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Engaging Stakeholders Meaningfully on Sustainable Development Projects Lessons from Community Participatory Approaches

6 May 2025
The session objective was to share good practices on how community participation and monitoring can enhance the effectiveness of activities, finances, and climate change adaptation outcomes in ADB-supported programs. The session aimed to develop recommendations for the ADB based on case studies…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Winners of the 2025 ADBIEA Innovative Policy Research Award

5 May 2025
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Economic Association (IEA) are pleased to announce the three (3) best papers for the 2025 ADB–IEA Innovative Policy Research Award. The award-winning papers were selected from over 80 papers covering a wide range of economic topics. Each award…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department, Independent Evaluation Department

Rethinking Poverty Strengthening ADBs Approach for an Inclusive and Equitable Future

14 April 2025
Background Economic growth has fundamentally changed lives in Asia and the Pacific, lifting more than 1.5 billion people out of poverty over just two generations. In only one generation, poverty rates in our region dropped from 75% of the population to less than 10%. A new middle class now enjoys…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Rethinking Skills for Women in the Evolving Labor Market

14 March 2025
Women’s labor market attachment remains weak in many developing economies, even as the gender gap in education disappears. The case of Indonesia provides helpful insights into the problem. As national labor force data show, many women enter wage employment in their early 20s, only to drop out…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Integrity Learning Series Lao PDR Anticorruption and Integrity Training

13 March 2025
On 13 March 2025, three representatives from the Lao People's Democratic Republic's Department of Water Supply joined a hybrid briefing on ADB's anticorruption and integrity framework. Organized by Sectors Department 2, the session covered integrity risks, red flags, and strategies for…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

Integrity Learning Series Marshall Islands Anticorruption and Integrity Training

5 March 2025
On 5 March 2025, 10 representatives from the Integrated Urban Services and Resilience Improvement Project in Marshall Islands learned about ADB's anticorruption and integrity framework at a hybrid briefing, as part of an inception mission organized by the Sectors Group. The session covered…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

Integrity Learning Series India ADB Procurement Procedures

4 March 2025
ADB OAI's integrity learning session for Executing and Implementing Agencies in India. OAI provides training tailored for participants exercising oversight functions and project responsibility under RETA 10349's Integrity Learning Series.
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

SECURE Webinar 20 Public Private Partnerships PPP in Health Care Exploring Challenges and Opportunities in Asia and the Pacific

20 February 2025
Public-private partnerships (PPP) in the health sector are pivotal to enhancing Uzbekistan's health infrastructure and service delivery. The country's health system faces challenges, including the need for upgradation of infrastructure, limited accessibility to health care in rural areas, and…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Driving Power Sector Reforms for Enhanced Renewable Energy Growth and Sector Performance

30 January 2025
The “Serendipity Knowledge Program” (SKOP) was ADB’s knowledge program dedicated to Sri Lanka, designed to respond effectively to the country’s needs. It aligned with ADB's vision as a knowledge solutions bank. SKOP sought to share knowledge on issues relevant to Sri Lanka and facilitate…
Organizer: South Asia Department

Data Room Safeguard Policy Review and Update

30 January 2025
Environmental and Social Framework Approved by ADB’s Board of Directors in 22 November 2024, the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) builds on the findings and recommendations of ADB’s corporate evaluation of its 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), detailed analytical studies, and…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards