Katherine Miles

Katherine Miles is the gender consultant to the InsuResilience Gender Working Group and a technical expert on the gender dimensions of climate and disaster risk finance and insurance. Katherine co-authored research and guidance including Integrating Gender Considerations into Different Models of Climate Risk Insurance (CRI) and Applying a Gender Lens to Climate Risk Finance and Insurance on behalf of the InsuResilience Global Partnership.

Project Communications in Conflict Prevention

Stakeholders in Cambodia, Nepal, and Samoa who have been adversely affected by ADB-assisted projects mentioned communications or the lack of it as the main factor for their grievances. In these cases, simply providing information about the project was not enough. Communication processes needed to be tailored to respond to the needs of stakeholders to bring out critical issues for dialogue and resolution—especially for projects consisting of multiple players with diverse interests.

Railway Project in Cambodia

ADB supports several transportation projects in the region, including railroad projects in Cambodia. Issues were raised by concerned groups and civil society organizations. This presentation looks into the accountability mechanism of ADB, along with the effect to the communities as seen by civil society organizations.