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Results of the Financial Reforms for Economic Development

15 June 2016
Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Gambhir Bhatta, Srinivasan Janardanam, and Anouj Mehta discussed the main results of and lessons from the forum organized by World Bank and the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants from 17 to 18 May 2016 in Malaysia’s capital city of Kuala Lumpur. They also…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Workshop on Building Catastrophe Risk Protection Markets for Low-Income Households in India

2 to 3 June 2016
The purpose of the workshop is to bring key market participants together to debate and discuss the development of robust and deep catastrophe risk protection markets in India. Participants discussed the need for catastrophe risk protection in India, dispeled any misconceptions involved with the…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

24 to 25 May 2016
This learning event, organized by Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor and ADB Institute, aimed to bring together policy makers, financial sector supervisors and regulators, financial institutions, financial technology companies, academia, as…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Climate Finance: Getting the Numbers Right

17 March 2016
In this Insight Thursday session, ADB’s Preety Bhandari presented the approach to tracking climate finance, following the multilateral development banks’ agreed methodology. She pointed out that a better understanding of how to count climate finance will enable ADB to track its $6 billion target by…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Implementing Results-Based Budget Management Frameworks

4 February 2016
Public financial management specialist Peter Fane discussed initial findings of an ongoing assessment of the current state of results-based budget management frameworks in developed and developing countries. Findings suggest that even some developed countries may have failed to realize the full…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Power of Stories to Change Behavior

17 November 2015
In 2010, Mongolia’s herders and poor households were hit hard by a dry spell and a long, severe winter. The intersection of climate change and a subsistence economy pushed the most vulnerable deeper into debt. ADB’s Promoting Inclusive Financial Services for the Poor project in Mongolia used TV…
Organizer: Department of Communications and Knowledge Management

Urban Development and Regional Cooperation and Integration: Where is the Interface?

9 November 2015
In this knowledge sharing session, Pradeep Srivastava of Asian Development Bank (ADB), discussed the applications of the new spatial regional cooperation and integration (RCI) framework to urbanization in developing countries. The framework expands the intersection of urban development and RCI…
Organizer: Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Improving Rail and Freight Transport Efficiency

3 July 2015
The 10th International Freight Conference organized by the Organization for Cooperation of Railways (OSJD) was held in Seoul, South Korea on 28 May 2015. The conference covered various topics, including development and improvement of international rail transport between Asia and Europe and specific…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office

Corruption Risks and Anti-Corruption Strategies in Climate Financing: Good Governance Towards Integrity, Transparency, and Accountability in Achieving Objectives in Climate Mitigation and Adaptation - Training Workshop

25 to 27 May 2015
ADB, in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, and in partnership with the Office of the Ombudsman in the Philippines, organized this training workshop on Corruption Risks and Anti-Corruption Strategies in Climate Financing…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Corruption Risks and Anti-Corruption Strategies in Climate Financing: Good Governance Towards Integrity, Transparency, and Accountability in Achieving Objectives in Climate Mitigation and Adaptation - High-Level Event and Panel Discussion

25 May 2015
The Asian Development Bank, in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, and in partnership with the Office of the Ombudsman in the Philippines, organized this event to discuss how corruption and non-transparency can be most…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office