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Preventing Early Marriage in Bondowoso East Java

28 April 2016
Maternal mortality and teenage pregnancy occur significantly more frequently in Indonesia than in neighboring Asia-Pacific countries. It is estimated that 48 of every 1,000 live births in Indonesia in 2015 was to a teenage mother. Teenage pregnancy is also one of the driving causes of maternal…

ADBs Work on Governance and Public Sector Management Partnering Possibilities with Local Academic Insitutions

27 April 2016
This presentation focuses on Asian Development Bank's governance operations and how the local academic institutions can contribute to crafting innovative knowledge solutions that deliver effective and sustainable results.

Forging Strategic Knowledge Partnerships

27 April 2016
Partnerships between ADB and the academe may just yield more innovative and sustainable knowledge solutions for the Asia-Pacific region. Knowledge partnerships are critical for increasing ADB's development effectiveness, and the knowledge partnership agreement is a new modality that helps foster…

Roundtable for Knowledge Partnerships Opportunities in the Education Sector

27 April 2016
This presentation focuses on Asian Development Bank's education operations. It shares possible ways on how local academic institutions can contribute to crafting innovative knowledge solutions that deliver effective and sustainable results.

Economic Effects of Infrastructure and Governance of Infrastructure

27 April 2016
This presentation shares cases that demonstrate the economic effects of infrastructure and gives a snapshot of the governance of infrastructure. It also initiates discussion on how the knowledge and expertise of local academic institution can be tapped to craft knowledge solutions that can benefit…

Input on the Knowledge Portal

27 April 2016
Development Asia is a new portal that offers easy-to-digest content for online users. It also aims to build and expand online communities to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing.

SOL Land and Titles Amendment Act 2016

27 April 2016
This document contains details of an Act to amend the Land and Titles Act (Cap.133) to provide a right to resume certain fixed term estates. Disclaimer The legal instruments provided on this website are only those used as bases for the relevant equivalence assessments and are not guaranteed to be…

Bangladesh We Have Not Forgotten You Unusual Partnerships for Prisoners

26 April 2016
Officials from several ministries, the Prison Directorate, and the Bangladesh Police have undertaken a number of visits abroad to observe first-hand how other countries organise their criminal justice systems. Recommendations were developed based on the learnings from the trips and possible reform…

Sri Lanka Road Investments Building and Maintaining Trust and Partnership

26 April 2016
A Multitranche Financing Facility (MFF) by ADB of $800 million to the road sector in Sri Lanka is the culmination of a development towards an approach where development partners align to the government policy framework. As an essential part of this development of a close and trustful partnership,…

Matching Skills and Labour Markets in Sri Lanka ResultsBased Lending as Reform Vehicle

26 April 2016
The technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector in Sri Lanka is reforming at sector level because of strong early champions in the Ministry of Finance and Planning (MoFP) and, subsequently, change agents at sector level with strong network and knowledge both about the MoFP and the…