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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
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
1 to 3 August 2023
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Pakistan Resident Mission’s (PRM) Capacity Development Resource Center(CDRC), in collaboration with CWOD-PSG, CWER, PPFD, and OAI, successfully conducted a three-day program: 2nd Integrated Capacity Development Training in Lahore from 1st August till 3rd August…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department
21 to 22 June 2023
Climate change and environmental degradation pose significant risks to the performance of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) critical to economic growth and climate resilience. The movement toward green finance mechanisms has the potential to create new financing opportunities for…
Organizer: ADBI
15 to 16 June 2023
A new study, Southeast Asia’s Aviation Sector: Post-Pandemic Strategies and the Implications of a Rapid Recovery, projected the region's aviation sector could be 90% recovered by the end of 2023 and that the outlook is generally bright. However, the study said the last leg of the recovery or the…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department, Transport Sector Office
7 June 2023
LGBTQIA+ people and communities continue to experience stigma and discrimination, which negatively affect their employment prospects and access to healthcare, education, and social protection. This type of exclusion is also detrimental to economies and the achievement of the Sustainable Development…
Organizer: ADBI