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'Ave Pa' Anga Pau Remittance Service

8 December 2020
This infographic highlights 'Ave Pa'anga Pau as a low cost, fast, and secure remittance service.

Fireside Chat – A Precarious Path to Recovery

7 December 2020
Developing Asia will contract this year by 0.7%, its first contraction in six decades. Growth will rebound to 6.8% in 2021, but this implies only a partial recovery. The presentation discusses the risks that comes with this scenario such as the possibility of a prolonged pandemic; geopolitical…

Just Transition: EBRD Support and Financing Approach

2 December 2020
Russell Bishop and Sean Bradley of EBRD discussed the Green Economy Transition (GET) approach, which will accelerate the transition to a green, low-carbon, and resilient economy, and the development of EBRD’s Just Transition Initiative.

Just Transitions Framework and Insights From India

2 December 2020
Mike Ward of CIF presented on the Just Transition framework being developed by CIF and Just Transition case studies in India and South Africa.

The Adaptation Principles: A Guide for Designing Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience

25 November 2020
Stephane Hallegatte of World Bank discussed the adaptation principles and the importance of assessing both the resilience of project design and the resilience of the project outcomes. He highlighted practical tools, concrete examples, and information to guide decision-makers through the principles…

Climate and Disaster Resilience and Low Carbon Development in the COVID-19 Recovery – Assessment

24 November 2020
Kate Hughes of ADB shared key findings from ADB’s recent Accelerating Climate and Disaster Resilience and Low-Carbon Development through the COVID-19 Recovery Technical Note (October 2020), which aims to help DMCs accelerate climate and disaster resilience and low-carbon development through the…

Bridging the Climate Finance Gap at Local Level

23 November 2020
Arghya Sinha Roy of ADB moderated the event and set the scene by presenting the importance of bridging the climate finance at the local level. Stefania Dina of ADB and Joy Amor Bailey of UCCRTF also shared their experiences in implementing selected projects.

Accelerating Green Finance for Post COVID-19 Recovery in Southeast Asia

19 November 2020
This presentation discusses innovative green finance mechanisms that leverage public funds to catalyze private capital in accelerating green recovery strategies. COVID-19 will have severe negative impact on most SDGs and in order not to reverse the gains made in past years, it is critical to…

How to Strengthen Urban Resilience by Ecosystem-based Adaptation

17 November 2020
This presentation discusses how ecosystem-based adaptation can help build urban resilience.

[VIDEO] Microfinance Can Raise Incomes: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in China

17 November 2020
This study investigates the impacts of a government-led microcredit program in China which implemented at scale in its poor rural areas with a randomized controlled trial (RCT). In contrast to recent RCT-based studies that have failed to find evidence of significant increases in income from…