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Opportunities and Challenges with Payments for Ecosystems in Brazil

8 December 2017
What can be learned from Brazil’s experiences in payments for ecosystem services? Participatory planning, empowerment, transparency, and education for sustainable development—these are some of Brazil’s strategies for success.

Building Resilience in New Clark City

20 November 2017
As part of the envisioning process in the review of New Clark City in the Philippines, the project as indicated in its master plan combined and used design standard guidelines, program management, and transaction advisory to produce real examples of integrated resilience. The application of…

The Microfinance Risk Participation and Guarantee Program

16 November 2017
Access to finance is a huge struggle that impedes the development of small entrepreneurs and microfinance institutions across Asia and the Pacific. Launched in 2010 by ADB, the Microfinance Risk Participation and Guarantee Program encourages international and local banks to increase lending to…

Asia Risk Transfer Solutions: Trends in Emerging Asia

8 November 2017
The fast growth of the insurance industry in Asia demands new and innovative insurance approaches and processes. InsureTech, the application of Fintech innovations to the insurance industry, now allows for rapid and efficient settlement processes. These innovations are crucial to insurance,…

Poverty and Social Analysis in Urban Projects

10 October 2017
Urbanization brings not only economic growth but challenges--higher slum populations, congestion, and lack of access to basic services. Poverty and social analysis (PSA) can help urban projects address these challenges more effectively. PSA can improve project design, maximize project benefits, and…

Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project

10 October 2017
Poverty and social analysis (PSA) was key to the design and implementation of the Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project. PSA enabled the project to contribute to the improved water supply system as well as wastewater and drainage management in Myanmar. This presentation details the role of…

Strengthening Financial Resilience: the Role of ADB

6 September 2017
Government financing for disaster reduction is limited because other urgent demands compete for budget allocation. Penetration of market-based risk transfer instruments are also extremely low in many countries. As a result, many development and recovery efforts are delayed or thwarted every time…

The Food Stamp Program: A Secret History of the First Targeted Benefit in Mongolia

30 August 2017
Back in 2008, Mongolia suffered from the highest inflation rate in Asia, reaching up to 30%. This led to lower food quality, especially for women and limited funds for education and health needs. The government, through ADB assistance, established a food stamp program to help the poor buy critical…

Mapping with Drones

24 August 2017
A new and emerging technology, drone introduces a great potential for use in high-resolution mapping complementary to traditional surveying technology and traditional photogrammetry. Geoinformatics Center, based at the Asian Institute of Technology’s School of Engineering and Technology, is engaged…

Drones and its Applications

24 August 2017
Drone is a relatively small remote-controlled or automatic pilotless aircraft. It is an innovative equipment well suited for use in urban planning related applications such as surveying and mapping, infrastructure planning, and responding to pre-disaster and post-disaster situations.