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Keeping an Eye on Asia

22 September 2016
ADB's Gil-Hong Kim opens the session with key takeaways from the Stockholm Water Week 2016. Ashok Bhargava, Yasmin Siddiqi, and Eri Honda, also from ADB, then share perspectives on why water security is essential for the Asia and Pacific region's sustainable growth. This video covers the full…

Keeping an Eye on Asia

22 September 2016
Water is a critical part in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The Asian Water Development Outlook is essentially a communication tool for ADB’s developing member countries, but also internally for the Bank and for other financiers from the Asia and Pacific region. This short video…

The National Health Insurance Big Data in Korea

20 September 2016
In South Korea, the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) offers a platform that integrates all health related data from the country's four types of health insurance. The NHS's Big Data platform supports health research and provides health information that informs and strengthens health service…

Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund

19 September 2016
The Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund is intended to build the resilience of seven countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Philippines, and Myanmar. Aside from funding projects on early warning systems, flood protection, and urban planning, the Trust Fund also aims to…

ICT and ID Management in the Health Sector

19 September 2016
The use of ICT in the health sector significantly boosts delivery of health services and enables safer health care. ICT, along with unique identification numbers, helps track people and monitor their health throughout their life cycles. It facilitates the provision and enjoyment of a continuum of…

NHI and ICT in Korea

19 September 2016
Korea has been implementing a national ID system since the 1960s. This presentation shares how this system has evolved in the country. It also shares lessons in achieving universal health coverage.

Regulating Transport Network Companies

14 September 2016
To address mobility concerns and ease traffic congestion in various cities and municipalities, the Government of the Philippines has recognized the need for new forms of transport services. It introduced transportation network vehicle service (TNVS) as a new public transport category. TNVS uses an…

The Korea Transport Institute

14 September 2016
Sustainable transport is safe, accessible, affordable, and environment friendly. To reduce road congestion and accidents, air pollution emissions, and health problems, there is a need to improve transport efficiency and shift to sustainable transport modes.

Sustainable Mobility for All Towards Implementation

14 September 2016
The World Bank Group facilitates Sustainable Mobility for All through its four objectives of universal access, efficiency, safety, and green. The aim is to achieve improved lives and livelihoods of billions of people across the world—their health, environment, and quality of life—and stabilize…

Developing Sustainable Solutions for Urban Transport

14 September 2016
Development of a city is path dependent as choices are limited by past urban development efforts. As urbanization is far from over in many emerging countries, the key is to plan urban development in advance. It is also critical to work on both the whole transport system and urban planning at the…