Displaying 51 - 60 of 1407
9 to 12 October 2023
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) organized Bangkok Plastics Week on 9-12 October 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Bangkok Plastics Week was a series of capacity development events and workshops on data monitoring approaches and regional…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
26 to 28 September 2023
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines
WELCOME TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC SOCIAL PROTECTION WEEK 2023!
The Asia-Pacific Social Protection Week 2023: Social Protection in a Changing World, hosted by ADB’s Human and Social Development Sector Office, brought together in-person at ADB Headquarters more than…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
19 to 21 September 2023
Digital x ADB is co-organized by the Digital Technology for Development Division of the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department and the Information Technology Department. The event is held every two years for ADB’s staff members, consultants, contractors,and partners to learn about…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
8 September 2023
Malaysia is undergoing rapid proportion aging with the proportion of population aged 60 years and older projected to increase from 11.1% in 2020 to 23.1% by 2050. Based on face-to-face and telephone interviews with nearly 5,000 people aged over 40, the Malaysia Ageing and Retirement Survey Wave 2…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
7 September 2023 to 6 May 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) initiated an update of its 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) in August 2020 following a corporate evaluation by ADB’s Independent Evaluation Department in May 2020. The ongoing update seeks to modernize the policy considering the changing development context,…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards
5 September 2023
Serendipity Knowledge Program (SKOP) is an ADB platform dedicated to identifying knowledge solutions for Sri Lanka’s development challenges. Serendib is one of Sri Lanka’s ancient names and serendipity refers to a fortunate finding, which is a common occurrence throughout the history of product…
Organizer: South Asia Department
5 to 7 September 2023
Economic corridor development (ECD) plays a crucial role in promoting regional cooperation and integration (RCI). A successful ECD will increase connectivity through trade integration and infrastructure development leading to increased regional economic growth. ECD becomes more important for post-…
Organizer: Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division, Central and West Asia Department, South Asia Department, Southeast Asia Department, Economic Research and Development Impact Department
28 August to 1 September 2023
Further to the initiative of the capacity development resource center (CDRC), the Pakistan Resident Mission successfully organized and conducted a five-day FIDIC RED BOOK 2017 Training at Islamabad from 28 August to 1 September 2023.
The training was organized to support and assist the Executing…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department
18 August 2023
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from a new special issue of the journal Review of Development Economics on rural and agricultural development in the digital age, edited by Wanglin Ma, Andy McKay, Dil Rahut, and Tetsushi Sonobe.
Papers in this special issue investigated the impacts of the…
Organizer: ADBI
18 August 2023
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from a new special issue of the journal Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics on farmers’ organizations and sustainable development, coedited by Wanglin Ma, Marco Marini and ADBI’s Dil Rahut.
Papers in this special issue examined how farmers’…
Organizer: ADBI