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Shaping a Better Employment Landscape for People with Disabilities in Asia-Pacific

11 August 2021
The second webinar in the series 'Digital Technologies and Quality Jobs – Lessons Learnt and New Horizons' focused on the topic of disabilities and labor market inclusion. The virtual event, “Shaping a Better Employment Landscape for People with Disabilities in Asia-Pacific” was hosted in…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Promoting Social Bonds for Impact Investments in Asia

4 August 2021
Social bond markets have grown rapidly amid the pandemic. This webinar discussed the potential social impacts of social bonds in tackling developing Asia’s most urgent social issues, in both the short and long term. The findings aimed to help maximize the impact of the social bond market for…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Digitizing trade in the new normal

3 August 2021
The 16th Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Digitizing trade in the new normal” discussed benefits of trade digitization and sustaining supply chains in the new normal. Over 100 government officials from Southeast Asia and the People’s Republic of China participated…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Board Chair Alan Bollard on the Role of Infrastructure in COVID-19 Recovery

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

Guarantee Insurance Scheme for SMEs

25 June 2021
Guarantee insurance schemes and products such as surety bonds have reduced credit risk embedded in businesses of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and have helped expand SMEs' participation in economic activities. This webinar shared lessons from ROK's experience in guaranteeing insurance…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

ADB-ITF: Consultations on Gender Equality in the Transport Sector

17 June 2021
The International Transport Forum (ITF) is expanding its work in the area of gender and transport and is developing a new gender analysis toolkit for transport policies for its member countries and beyond. ITF and ADB are exploring potential overlapping areas in their respective work on gender…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Transport Sector Office

Finance SG Webinar: Lessons Learned from Fintech and Regulatory Innovation Online Course

10 June 2021
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Online Course on Fintech & Regulatory Innovation built knowledge and capacity in technology-enabled financial and regulatory innovation for the policymaking and regulatory community. Topics covered foundational technologies in fintech, banking…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: Greg Marsden on COVID-19 Era Travel Behavior and its Policy Implications in the United Kingdom

7 June 2021
This webinar featured Greg Marsden of the University of Leeds Institute of Transport Studies who presented findings from a longitudinal study of COVID-19 era travel behavior and policy in the United Kingdom. He described pandemic-driven macro-travel trends and behaviors in ten areas of England and…
Organizer: ADBI

ADBI Virtual Workshop on Analyzing Infrastructure Impacts in Asia Through Big Data: Spillover and Financing

3 to 4 June 2021
Infrastructure development could provide an important boost to COVID-19 recovery among developing Asian economies but will require financing solutions that address growing constraints on the use of public funds for projects due to the pandemic. New funding sources are particularly vital for…
Organizer: ADBI

ADBI-JARTS-IIT Learning Series on High-Speed Rail Session 1: Megaproject Governance and Innovation

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