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ADB Vice President Stephen Groff at the 5th International Conference on Eco-Compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services

24 November 2016
ADB Vice President Stephen Groff highlighted the long-term partnership with the National Development and Reform Commission on developing the PRC’s eco-compensation agenda in a recorded welcome message shown at the 5th International Conference on Eco-compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services…
Organizer: East Asia Department

Practical Experiences in Combining Poverty and Environment at the National Level: The Experience of South Africa

24 November 2016
Poverty in South Africa is seen as one of the major challenges facing the young democracy. This is compounded by the high and continually increasing unemployment figures, with the youth and women being the most vulnerable groups. Such problems forced the population to overutilize the country’s…

Practical Experiences in Combining Poverty and Environment at the National Level: The National Greening Program of the Philippines

24 November 2016
The Philippines’ remaining forest cover accounts for only 23% of the country’s land area. This compelled then President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to issue Executive Order (EO) No. 23, immediately banning logging in natural forests and intensified forest protection. On 24 February 2011, EO No. 26…

Progress and Prospect of Ecological Compensation Mechanism in Dongjiang River Basin

24 November 2016
On 19 October 2016, the provinces of Jiangxi and Guangdong signed the “Horizontal Ecological Compensation Agreement of Dongjiang River Basin Upstream and Downstream” in Nanchang Province. The agreement stipulates that, based on the water-quality assessment of cross-provincial watershed area, the…

Women's Works in Women's Entrepreneurship: An International Perspective—What Does the Evidence Say about Women-Led Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises?

18 November 2016
The International Labour Organization undertook an international review of findings of rigorous evaluations of women’s entrepreneurship programs. Based on this and evaluations of their own programs, this presentation provides a summary of policy lessons for programming of women’s entrepreneurship…

How Information and Communication Technology Can Fast-Track Development

4 November 2016
Developing countries have yet to reap digital dividends. Affordable, open, and safe ICT can boost collaboration, efficiency, and innovation. Information and communication technology facilitates by electronic means the processing, transmission, and display of information. Ever faster and cheaper,…

Application of Web-based Data Mining in Road Networking Evaluation in the People's Republic of China

23 September 2016
Zilong Wang, East Asia Department intern from Rutgers University, shares insights on the use of web-based data mining in road network evaluation in China. He presents overview of the provincial road network in China and shares the effect of local road network in intercity transport.

Manggahan Floodway: In-City Resettlement for Informal Settler Families

22 September 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the resettlement project for informal settlers in Manggahan Floodway, Philippines.

APOAMF Experience in Community Organizing and Engagement with Government Agencies

22 September 2016
This presentation gives an overview on the progress and current status for the APOAMF People's Plan Housing Project.

Livelihood Restoration

21 September 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the challenges and opportunities in livelihood restoration.