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Country Presentation: Bangladesh

24 January 2019
Remittances contribute $15.5 billion to Bangladesh's economy. The country aims to improve migration-related legal frameworks and policies.

Country Presentation: Malaysia

24 January 2019
Malaysia continues to improve its policies on foreign workers. It has set up a single, online system to manage foreign workers’ recruitment.

Industry 4.0: What Internal Auditors Need to Know

22 November 2018
This presentation provides an overview of how monitoring control can be done within Industry 4.0. It also presents cases of artificial intelligence practices that help enhance competitiveness.

Industry 4.0: What Internal Auditors Need to Know

22 November 2018
This presentation provides an overview of how monitoring control can be done within Industry 4.0. It also presents cases of artificial intelligence practices that help enhance competitiveness.

Railway Express between China and EU: New Model of International Transportation or Traditional tool of Economic Growth?

15 November 2018
China Railway Express (CRE) emerged in 2011 as a means of logistics between the People’s Republic of China and the European Union. This presentation describes CRE, its stages of development, challenges, business model, future, and the motivation of the three players behind its operation.

Building Resilience Amid Global Uncertainty

2 November 2018
ASEAN economies have undergone structural transformation that strengthened both their economic resilience and trade performance. Learn how ASEAN countries, including Cambodia, remain strong despite the rising global trade uncertainty.

Welcome Remarks - High-Level Seminar: How Can the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Regional Cooperation Drive Cambodia’s Structural Transformation?

2 November 2018
Technologies embedded in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and uncertainties in the international trade environment could drive structural transformation for long-term growth. In his welcome remarks, Ramesh Subramaniam, Director General of ADB’s Southeast Asia Department, highlighted how these…

Social Development Issues in the Urban Sector

10 October 2018
Urban poverty has four major dimensions that reinforce each other. These are income and social poverty, environmental poverty, education poverty, and health poverty. These dimensions encompass issues such as employment insecurity, lack of access to opportunities and basic services, hazardous…

Vocational Training and Labor Market Transition: A Randomized Experiment among Cambodian Disadvantaged Young Adults

23 August 2018
In Cambodia, a trial provided two-month training in housekeeping, with incentives, to low-income young adults in Phnom Penh. The program found that training had no effects on employment outcomes, and it was not enough for disadvantaged youth to break into the labor market.

(People’s Republic of) China’s Economic Outlook and the China-US Trade Disputes

22 August 2018
The People’s Republic of China saw steady economic momentum in the first half of 2018. Aware of potential uncertainties from domestic and international shocks, including the trade dispute with the US, the country has taken a proactive fiscal policy and measures to further open its market and…