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[VIDEO] Impacts of COVID-19 on Households in ASEAN Countries and Their Implications for Human Capital Development

17 November 2020

The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and the resulting falls in demand due both to uncertainty and policy interventions such as lockdowns, ‘social distancing’ and travel restrictions are having a severe impact on Asian economies and hence on Asian households. These negative impacts come through a…

[VIDEO] Fighting Against Learning Crisis in Developing Countries: A Randomized Experiment of Self- Learning at the Right Level

17 November 2020

This paper investigates the effectiveness of a globally popular method of self-learning at the right level in improving learning outcome — the cognitive and non-cognitive abilities — of disadvantaged pupils in a developing country, Bangladesh. Using a randomized control trial design, we find…

[VIDEO] Parental Investment, School Quality, and the Persistent Benefits of Intervention in Early Childhood

17 November 2020

We present evidence from a randomized experiment on the impacts of a six-month early childhood homevisiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion of the program, we find persistent intervention effects on child working memory - a key skill of executive…

[VIDEO] Nudging by Beauty: Improving Women’s Health1 Decisions and Well-being in the Field

17 November 2020

Health interventions often show limited effectiveness in influencing behavior as they fail to take into account the choice architecture. To shed light on how to improve health interventions, we evaluate a unique intervention in rural Bangladesh that highlights the importance of health, hygiene,…

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[VIDEO] Impacts of COVID-19 on Households in ASEAN Countries and Their Implications for Human Capital Development

[VIDEO] Fighting Against Learning Crisis in Developing Countries: A Randomized Experiment of Self- Learning at the Right Level

[VIDEO] Parental Investment, School Quality, and the Persistent Benefits of Intervention in Early Childhood

[VIDEO] Nudging by Beauty: Improving Women’s Health1 Decisions and Well-being in the Field

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PHOTO GALLERY - Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2020 with Germany

ADB Business Opportunities (Health)

Fiscal and Debt Management of PPPs

[VIDEO] Session 4: SERD Policy Network Workshop