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Climate Finance Terms and Patterns

25 May 2015
Climate finance, while it lacks an internationally agreed-upon definition, has always been an Integral part of international climate change discussions since the mid-1990s. Climate finance enables countries in the developing world manage the trade-offs between economic growth needed for poverty…

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

25 May 2015
Corruption and governance remain the top challenges for Asia, where high levels of energy poverty also prevails. In her opening remarks, Clare Wee, Head of Asian Development Bank's Office of Anti-Corruption and Integrity, tackles challenges and efforts on climate finance.

Corruption and Anti-Corruption Efforts in the Philippines

25 May 2015
Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur H. Carandang, LL.M. shares current initiatives in combating corruption in the Philippines. His presentation also enumerates proposed legislative reforms to prevent cases of corruption.

The Need for Good Governance in Climate Finance

25 May 2015
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre assists donors to more effectively address corruption in their development work. This presentation gives an overview of U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre and provides a brief background on how corruption threatens climate finance.

The Role of Think Tanks in Shaping Asia’s Future

21 May 2015
This presentation highlights the wide-ranging and diverse roles that think tanks play. As instructions that occupy a place between government and academia, they can act as a bridge between research and policy. Three areas are identified where think tanks can contribute to Asia’s future: sharing the…

Economic Challenges in Korea and Korea Institute of Finance's Research

21 May 2015
This presentation analyzes Korea’s economic challenges and how the research activities of the Korea Institute of Finance (KIF) helped address these. KIF contributed several technical reports to better manage household debt problem; provided research outputs on macro-prudential policies to address…

Effective Management of Disaster Risk and Opportunities

20 May 2015
This presentation introduces R!SE, an alliance between six collaborating communities, with the goal to unlock public-private disaster risk management (DRM) potential. The initiative is created based on the results of a survey seeking to understand why the private sector has not engaged in DRM…

Asia's Urban Challenge

19 May 2015
Cities in Asia increasingly face the triple challenges of rapid urbanization, aging population, and climate change. Smart urban development is an imperative given the challenges. A business-as-usual approach, however, will simply not achieve sustainable urban development and smart cities; a…

Tax Administration Reform in the Maldives

1 May 2015
The primary purpose of taxes is to raise revenue to finance government expenditure on public goods and services, including welfare, that markets would not likely deliver. If government is—on balance—a very positive force in society, then so are taxes: they are obligations we must deliver to enjoy…

Building Modern Land Administration Systems

1 April 2015
Efficient and effective land administration underpins the very functioning of states and societies. Imagine a country where, for example, tenure to land cannot be secured or mortgages cannot be established in aid of property development. Across the world, key questions about land are surfacing, and…