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7 July 2021
This ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar presented New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Board Chair Alan Bollard, who examined the role of infrastructure in COVID-19 recovery in New Zealand and wider Asia and the Pacific with ADBI Dean Tetsushi Sonobe and a panel of experts.
Drawing upon his experience…
Organizer: ADBI
5 July 2021
Governments are adapting to the “new normal” by rapidly scaling their digital services, generating more data-driven insights, and engaging with digital technologies at an unprecedented scale. One of the key enablers of this drive towards digital government is cloud computing. This digital…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Southeast Asia Department
1 to 21 July 2021
Fiscal Management, Local Governance and Economic Growth in a Post-COVID-19 World - The New Normal is a webinar series organized by the Public Management, Financial Sector, and Regional Cooperation Division (EAPF) with the Mongolia and People's Republic of China (PRC) Resident Mission, and…
Organizer: East Asia Department, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
1 July 2021
On 1 July, Nasruminallah Mian discussed insights on streamlining ADB's Country Operations Business pipeline process from his experience working on Pakistan’s Country Operations Business Plan. A single window pipeline was initially proposed by leveraging ADB’s SharePoint platform. The seminar…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department
29 to 30 June 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound implications for the availability and affordability of insurance coverage across various lines of business and the adequacy of retirement savings. At the same time, insurance and retirement savings markets continue to be affected by catastrophe risks,…
Organizer: ADBI
28 June 2021
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and with the participation of the World Vegetable Centre, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, private sector, and academia discussed concrete solutions and actions to…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
23 June 2021
Over the years, digital technologies have developed at an incessant pace and now play a prominent role in modern life activities. In response to this, development, academic, and private institutions have started developing methods to measure digitalization. ADB’s Statistics and Data Innovations…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
8 June 2021
The disastrous effects of the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic underline the importance of integrating public health considerations in planning resilient cities. That effort begins with understanding how the pandemic has been interacting with cities over the past year. Many cities…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department
3 June 2021
Greater high-speed rail development in Asia will require policymakers and industry partners to navigate complex planning, design, construction, operational, and maintenance issues, as well as increasingly challenging domestic socioeconomic and political conditions as a result of the COVID-19…
Organizer: ADBI
28 May 2021
ADB recently published a flagship report titled Asia Economic Integration Report 2021: Making Digital Platforms Work for Asia and the Pacific. The report looks at how regional economies can recover from COVID-19 by leveraging new technologies such as digital platforms and increasing services…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department