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Insights from Singapore Bamboo Workshop

11 April 2025
This presentation gives an overview of the key findings from a design thinking workshop on leveraging bamboo agroforestry for sustainable finance and climate resilience. It highlights its potential to empower communities and mitigate climate change.
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Photo Gallery: Securing Financial Connections: Reimagining Correspondent Banking in the Pacific

10 April 2025
Photos from 10 April 2025 event.
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Opening Remarks

10 April 2025
The document outlines the objectives and importance of a workshop focused on addressing the challenges of correspondent banking in the Pacific, emphasizing the need for strategic solutions and collaboration among participants.
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Summary Joint ADB and Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge University Roundtable Discussion

10 April 2025
This presentation gives an overview of the role of AI technology in addressing the challenges of correspondent bank derisking, particularly in the context of cross-border payments and financial inclusion.
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Knowledge-Sharing: Lightning Panels of Potential Solution Providers

10 April 2025
ADB's Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP) is designed to enhance trade and supply chains in Asia and the Pacific by addressing market gaps in trade finance. It provides guarantees and loans to banks to support trade, thereby promoting economic growth and development in the region.​
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

PhilHealth Coverage for Diabetes-Related Treatments

2 April 2025
This presentation gives an overview of the the global failures of health systems in managing Type 2 diabetes, highlighting key issues, statistics, and potential solutions.
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

How Health Systems World-wide Fail Type 2 Diabetics

2 April 2025
This presentation gives an overview of the PhilHealth coverage for diabetes-related treatments in the Philippines, detailing legal bases, treatment options, and future directions for healthcare services.
Organizer: Health Sector Group, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Introduction to the Center for Global Development and Task Force

31 March 2025
This presentation gives an overview of the Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health's findings and recommendations, focusing on the effectiveness of health taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages as tools for improving public health and generating revenue, particularly in the context of post-…
Organizer: Health Sector Group, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Excise Tax Policy and Cigarette Use in Five High-burden Asian Countries: China, India, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam

31 March 2025
This presentation analyzes excise tax policies on cigarette use and smoking prevalence in five high-burden Asian countries: China, India, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, from 2010 to 2020.
Organizer: Health Sector Group, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Mobilizing Health Taxes for Development:Tobacco Taxation in the ASEAN region

31 March 2025
This presentation gives an overview of the potential of tobacco taxation as a health financing tool in the ASEAN region, highlighting its effectiveness in reducing smoking prevalence and generating revenue for development.
Organizer: Health Sector Group, Human and Social Development Sector Office