPOs), and their value chain partners under horticulture value chain development…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, South Asia Department
6 to 10 December 2021
The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic beginning March 2020 has wrought huge disruptions in normal life, difficult as it already was in many countries. For schools, students, and parents, the impact of closed schools and children stuck at home with little or no access to learning, the effects have…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
6 December 2021
Innovations in fresh produce agri-supply chains are happening across a wide spectrum of stakeholders and channels. Direct sourcing from farmers, connecting farmer producer organizations (FPO) to business and end consumers, digital supply chain management tools, engagement of e-commerce platforms…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, South Asia Department