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8 March 2018
Hon. Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa, visits ADB Headquarters on 8 March 2018 to speak as this year's honored guest for International Women's Day. During her visit, she met with President Takehiko Nakao, selected members of ADB's Board of Directors and senior Management, and…
8 March 2018
Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister, highlights how gender inequalities are persisting despite advantages in having women in leadership positions. Addressing a crowd of 600, she emphasized that there are proactive steps that we can take to grow the numbers of women in leadership…
5 March 2018
Blockchain, simply put, is a technology that lets a group of people keep a shared record of events and transactions. It is also known as Shared Ledger Technology (SLT), where a digital ledger is distributed to all participants in a network for recording and validation of transactions. This…
2 March 2018
This training manual contains the narratives of each module of the Judicial Training on Gender Sensitization. Additionally, it provides ready reference to all international treaties, human rights instruments, national laws, and global and domestic jurisprudence discussed in all the modules.
2 March 2018
This training manual contains the presentations corresponding to each session of the Gender Sensitization Training for Gender-based Violence Cases. Additionally, it provides easy reference to the international treaties, human rights instruments, national laws, and global and domestic jurisprudence…
2 March 2018
Project officers of ADB who are supporting the development of various smart cities projects share their experiences and updates in this presentation. As no universal definition exists for smart city, the commonalities identified from ADB’s smart cities projects were used as a starting point for…
2 March 2018
The growing digitalization of government and business has led to the emergence of disruptive technology, putting future competitiveness and socio-economic growth at stake. Rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) is a component in almost all these disruptive changes. Learn about IoT and its…
2 March 2018
Can blockchain simplify the business environment for export? Can blockchain increase access to finance?
Learn about the blockchain pilot project implemented by the World Bank for small- and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs in Viet Nam.
27 February 2018
In Pakistan, the court focused the goals of the National Climate Change Policy 2010 to ensure that climate change is mainstreamed in the economically and socially vulnerable sectors of the economy; and to steer the country towards climate resilient development. The court established the Climate…
27 February 2018
While courts are necessary, they are not sufficient in the struggle for climate justice. Courts must recognize not only the limitations of the political branches and the private sector, but also their potential. They must work together with government and civil society to impel effective solutions…