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31 March 2025
As the world deals with multiple public health and economic crises, innovative solutions are urgently needed. Health taxes, such as excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages, have emerged as a powerful tool to address these challenges. These taxes not only discourage the consumption…
Organizer: Health Sector Group, Human and Social Development Sector Office
10 March 2025
On 10 March, ADB joined the World Bank, Swedish Tax Agency, and local Chartered Accounting firms in an online seminar on Advance Pricing Agreements (APA), organized by the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka. The event focused on best practices, process steps, and challenges in APA…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
27 February 2025
This fifth webinar explored good practice solutions and lessons for building back better of water, sanitation, and hygiene systems, featuring a case study on the Government of the Philippines' KALAHI CIDSS National Community-Driven Development Project.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
26 February 2025
With the massive scale of the plastic pollution crisis, countries need an estimated $50 billion–$120 billion annually to achieve their waste reduction goals. Asia and the Pacific is at the epicenter of global plastic pollution, yet the region accounts for only 8% of plastic circularity…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
20 to 21 February 2025
Venue:
Auditorium Halls 1–2, ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines
Logistics:
All sessions will be conducted in English.
How to register:
By invitation only
Background:
ADB and the Vienna University Global Tax Policy Center (WU) will hold the Digital Economy Taxation (DET)…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
10 February 2025
On 10 February 2025, ADB, in collaboration with the City Government of Manila, Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau, and other national government agencies, launched the Manila City Action Plan for Plastic Circularity at ADB Headquarters, aligned with…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
10 February 2025
Domestic Resource Mobilization remains a top priority for many economies in Asia and the Pacific. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many revenue bodies have reestablished and rebuilt administrative systems to urgently restore government tax revenue flows disrupted by the pandemic.
The eighth…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
30 January 2025
Environmental and Social Framework
Approved by ADB’s Board of Directors in 22 November 2024, the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) builds on the findings and recommendations of ADB’s corporate evaluation of its 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), detailed analytical studies, and…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards
4 December 2024
The Asia Pacific Tax Hub, in collaboration with Development Partners, Multilateral Financial Institutions, and other ADB Regional Departments is working to strengthen Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) and International Tax Cooperation (ITC) thereby supporting development member countries’ (DMCs…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
4 to 8 November 2024
AIxADB serves as a platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange to explore cutting-edge solutions, learn from successful case studies, identify pilots for implementation under the ADB AI Sandbox Program, and support DMCs to manage the transition for AI adoption through policies, skilling, and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Information Technology Department