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Event 3: Build Back Better Sector Dialogue: Power

28 January 2025
The third webinar explored good practice solutions, considerations, and lessons learned for building back better power systems, featuring a case study of the recovery and reconstruction of Tonga's power network following Cyclone Gita.
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Climate Change Perceptions in Asia

16 January 2025
Public perceptions can play a key role in either driving or hindering reform efforts. For the Asia-Pacific Climate Report 2024, ADB surveyed about 13,500 residents across 14 Asian economies. The survey aimed to understand public views on climate change, awareness of government actions,…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Event 2: Build Back Better Sector Dialogue: Transport

17 December 2024
The second webinar explored good practice solutions, considerations, and lessons learned for building back better in the transport sector, featuring a Palu Bay Port masterplan and reconstruction case study.
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Designing Competition Policy for Economic Development

16 December 2024
In this joint webinar of the Asian Impact Webinars and Competition Policy Dialogues, we examined the critical role of competition policy in national economic development. Drawing from the findings of the book Designing Competition Policy for Economic Development in Asia and the Pacific, speakers…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Unveiling Insights from the Indonesia Longitudinal Ageing Survey (ILAS) 2023

13 December 2024
Indonesia Longitudinal Ageing Survey (ILAS) 2023 is the first survey in Indonesia to provide representative and comprehensive information on the demographics, social and economic conditions, health status, and living environment of current and future cohorts of older people. The webinar presented…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Event 1: Build Back Better Sector Dialogue: Cross-cutting Themes

12 December 2024
This introductory webinar explored the principles and crosscutting measures likely relevant to any post-disaster recovery and reconstruction project, regardless of sector. This included governance arrangements, risk assessment, early warning systems, land-use planning, design standards, capacity…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

ADB Build Back Better Sector Dialogues

12 December 2024 to 31 March 2025
When a disaster occurs, timely support for recovery and reconstruction efforts is critical to minimize potential long-term setbacks to sustainable and inclusive socioeconomic development. The ADB Build Back Better Sector Dialogues aim to share regional voices, stories, ideas, and lessons learned…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Enhancing MSME Development in Timor-Leste

5 December 2024
ADB conducted a business mapping survey in cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Timor-Leste in July 2024 to help design a feasible national MSME development policy as part of ADB support for the Government of Timor-Leste in its accession to ASEAN. Growth momentum in Timor-…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

From Recommendations to Action: Insurable Infrastructure Solutions in the Pacific

2 to 3 December 2024
Background Contractors tendering for Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) partner projects in the Pacific Island countries (PICs) are struggling to access the insurances and related risk engineering services required to deliver quality construction infrastructure projects funded by donors…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Asia-Pacific Climate Report 2024 Launch

31 October 2024
To support developing Asia and the Pacific in combating climate change through policy reforms, the Asian Development Bank launched a new knowledge series: the Asia-Pacific Climate Report. This inaugural issue offered an overview of the region’s evolving climate landscape, including updated…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department