Innovation Possible: Alternative Perspectives? Read more about Innovation Possible: Alternative Perspectives? ADB's Special Project Facilitator Jitendra Shah shares his experiences and provides examples on how to navigate and turn a task from total disaster to dream outcome. He explores some of the basic concepts on innovation and risk taking.
Innovation Possible: Alternative Perspectives? Read more about Innovation Possible: Alternative Perspectives? ADB’s Special Project Facilitator Jitendra Shah shared his views on what it would take for ADB as an institution to overcome obstacles to innovation. He explored the collective experience on attitudes to failing, perfectionism, and risk taking. This event is part of ADB's in-house Insight Thursday lecture series.
Asghar Ali Syed Keywords ADB Empowering Micro small and Medium Enterprises islamic finance Read more about Asghar Ali Syed Mr. Asghar Ali Syed is the Head of Corporate Procurement at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), bringing together a distinguished legal background with extensive expertise in global procurement and compliance. Asghar leads ADB’s central corporate procurement unit with a forward-looking, client-focused approach. He places strong emphasis on compliance, innovation, and continuous improvements in operational efficiency.
A History of Financial Management at ADB Read more about A History of Financial Management at ADB Philip Erquiaga, ADB's former director general of Private Sector Operations Department, discusses how Triple A rating and standalone strength have helped the institution effectively respond to various financial crises in the last 50 years. This video covers the full session of Insight Thursday, ADB's in-house knowledge sharing series.
A History of Financial Management at ADB Read more about A History of Financial Management at ADB In meeting the principal objective of financing economic and social development, ADB in the last 50 years have followed a financial management framework that ensures stand-alone strength and allows lending to low-income borrowers while maintaining a triple A rating.
A History of Financial Management at ADB Read more about A History of Financial Management at ADB ADB's former director general of Private Sector Operations Department Philip Erquiaga discussed how Triple A rating and standalone strength have helped the institution effectively respond to various financial crises. He provided an overview on how financial models and systems enabled increased sophistication in identifying and managing ADB's risks over the last 50 years. This event is part of ADB's in-house Insight Thursday lecture series.
Jaemin Nam Keywords ADB Urban Development water project implementation water supply sanitation Read more about Jaemin Nam Jaemin Nam is a Sector Project Administration Unit Head ‒ East, Central and West Asia Team at ADB’s Water and Urban Development (WUD) Sector Office. Over the past 25 years, he has processed and implemented WUD projects in South, Southeast, and Central West Asia within and outside ADB. His areas of expertise include water supply, sanitation, PPP, and long-term sustainability.
Public Transport Projects in Tbilisi Read more about Public Transport Projects in Tbilisi Neil Chadder of Cities Development Initiatives in Asia (CDIA) shares details of CDIA's work with the city government of Tbilisi in Georgia in improving its transport system. Through the implementation of two pre-feasibility studies, CDIA is targeting the restructuring and rationalizing of the bus network, conceptual studies for bus rapid transit and tram/light rail options for a selected corridor, and the preparation of a phased investment plan for modernization of the soviet-style Tbilisi metro system.
Status of Project Implementation and Completion Strategy Read more about Status of Project Implementation and Completion Strategy ADB's Mookiah Thiruchelvam shares updates on the Georgia Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program. The program aims to efficient and effective urban transport services with incentives and capacity to improve quality, reliability, accessibility, affordability, integration and coverage of transport services.