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Collaboration for Resilient & Green Recovery: Realizing the Potential of a Sustainable Blue Economy

3 May 2021
World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) led this session to explore, using examples from the coastal and marine sector of  how to use COVID-19 recovery investments to ensure a more sustainable, inclusive, resilient post-pandemic economy.  The “blue economy” has been particularly hard hit by supply…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Asian Development Outlook 2021 Launch

28 April 2021
Developing Asia’s recovery has strengthened. Manufacturing and trade have rebounded, remittances have been relatively resilient, and policy support has been strong. But outbreaks are reemerging, vaccination efforts face challenges, and tourism remains hobbled. This Asian Development Outlook 2021…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Digital Connectivity and Low Earth Orbit Satellite Constellations: Opportunities for Asia and the Pacific

28 April 2021
It is estimated that only 45% of the population across Asia and the Pacific is using the Internet and over three billion live farther than 10 kilometers away from high-capacity fiber-optic networks that provide access to fast broadband connectivity. Rapid technology advances in broadband…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Digital Technologies and Quality Jobs – Lessons Learnt and New Horizons

23 April 2021
A new SDCC webinar series ​​​​​How can governments and other stakeholders address the urgent challenge of ensuring the COVID-19 recovery is jobs-rich and inclusive? How can accelerated digital transformation drive quality job creation and what are the skills needed for these new jobs? ADB’s…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Emerging Trends in Inclusive Digital Employment

23 April 2021
The first webinar in the new series focused on the opportunities and challenges of ensuring the accelerated transition to the digital economy is jobs-rich and inclusive. The discussion explored three different models that leverage technological innovation to help marginalized groups access…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Online Preliminary Information Session

12 to 19 April 2021
ADB conducted a comprehensive review and update of its Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) approved in 2009, as part of its commitment to continue supporting the inclusive and sustainable development of Asia and the Pacific. The update seeks to modernize the policy, considering the changing…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards

Written Feedback from Stakeholders

12 April 2021
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 last May 2020. The ongoing update seeks to modernize the policy in consideration of the changing development…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards

11th ADBI-OECD-ILO Roundtable on Labor Migration in Asia: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Building Back Better

7 to 8 April 2021
Labor migration trends are usually defined by economic and policy conditions in destination countries. However, the usual drivers of migration have been disrupted by pandemic-related travel restrictions and economic shutdowns, especially in developing countries. As a result, migrant labor…
Organizer: ADBI

Third South Pacific International Arbitration Conference: De-Risking Investment in the South Pacific Through a World Class International Arbitration Disputes Regime

17 March 2021
To raise awareness and discuss the positive development impact of international arbitration reform in the South Pacific, ADB, in conjunction with UNCITRAL, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, and other renowned…
Organizer: Office of the General Counsel

Social Protection for Economic Inclusion: Adapting the Graduation Approach in Asia and the Pacific

16 to 17 March 2021
The NGOC and Social Development TG hosted an online event on social protection for economic inclusion, which centers on the Graduation approach as a key strategy for addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequality in Asia and the Pacific. The keynote speaker was Nobel Laureate Abhijit…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department