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Video - Session 6 - Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models

12 April 2016
This video covers Session 6 of the conference entitled “Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models.” It draws lessons from a solar home program implemented in Bangladesh that demonstrates how business models can address inclusive energy challenges. It also shows how private sector…

Hippocampus

5 April 2016
Hippocampus Learning Centers (HLC) is a company that pioneered an affordable supplementary education offering kindergarten and after-school programs for rural kids 3 to 11 years of age in India’s State of Karnataka. Using the pooled experiences of its Founder, Board of Directors, and staff in early…

Training the Hippo: Communication and the Education of India’s Rural Kids

5 April 2016
In providing equity investments to social enterprises with sound business models such as Hippocampus Leaning Centers (HLC), ADB’s experience has shown that there is a need to intensify communication approaches to sustain the delicate balance between commercial sustainability and affordability, and…

Public Private Partnership

17 March 2016
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is seen as an important modality for attracting private investment and efficiency gains in infrastructure. Check out how ADB is supporting PPP.

Corporate Sustainability Reporting for Development: An Introduction

10 March 2016
The road towards the successful achievement of sustainable development in the Asia and Pacific region rests upon the availability and quality of data—the latter as the lifeblood of decision making. The Global Reporting Initiative, contributing to the global collective effort in meeting the…

Innovative Energy Project Development with Partners

9 March 2016
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to support the new Sustainable Development Goal on energy through deployment of new and innovative solutions. ADB's Energy Sector has been beefing up its efforts through various innovations including cross border energy initiatives, public-private…

Opportunities for Private Sector Collaboration with ADB on Developing Innovative Transport Projects

9 March 2016
Transport is a big chunk in the operations of Asian Development Bank (ADB)--about one-third of its lending in most years goes to this sector. While modern transport systems improve social and economic activities, the need to combat its negative effects such as pollution and congestion remains. ADB…

Knowledge Partnership Week 2015 Report

22 January 2016
This material contains the final report of Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s Knowledge Partnership Week 2015. This report summarizes the highlights of the week, which aimed to promote innovation in the Bank’s operations by strengthening knowledge partnerships with crucial stakeholders. The event…

Knowledge Partnership Week 2015 Report

22 January 2016
This material contains the final report of ADB's Knowledge Partnership Week 2015. This report summarizes the highlights of the week, which aimed to promote innovation in the Bank’s operations by strengthening knowledge partnerships with crucial stakeholders. The event allowed ADB to promote…

Private Sector Participation in Irrigation Management

21 January 2016
Poor management operation and maintenance affects the water-energy-food nexus. An unsuccessful public irrigation management is the result of an unreliable and insufficient approach. A huge potential exists for the private sector to participate in and contribute to addressing the challenges of…