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Financing Plastic Circularity: Recommendations to Overcome Market and Policy Challenges (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 35)

26 February 2025
With the massive scale of the plastic pollution crisis, countries need an estimated $50 billion–$120 billion annually to achieve their waste reduction goals. Asia and the Pacific is at the epicenter of global plastic pollution, yet the region accounts for only 8% of plastic circularity…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Digital Transformation in the Tax Area: Shaping the Future of Compliance and Governance

20 to 21 February 2025
Venue: Auditorium Halls 1–2, ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines Logistics: All sessions will be conducted in English. How to register: By invitation only Background: ADB and the Vienna University Global Tax Policy Center (WU) will hold the Digital Economy Taxation (DET)…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Publication Launch Webinar: A Comparative Analysis of Tax Administration in Asia and the Pacific (8th Edition)

10 February 2025
Domestic Resource Mobilization remains a top priority for many economies in Asia and the Pacific. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many revenue bodies have reestablished and rebuilt administrative systems to urgently restore government tax revenue flows disrupted by the pandemic. The eighth…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Driving Power Sector Reforms for Enhanced Renewable Energy Growth and Sector Performance

30 January 2025
The “Serendipity Knowledge Program” (SKOP) was ADB’s knowledge program dedicated to Sri Lanka, designed to respond effectively to the country’s needs. It aligned with ADB's vision as a knowledge solutions bank. SKOP sought to share knowledge on issues relevant to Sri Lanka and facilitate…
Organizer: South Asia Department

ADB Data Room: Safeguard Policy Review and Update

30 January 2025
Environmental and Social Framework Approved by ADB’s Board of Directors in 22 November 2024, the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) builds on the findings and recommendations of ADB’s corporate evaluation of its 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), detailed analytical studies, and…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards

Enhancing Domestic Resource Mobilization

4 December 2024
The Asia Pacific Tax Hub, in collaboration with Development Partners, Multilateral Financial Institutions, and other ADB Regional Departments is working to strengthen Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) and International Tax Cooperation (ITC) thereby supporting development member countries’ (DMCs…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Webinar: Countering Tax Treaty Abuse through the Principal Purpose Test

5 November 2024
In 2015, the OECD released its final report on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Action 6. Among several new rules, the report introduced the Principal Purpose Test (PPT), as a minimum standard, the counter tax treaty abuse. Since then, the PPT has been incorporated in more than 1,000 tax…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

AIxADB: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Development

4 to 8 November 2024
AIxADB serves as a platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange to explore cutting-edge solutions, learn from successful case studies, identify pilots for implementation under the ADB AI Sandbox Program, and support DMCs to manage the transition for AI adoption through policies, skilling, and…
Organizer: Information Technology Department, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

SECURE Webinar 18: Blueprints to Breakthroughs: Enhancing Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystems in DMCs

24 October 2024
The SECURE Webinar 18 is a collaboration with ADB’s Human and Social Development Office’s Solutions Development Working Group on Health Systems Strengthening (HSD-SDWG HSS), focusing on vaccine manufacturing and regulatory ecosystems. This 90-minute virtual event spotlighted ADB's initiatives to…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Southeast Asia Department

2024 Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Seminar: Government Incentives for Corporate Anti-Corruption Compliance

25 to 27 September 2024
ADB and OECD, co-secretariats of the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific (ACI), in collaboration with the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bhutan and the Royal Government of Bhutan, held the 2024 ACI regional seminar on 25-27 September 2024, in Thimphu, Bhutan. The seminar focused on…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity