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Knowledge Product Launch: Leveraging Data for Urban Design and Planning in Post-COVID Cities

8 June 2021
The disastrous effects of the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic underline the importance of integrating public health considerations in planning resilient cities. That effort begins with understanding how the pandemic has been interacting with cities over the past year. Many cities…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

ADBI Virtual Workshop on Analyzing Infrastructure Impacts in Asia Through Big Data: Spillover and Financing

3 to 4 June 2021
Infrastructure development could provide an important boost to COVID-19 recovery among developing Asian economies but will require financing solutions that address growing constraints on the use of public funds for projects due to the pandemic. New funding sources are particularly vital for…
Organizer: ADBI

A Closer Look at Water Quality for Public Health

26 May 2021
Water quality is closely linked to public health outcomes. The reduction in illness from improved water quality leads to improved social and economic outcomes in communities. Unfortunately, water-related diseases still account for a significant proportion of deaths in developing countries. This…
Organizer: Pacific Department

ASEAN Australia Smart Cities Webinar Series Part 9: Digital Payment Solutions for Smart and Inclusive Cities

11 May 2021
Digital payment technologies are considered an enabler of smart city development. While the pandemic has accelerated the use of digital payments (or e-payments), it also highlighted the various economic and social benefits, efficiencies, and conveniences that digital payments can bring to…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

Creating Livable Asian Cities Book Launch and Panel Discussion

29 April 2021
Asia’s future is urban. Cities are booming in Asia because they are hubs of economic and social opportunities for people and enterprises. Increasing urbanization, however, does not necessarily translate to increasing opportunities for the residents of cities. ADB on 29 April launched Creating…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Office of the Vice-President (Sectors and Themes)

Building Resilience of the Power System in the Low-Carbon Transition

28 April 2021
The third event of the Virtual Dialogues on Resilient Infrastructure for 2021 focused on energy infrastructure resilience. The webinar brought together experts and practitioners to discuss approaches and solutions to incorporate climate and disaster risk considerations into power systems planning…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Energy Sector Office

WEBINAR 6: Why We Need to Think Differently about Sanitation

22 April 2021
Accelerating inclusive sanitation requires the drive and commitment of everyone and the coming together of organizations. It calls for engagement of households and the community, and political leadership. However, many stakeholders are set in their ways and may not be open to change, since they…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WORKSHOP 6: How-to Series: Get More Performance from Wastewater Assets

22 April 2021
Wastewater and septage treatment assets play an important role in safeguarding public health and the environment, regardless of whether decentralized or centralized, or intensive or extensive treatment technologies are applied. However, it is important that the positive effects of such assets are…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

ADBI-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Roundtable on Sanitation and Development

20 to 21 April 2021
Sanitation gaps are a global problem that continues to affect large segments of developing Asia and the Pacific, despite the considerable progress of efforts to address it in recent decades. The COVID-19 crisis has further increased the importance of improving inclusive sanitation access and the…
Organizer: ADBI

WEBINAR 5: Strategies to Keep Sanitation Services Operating

20 April 2021
Investments in sanitation and wastewater treatment are typically three to four times more than those for water treatment systems. In many Asian settings, the operation and maintenance of sanitation systems, whether public or privately owned such as household septic tanks, are ineffective and…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office