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Financing Hybrids – Creating PPAs That Cover Integration of Renewables, Storage and Thermal

18 June 2019
An increasing trend in clean energy is hybridized plants, which are especially applicable for distributed or off-grid generation in developing countries. Hybrid power plants can be combinations of renewable energy with storage, renewables and/or storage added to thermal generation or full-scale…

Moral Hazard of Renewable Energy Economic Incentives: A Private Sector Perspective

18 June 2019
Investors need certainty. Yet, government incentives are public policy-based goods. Public policy is not law and can change at any moment. Change in government, change in strategy, change in budget all influence public policy. Acknowledging possible public policy change upfront is a necessary part…

Assessing the Impact of Renewable Energy Based Microgrids on Local Development and the SDGs: Insights from the Philippines

18 June 2019
The Cobrador Island Solar – Diesel Hybrid Project is one of ADB’s outstanding projects and led to increased service hours (24 hours per day), affordability (50% tariff reduction), and environmental soundness (RE share up to 90%). This presentation analyzed the impact on local development and the…

ADB Private Sector Financial Institutions (Russian Version)

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Azizov provides an introduction to ADB's Private Sector Financial Institutions as a single-window solution for ADB's Financial Institution clients. He also gave some insight into ADB's value addition, ADB's project approval workflow, and case studies that illustrate the…

Trade Finance Program in Central and West Asia

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Ms. Khurodze discussed ADB's Trade Finance Program, which provides guarantees and loans to banks to support trade. She also gave an overview of the program's main products, benefits, and highlights.​

PHOTO GALLERY: Seminar on International Rules and Practices for Secure International Trade

17 June 2019
A selection of official event photos taken during the Seminar on International Rules and Practices for Secure International Trade, which aimed to guide participants through the typical trade and supply chain finance cycle, identifying the correct trade product for different stages and situations…

Global Trade Trends

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. O'Brien gave an overview of the trade trends from around the world. He cites emerging markets as the key to development, which may face a liquidity crunch due to trade finance blockage.

Agreeing International Contracts

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. O'Brien discussed the role of documents in international trade. He also discussed the International Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS), a series of pre-defined commercial terms published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) relating to international commercial law.​

Documentary Credit Workflows

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. O'Brien discussed the process involving documentary credits, a payment mechanism in international trade which provides an economic guarantee from a creditworthy bank to an exporter of goods. Also known as letters of credit, these are used in the financing of international…

Introduction to Trade-Based Money Laundering and Sanctions Compliance

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Anderson gave an introduction to money laundering, citing a few case studies to illustrate examples. He also emphasized the concept of trade-based money laundering, including red flags involving documents, transactions, payments, and shipping. He also discussed money…