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5 October 2023
The Luang Prabang Provincial and City governments, Australian Embassy in the Lao PDR, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched the Luang Prabang Smart and Integrated Urban Strategy on 5 October 2023 in Luang Prabang City. Over 40 officials, business leaders, and development partners joined…
Organizer: Southeast Asia 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
31 August 2023
Quality infrastructure development could give developing Asia a critical boost by enhancing growth and eradicating poverty, especially during the time of economic crisis. However, the growing demand for public funds for health, education, and social welfare programs diminishes the allocation of…
Organizer: ADBI
25 July 2023
Greater flooding, droughts, and sea level rise due to climate change is increasingly affecting wastewater management and water availability. At the same time, sanitation practices such as wastewater treatment are a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. These dynamics make greater…
Organizer: ADBI
19 July 2023
The Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF) is a $150 million multi-donor trust fund administered by ADB under the Urban Financing Partnership Facility. It aims to support fast-growing cities in Asia to reduce climate-related risks poor and vulnerable people face. The UCCRTF takes an…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
20 June 2023
The emerging business-driven case for green affordable housing reveals six (6) drivers of profitability: i) access to international green finance flows for better financing terms; ii) minimized incremental cost through early planning; iii) faster sales through market differentiation; iv) savings…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
9 June 2023
In March 2023, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) awarded an approximately $450,000 grant project to LocationMind, Inc. to support the development of the Poverty Impact and Vulnerability Evaluation (PIVE) tool designed to assist policymakers, planners, and other stakeholders in disaster management…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
6 June 2023
The Civil Society Program of the 56th ADB Annual Meeting gathered CSOs in Incheon, Republic of Korea to dialogue with ADB and other relevant stakeholders on key development topics. Accountability Counsel, APCOM, APMDD, APSD, EEPSEA, GAIA-Asia Pacific, Indus Consortium, ITUC-Asia Pacific, KCOC, NGO…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
17 May 2023
ADB led the webinar commemoration of the 2023 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) on May 17th with the theme "Together Always, United in Diversity."
At the event, ADB highlighted its strategic initiatives to promote the inclusion of people with diverse…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, South Asia Department
11 April 2023
This ADBI Featured Speaker webinar spotlighted University of Waikato development economist and Asian Development Review Editor-in-Chief John Gibson, who discussed growing evidence on the importance of secondary towns for poverty reduction.
Gibson explained that in contrast to traditionally more…
Organizer: ADBI