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The Women's Finance Exchange: Banking the Female Economy

12 August 2021
via Zoom The Women’s Finance Exchange (WFX) is a new ADB initiative to support financial institutions and their women borrowers through innovative tech-enabled solutions, digital support, and capacity building. Despite global efforts to expand access to finance, women and women’s businesses face…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department

Shaping a Better Employment Landscape for People with Disabilities in Asia-Pacific

11 August 2021
The second webinar in the series 'Digital Technologies and Quality Jobs – Lessons Learnt and New Horizons' focused on the topic of disabilities and labor market inclusion. The virtual event, “Shaping a Better Employment Landscape for People with Disabilities in Asia-Pacific” was hosted in…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Promoting Social Bonds for Impact Investments in Asia

4 August 2021
Social bond markets have grown rapidly amid the pandemic. This webinar discussed the potential social impacts of social bonds in tackling developing Asia’s most urgent social issues, in both the short and long term. The findings aimed to help maximize the impact of the social bond market for…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Digitizing trade in the new normal

3 August 2021
The 16th Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Digitizing trade in the new normal” discussed benefits of trade digitization and sustaining supply chains in the new normal. Over 100 government officials from Southeast Asia and the People’s Republic of China participated…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminars 2021 with Indonesia

3 to 4 August 2021
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. In response to the COVID-19…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

LEAP 5: COVID-19, Nonperforming Loans, and Cross-border Bank Lending

28 July 2021
In the fifth LEAP series, ERCI Director Cyn-Young Park discussed how international banks respond to a rise of their own non-performing loans and those of emerging market borrowers; and how these reactions change depending on their perceived risk exposures and risk management practices (such as the…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

Intern Presentation: Microfinance under the New Normal

16 July 2021
Ayushi Misra, FSG Intern, delivered a presentation on the topic "Microfinance under the New Normal". The presentation, through analysis of the microfinance sector of three Asian countries viz Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Philippines, aimed to identify the potential risks that the sector is facing…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Recent Financial Conditions in Emerging East Asia and Real Time Macroeconomic Monitoring

14 July 2021
Despite the pandemic-induced economic uncertainty, financial conditions in emerging East Asia remained stable. Local currency bonds markets in the region are expanding at a slower pace relative to past quarters. TrackingAsia on the AsianBondsOnline website featured novel tools to help to monitor…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Digital Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific: Strategies for Donor Impact

12 July 2021
ADB, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Grow Asia, and DFAT Australia organized this joint event to discuss how digital technologies are reshaping agriculture in the region; and transforming rural economies and food systems into becoming more inclusive, productive,…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Southeast Asia Department

Green Policies for Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery

8 July 2021
The fifteenth Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Green Policies for Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery” featured green growth opportunities and what is needed to scale up green finance to support governments in their recovery plans. Over 90 government officials from…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department