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Flexibility Services in the Future Smart Grid

3 April 2018
Transformative changes in the power sector demand flexibility services for system planning and operation. This presentation shares research findings of the University of Peradeniya on smart grid. It also discusses distributed renewable energy resources and how they can be best utilized to support…

Research for Community Access Partnership

3 April 2018
Research for Community Access Partnership is a research program, funded by UK Aid, with the aim of promoting safe and sustainable transport for rural communities in Africa. It supports knowledge sharing between participating countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia in order to enhance the uptake of…

Research for Community Access Partnership Status Review of the Updated Rural Access Index

3 April 2018
Rural Access Index (RAI) is the percentage of rural people who live within 2 km (typically equivalent to a walk of 20 minutes) of an all-season road as a proportion of the total rural population. After a review of the RAI was undertaken in 2015-2016, a new way of tracking was proposed. Called the…

How Safe are Your Roads? Lessons from Tajikistan

22 March 2018
Road safety has an economic impact. Even the Sustainable Development Goals recognize this by including it under Target 3.6: "By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents”. This presentation shares Tajikistan's efforts in promoting road safety, particularly its…

Agricultural Market Efforts in Southeast Asia: Case of Myanmar and Thailand

16 March 2018
Natural hazards such as floods and drought increasingly occur due to extreme weather events that are exacerbated by climate change. To cope with the adverse effects of climate change, familiarization of agricultural insurance as an adaptation measure is needed especially by developing world farmers…

Climate Change and Financing

15 March 2018
ADB has committed to double its annual climate financing by year 2020. This presentation discusses ADB’s approaches to climate finance mobilization and shares some examples of projects that support environmentally sustainable growth.

Transport (Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department)

15 March 2018
Know more about ADB's programs and projects under the Transport sector, and check out some of the potential opportunities.

Transport (South Asia Department)

15 March 2018
Know more about ADB's programs and projects under the Transport sector, and check out some of the potential opportunities, particularly in South Asia.

Transport (Central and West Asia Department)

15 March 2018
Know more about ADB's programs and projects under the Transport sector, and check out some of the potential opportunities, particularly in Central and West Asia.

Transport (East Asia Department)

15 March 2018
Know more about ADB's programs and projects under the Transport sector, and check out some of the potential opportunities, particularly in East Asia.