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Pathways: Moving Women Forward

20 May 2015
This presentation discusses different pathways for women to successfully engage in formal Technical Vocational Education and Training, decent work, and expand their learning opportunities. It highlights the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) as a powerful and empowering tool that has a key role to…

Female Labor Force Participation in Asia and the Pacific: Contributing Factors and Policy Implications

20 May 2015
This presentation shares an overview of how Asia fares globally in terms of female labor participation and enumerates the common factors that hinder women from joining the labor force. It also tackles recommended actions that policymakers can take to address the issue.

Increasing Land and Water Productivity at Community-Level Using Remote Sensing

19 May 2015
This presentation introduces the Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) as a remote-sensing model for evapotranspiration. Through SEBAL, crop production and irrigation information can be sent to farmers through the use of technology. To be able to fully utilize this model, however, would…

Remote Sensing for Improved Irrigation in Central Asia

19 May 2015
One of the challenges in irrigation management is difficulty in assessing irrigation performance due to the lack of cost-effective evaluation methods. The use of satellite remote sensing, particularly evapotranspiration and crop cover maps, is seen as a potential solution.

Gender Fact Sheet 2015

8 April 2015
This material provides an overview of the Global Alliance For Clean Cookstoves' specific gender strategy for increasing the role of women in the clean cookstoves and fuels sector and for addressing gender issues to scale adoption.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (Overview)

25 March 2015
Learn more about ADB's Agriculture and Environment operations in the region and the corresponding potential business opportunities.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (Central and West Asia)

25 March 2015
Learn more about ADB's Agriculture and Environment operations in Central and West and the corresponding potential business opportunities.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (East Asia)

25 March 2015
Learn more about ADB's Agriculture and Environment operations in East Asia and the corresponding potential business opportunities.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (South Asia)

25 March 2015
Learn more about ADB's Agriculture and Environment operations in South Asia and the corresponding potential business opportunities.