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28 April 2017
A brief overview of the slides used during the workshop. Topics covered include cryptocurrencies and blockchain, distributed ledgers, and illustrative financial service use cases.
17 April 2017
ICT can play a vital role for energy sector development. For universal energy access, ICT is transforming the business models to connect those unconnected to the traditional energy grid. For renewable energy growth, ICT is vital to manage the distributed nature of renewable energy sources. ICT can…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
3 April 2017
The ADB's objective was to have a training program that will allow its staff from various operational departments to better understand Singapore’s approach and plans to becoming a Smart Nation. This is expected to contribute to enhancing ADB’s operations in the design of potential ADB urban…
3 April 2017
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) designed a training program that will allow its staff from various operational departments to better understand Singapore’s approach and plans to becoming a Smart Nation, thereby contribute to enhancing ADB’s operations in the designing of potential ADB urban…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
30 March 2017
Digital transformation should be thought of as transforming a business culture in a digital era. Within the context of a digital workplace, digital transformation should equate to thinking less of the digital, more of the transformation, and one’s role in driving and being a part of this change.
30 March 2017
Microsoft’s Jo Grubb, adoption and change management architect, discusses transforming business culture in a digital era, and bringing technology and people closer to fully embrace digital transformation in a rapidly-changing environment.
This video covers the full session of Insight Thursday, ADB’…
1 March 2017
Understanding urban growth and change in Asia or anywhere else requires data—properly and effectively collected and managed data at that.
ADB Urban Sector Consultant Renard Teipelke shares ways on how ADB can improve ways of collecting, managing, utilizing urban data. This presentation also…
24 February 2017
Financial technology or "Fintech" broadly means the application of technology to finance while regulation techonology or "RegTech" refers to the application of technology to regulation. This presentation compares and contrasts these two concepts. It traces their roots and discusses how they have…
19 January 2017
The international remttance industry is undergoing transformation. While new players enter the space, inefficiencies remain, such as high fees, slow speed, and the prevalence of informal remittance channels. This presentation shares information on how to addess these issues.
19 January 2017
International job matching platforms help both employers and candidates. It increases the pool of workers for employers and provides vacancy information to prospective candidates. It may also improve occupational match for work, leading to better integration outcomes. This presentation shares…