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Green Equity and Financing

11 October 2017
Learn about the untapped potential for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as a vehicle for social and environmental responsibility. SOEs account for a large contribution to industrial output (for e.g. 25-30% in China) and high employment (e.g. 1.5 million people in Viet Nam) across the Asia-Pacific…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Fiji Health System

4 October 2017
Fiji’s health system faces many of the same challenges, such as population growth and ageing, resulting in increasingly unsustainable costs. ADB's Frances Ng discussed Fiji’s health system. Using a population-centric approach, the health service demands of the Fijian population have been modelled…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum

20 to 21 September 2017
Cities have much potential that can help propel growth even beyond its boundaries. Looking at the current state of most cities in Asia and the Pacific region, however, financial gaps are still apparent. Underinvesting remains a problem. This was the context of 2017 ADB-Asia Think Thank Development…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department, South Asia Department

Transforming Leadership: Women, Men, Power and Potential

29 to 31 August 2017
A multi-stakeholder dialogue process, this learning event engaged the participants in creating a safe learning environment to explore one another’s perspectives, to look at their leadership challenges in new ways, to reflect, and to be inspired. The Tokyo Lab is the third and final face-to-face…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

How Can We Use Community Contracting More Widely?

17 August 2017
ADB’s Hans Woldring shared his experience of using community contracting for constructing small-scale civil works in an emergency project in Afghanistan, and how the project transformed the lives of community members. He also discussed possible ways to apply the approach more widely in ADB's…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

ADB-ADBI Forum on Governance and Institutions: Practical Lessons on Governance and Service Delivery for Subnational Governments

9 to 11 August 2017
The Governance Thematic Group of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) jointly organized the 2017 Forum on Governance and Institutions in partnership with the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) and Korea Local Information Research &…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Open Government for Improving Public Services in Asia

7 to 8 August 2017
Good quality public services are critical to the lives of citizens and ensuring their effective delivery is an essential function of government. But governments are not alone in this; experience and evidence built up over a number of decades have shown that citizens and civil society also have…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

"What Elephant?" Framing Governance Reforms in Real-World Conditions

3 August 2017
Focusing on a country's institutions and its political economy enhances understanding of the reform process. This learning event was held in the context that even as Asia has prospered under real-world conditions, "good governance" tends to be displaced by "good enough governance." It discussed how…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Knowledge Sharing by ADB Interns

25 July 2017
Three students who interned at ADB presented their research findings on topics including Inclusive Green Growth Index, ASEAN integration and new technology, and state-owned enterprise reforms in the People’s Republic of China. Their internship is part of the partnership between ADB’s Governance…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Noncommunicable Diseases, Elderly Care, and Potential Investment Opportunities

24 July 2017
Explore potential investment opportunities for control of noncommunicable diseases and development of elderly care system in Beijing. ADB intern Frank Mu presented on the current situation of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and elderly care in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and discussed…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office