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Catalyzing Green Finance Blending and Leveraging Sovereign Finance for Financially and EnvironmentallySustainable Infrastructure Projects

11 October 2017
The need to green all finance and not just bonds means financing of investments that provide environmental benefits in the broader context of environmentally sustainable development. ADB’s Green Finance Catalyzing Facility is an innovative financing solution for enhancing both financially-bankable…

Green Financing Challenges and Opportunities in the Peoples Republic of China

11 October 2017
While governments around the world including that of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has committed to greening the economy, meeting the huge financing needs of non-public sources remains a challenge. This presentation discusses how green finance is channeled in the PRC, the challenges…

Pacific Climate Change and StateOwned Enterprises

11 October 2017
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the Pacific provide core public infrastructure services but its support of climate change adaptation has seen a number of challenges. This presentation discusses ADB’s Green Climate Fund Financing and how it helps leverage private sector involvement with climate…

Fiji Hospital and Health Service Review

4 October 2017
Can Fiji overcome the challenges to its healthcare system and meet the health service demands of its people? ADB's Frances Ng, in a session of ADB's in-house Health Talks lecture series, discussed Fiji’s health system. Using a population-centric approach, the health service demands of the Fijian…

Knowledge Brochure Series Issue 4 Smart Water Supply

21 September 2017
This report provides a technical summary of the content and lessons learned form a two-day conference (21-22 September, 2017) in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, jointly organized and facilitated by ADB and G-Best Water Resources Centre, Korea. The final workshop agenda, including each speaker, their…

Dynamics of Financing and Governance of the Melamchi Water Supply Project in Kathmandu

20 September 2017
The Government of Nepal initiated the Melamchi Water Transfer Project in 1997 to meet the growing demand for water in the capital city, Kathmandu. The project was officially rolled out in year 2000, and since then became instrumental in providing water supply to at least one-fourt of the city.…

Case Overview Negotiating Strategic Change Tokyo Lab

29 August 2017
A gender case scenario used at the ‘live negotiation’ of the 4 separate negotiation groups of the Tokyo Lab. This was used to discover strengths and weaknesses in deploying participants negotiation strategy.

Role Mayor Zambene of the City of Urbana

29 August 2017
Role guide of Mayor Zambene of the City of Urbana for the group negotiation.

Role City Engineer

29 August 2017
Role guide of the City Engineer for the group negotiation.

Role Director Women Advancing Through Education and Resistence

29 August 2017
Role guide of the Director of the non-governmental organization - Women Advancing Through Education and Resistant - W.A.T.E.R. for the group negotiation.