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Social Budgeting for Achieving the SDGs The Case of TimorLeste

17 May 2018
Social budgeting can help show how government revenues and expenditures relate to social protection measures. This presentation applies this concept to the case of Timor-Leste. It discusses the country's social protection gaps and its revenues. It presents options on how the country can bridge…

Closing Financial Gaps for Contributory Schemes

17 May 2018
This presentation shares the International Labour Organization's (ILO) two-dimensional approach for the extension of social security: the vertical and horizontal approach. The former progressively ensures higher levels protection while the latter guarantees access to essential health care and…

ADB Social Protection and the SDGs Emerging Challenges in Asia and the Pacific

17 May 2018
ADB Strategy 2030 envisions a prosperous, inclusive, sustainable, and resilient Asia. To realize this vision, developing member-countries (DMC) need to build their capacity to provide adequate social protection. ADB currently supports governments in developing systems and programs that will expand…

Information Technology Risk Management Information Security

17 May 2018
Information security remains a significant input into the overall assessment of a firm’s information technology environment. This presentation discusses the elements of an information security program, access and identity management, and incidence response and management.

Information Technology Risk Management Data Governance

17 May 2018
All institutions increasingly depend on system-generated information for decision-making and regulatory reporting. Assumptions by management and examiners that data provided by institution is always accurate, or lack of understanding of how the data is produced, may lead to major errors. It is…

Information Technology Risk Management Vendor Management

17 May 2018
The use of service providers to perform operational functions presents various risks to financial institutions. Some risks are inherent to the outsourced activity itself, whereas others are introduced with the involvement of a service provider. This presentation discusses the risks involved in…

The Social Protection Agenda of the SDGs and its Fiscal Challenge

17 May 2018
Asia's accelerated growth has pressed many goverments throughout the region to find resources to finance social protection programs. ADB has been assisting its developing member countries in this area. It has also helped them assess the fiscal challenges they face in meeting their social protection…

Financing Universal Health Coverage

17 May 2018
Financing universal health coverage carries a high price tag - about $600 billion for sixteen countries in Asia. Developing countries in the region must increase its health investments, raise its pooled funding, and reduce out-of-pocket health expenses to meet this health financing gap. If done,…

Closing the Social Protection Gap The Potential Contribution of Social Assistance

17 May 2018
Social assistance programs are valuable instruments that can help the marginalized cope with or even escape poverty. They can effectively ensure basic income security for impoverished children, adults, and the elderly. However, more needs to be done to ensure their wider coverage and adequacy,…

Information Technology Risk Cybersecurity

16 May 2018
Cybersecurity does not recognize borders and it is considered a dynamic risk. Hence, risk management is necessary to make sure that all information are protected, which is crucial for financial institutions.