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Nationwide Telecommunications Project in Myanmar: Bridging the Digital Gender Divide

9 December 2015
Political and economic reforms have promoted recent development of the telecommunication infrastructure in Myanmar. ADB viewed the Nationwide Telecommunications project as an opportunity to mainstream gender equity in private sector operations, and developed a Gender Action Plan (GAP) with Ooredoo…

Nationwide Telecommunications Project: Bridging the Digital and Gender Divides in Myanmar

9 December 2015
ICT projects that recognize the digital and gender divides can help provide women with equal access to communication tools to increase their voice and representation. This report explains in detail the communication and gender context of ADB’s Nationwide Telecommunications project in Myanmar,…

ICT in Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Regional Overview

1 December 2015
ICT-related developments on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) are increasingly becoming a megatrend in the Asia and Pacific region. Given ICT in TVET’s own share of achievements and challenges, certain conditions must be met to enable successful use as illustrated by the…

ICT-Enhanced Innovative Pedagogy in Technical and Vocational Education and Training

1 December 2015
The level of ICT implementation on pedagogical practices vary across countries in the Asia and Pacific region. Hybrid personal learning environments, blended-learning methods, and century-blended learning models are some of the latest trends in technology-enhanced learning. Today’s teachers should…

Welcome Remarks at the Governance Cooperation Fund: Open Government Partnership Knowledge Exchange and Learning Event

27 November 2015
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has a role to play in assisting countries across the region to share experiences and ideas on open government reforms. ADB's technical expertise and knowledge can help Open Government Partnership members to formulate, implement, and monitor reform initiatives.

Designing and Implementing a Responsive Open Data Model

24 November 2015
Open data should be accessible, machine-readable, and re-usable. By introducing research and systematic innovations and engaging and capacitating partners, the Open Data Lab Jakarta as an enabler of open data that builds evidence for its social and political values is featured as an example in this…

PRC: Comparative Analysis of DMC Legal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement: Indigenous Peoples

31 October 2015
This document is to determine (i) whether Indigenous Peoples are present in, or have collective attachment to, the projectarea; and (ii) whether project impacts on Indigenous Peoples are likely.

INO: Strengthening Capacity of Indonesia’s AMDAL System — Final Report

31 October 2015
The Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA) is an analysis toward significant impact of an activity plan designed for environment as required in decision making process for the implementation of the mentioned plan in Indonesia,which has established on 1982. In three (3) recent decades, this EIA system…

Renewable Energy Access Market Map: Leveraging Geospatial Analysis in the Renewable Energy Data and Information Infrastructure Development

9 October 2015
This presentation enumerates the key questions on and identifies the challenges of renewable energy development. The importance of using geographic mapping facilities is discussed as well.

Oracle Utilities Supporting Center of Excellence for Clean Energy

9 October 2015
As utilities manage broader renewable generation and with the introduction of “green” technology in the electricity network, Oracle provides its view of the changes for consideration. More specifically, it examines the drivers of change, along with the requirements that include smart grid as well…