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18 April 2024
This event highlighted how the traditional way of charging road users based on fuel consumption will become obsolete, as more people switch to electric vehicles and other low-carbon modes, and how this leaves a funding gap for the road sector, requiring new systems that encourage green mobility…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office
17 April 2024
Water utilities were tasked with the challenge of collecting sufficient income to deliver an agreed or expected level of service to their customers while meeting the public good requirement to provide affordable water to all. This was increasingly difficult as peri-urban and informal settlements…
Organizer: Pacific Department
17 to 19 April 2024
The 4th Asia and the Pacific Youth Symposium (APYS4) is a social dialogue exchange that convenes governments, non-government organizations, youth, and other key stakeholders in development to discuss major and emerging climate issues in the region. These meaningful discussions ultimately revolve…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
17 April 2024
The new report, Sociocultural Dimensions in Water Resources Management: Policies, Practices, and Challenges, aims to promote the importance of incorporating sociocultural dimensions in water resources management, an underexplored aspect for achieving water security and climate resilience.
The…
Organizer: ADBI
16 April 2024
This session explored the evolving landscape of anti-bribery and corruption laws, global enforcement trends, and practical strategies for mitigating bribery and corruption risks within an organization.
Disclaimer: This event is part of a webinar series for correspondent banking counterparties…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, East Asia Department, Pacific Department, Southeast Asia Department
15 to 19 April 2024
ADB and the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) hosted the Asia Netherlands Water Learning Week (ANWLW) in The Hague, The Netherlands, on 15-19 April.
The ANWLW was a week-long intensive program that brought together project teams from across the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s developing member…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
11 April 2024
Growth in developing Asia will remain robust this year, while inflation continues to moderate. Strong domestic demand and a gradual recovery in goods exports underpin the positive outlook. But risks remain—from escalating conflict and geopolitical tensions, US monetary policy uncertainty,…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
10 April 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the Government of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (JMAFF), established the Expert Committee (EC), together with ASEAN participating countries such as the Philippines and Viet Nam and well-established research institutes…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
9 April 2024
This session explored the dynamic landscape of detecting and preventing financial crime through effective transaction monitoring strategies and delved into best practices for implementing robust transaction monitoring systems and interpreting alerts.
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, East Asia Department, Southeast Asia Department, Pacific Department
9 to 12 April 2024
The Asia and the Pacific Food Security Forum 2024 was held on 9-12 April 2024 in Manila, Philippines to discuss actions to ease a worsening food crisis in the region, and to improve long-term food security by strengthening food systems against the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office