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2016 ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum

27 to 28 October 2016
With the theme, “Promoting Sustainable Urbanization in Asia and the Pacific”, the 2016 Asian Development Bank (ADB)-Asian Think Tank Development Forum gathered around 70 participants representing 24 countries in the region. Held in New Delhi India, this year's forum was co-organized by the National…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Highlights of the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Course at UNESCO-IHE

27 October 2016
Central and West Asia Department's Lu Shen and South Asia Department's Vivian Castro-Wooldridge shared their experiences on the three-week course they attended at UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education in Delft, the Netherlands.
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Innovation for Development: What is Cloud Computing?

26 October 2016
Bryan Wong, public sector lead in the Philippines, and Julian Lan, senior solutions architect in Asia and the Pacific of Amazon Web Services, gave a presentation about cloud computing, an on-demand delivery of information technology resources and applications via the internet with pay-as-you-go…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

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

23 September 2016
Asian Development Bank’s East Asia Department intern Zilong Wang shared his findings on road network performance in the People’s Republic of China using data mining approach. The relationship between road network in different provinces and a variety of factors related to economy, geography, and…
Organizer: East Asia Department

Keeping an Eye on Asia

22 September 2016
Up to 3.4 billion people in Asia and the Pacific could be living in water-stressed areas by 2050, according to ADB's Asian Water Development Outlook for 2016. Tackling this threat requires broad coordinated measures, which were spelled out by experts from ADB at this Insight Thursday session. The…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative in Asia: Progress and Emerging Issues

21 September 2016
Jonas Moberg, Head of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)’s International Secretariat, presented the progress and impact of EITI implementation in Asia, particularly on how it improves governance of the extractive sector. He also discussed EITI's new requirements on disclosure of…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

2016 Development Finance Institutions Social Experts Meeting

20 to 22 September 2016
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) hosted for the first time the Development Finance Institutions (DFI) Social Experts Meeting on 20-22 September 2016 at the ADB Headquarters in Manila. The meeting discussed the latest policies and good practices on labor standards and supply chain management,…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards

Building Climate Resilience in the Urban Health Sector

19 September 2016
ADB's Virinder Sharma, in this Health Talks Session, gave an overview of the Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund. He focused on how the said Trust Fund can support the health sector, particularly the vulnerable population.
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Cross-Country Learning on ICT for Social Protection

19 to 21 September 2016
Investing in ICT for social protection is crucial, particularly for developing countries. ICT can improve service delivery, especially to the under-served because it can help identify and target beneficiaries better. It can enable countries to manage their social protection programs better because…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal on Halving Road Deaths and Injuries: Impacts and the Role of Infrastructure

12 September 2016
Among one of the most challenging targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the target to halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2020. The inclusion of road safety in the SDGs is belated recognition that road crashes lead to appallingly high…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office