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Singapore Management University

12 December 2017
Located at the heart of Singapore’s financial and civic district, Singapore Management University is a pioneer in interactive pedagogy where lessons are taught in small class sizes using an inquiry-based approach. To stay ahead of innovative pedagogy, it developed the SMU-X curriculum based from…

Care Foundation: Changing Lives through Education

12 December 2017
Pakistan has the second largest population of out-of-school children in the world. As a pioneer of public and private school partnerships, CARE Foundation contributes to resolving Pakistan’s education crisis by endeavoring to provide quality marketable education to all through its Government School…

TAFE Queensland International Engagement Models

12 December 2017
TAFE Queensland actively works in partnerships with international clients, including governments, industries, and institutions from over 30 countries. The Institute’s engagements with international partners vary and are tailored to local contexts, with this presentation highlighting the challenges…

Public-Private Partnership Monitor: Key Trends and Findings

23 November 2017
Know more about the key trends in public-private partnership in Asia from ADB's Public-Private Partnership Monitor. The first edition of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Monitor tracks the development of the PPP business environment as well as the challenges of doing PPPs in nine of the ADB’s…

Public-Private Partnership Monitor

23 November 2017
ADB's Public-Private Partnership Monitor provides information to help policy makers improve private sector participation in infrastructure projects. The first edition of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Monitor tracks the development of the PPP business environment as well as the challenges of…

Building Resilience in New Clark City

20 November 2017
As part of the envisioning process in the review of New Clark City in the Philippines, the project as indicated in its master plan combined and used design standard guidelines, program management, and transaction advisory to produce real examples of integrated resilience. The application of…

Asia Risk Transfer Solutions: Trends in Emerging Asia

8 November 2017
The fast growth of the insurance industry in Asia demands new and innovative insurance approaches and processes. InsureTech, the application of Fintech innovations to the insurance industry, now allows for rapid and efficient settlement processes. These innovations are crucial to insurance,…

Strengthening Financial Resilience: the Role of ADB

6 September 2017
Government financing for disaster reduction is limited because other urgent demands compete for budget allocation. Penetration of market-based risk transfer instruments are also extremely low in many countries. As a result, many development and recovery efforts are delayed or thwarted every time…

Mapping with Drones

24 August 2017
A new and emerging technology, drone introduces a great potential for use in high-resolution mapping complementary to traditional surveying technology and traditional photogrammetry. Geoinformatics Center, based at the Asian Institute of Technology’s School of Engineering and Technology, is engaged…

Drones and its Applications

24 August 2017
Drone is a relatively small remote-controlled or automatic pilotless aircraft. It is an innovative equipment well suited for use in urban planning related applications such as surveying and mapping, infrastructure planning, and responding to pre-disaster and post-disaster situations.