ADB Perspectives on Smart City Read more about ADB Perspectives on Smart City Project officers of ADB who are supporting the development of various smart cities projects share their experiences and updates in this presentation. As no universal definition exists for smart city, the commonalities identified from ADB’s smart cities projects were used as a starting point for creating one.
Citizen Satisfaction Index: Pakistan Read more about Citizen Satisfaction Index: Pakistan A survey that identifies areas and cities in Pakistan where services are deficient and fall short of citizens’ satisfaction was designed by the Ministry of Planning Development and Reform in collaboration with UNDP Pakistan. Named as Citizen Satisfaction Index, the initiative provides periodic insights through a publicly-disclosed feedback loop for governance and service delivery and creates an accountability regime by encouraging public pressure and comparison.
Pacific, Climate Change, and State-Owned Enterprises Read more about Pacific, Climate Change, and State-Owned Enterprises State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the Pacific provide core public infrastructure services but its support of climate change adaptation has seen a number of challenges. This presentation discusses ADB’s Green Climate Fund Financing and how it helps leverage private sector involvement with climate financing in SOEs in the Pacific.
ADB's Governance Thematic Group Read more about ADB's Governance Thematic Group Governance is one of ADB’s eight thematic groups that aims to leverage technical expertise on governance- and public sector management-related issues. The Governance Group’s mandate is to help ADB’s developing member countries improve development results by investing in public sector reforms and supporting improved performance of institutions; supporting identification and mitigation of governance risks in ADB operations; and focusing on capacity development.
Transforming Leadership: Women, Men, Power and Potential Read more about Transforming Leadership: Women, Men, Power and Potential A multi-stakeholder dialogue process, this learning event engaged the participants in creating a safe learning environment to explore one another’s perspectives, to look at their leadership challenges in new ways, to reflect, and to be inspired. The Tokyo Lab is the third and final face-to-face session with participants who began the leadership journey in the Cambodia Lab in November 2016 and the Berlin Lab in March 2017.
Paul Kent Keywords economics innovation policy and regulatory instruments fiscal incentives governance Read more about Paul Kent Paul is an economist with over 18 years of experience in Australia, the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has previously worked as an economist with the Australian Government and also been based in Beijing between 2000 and 2004 and Hong Kong, China from 2008 to 2012. He is currently based in Singapore since 2013 where he leads KPMG Singapore’s Economic and Regulation practice, a team of economic, policy, and regulatory professionals.
ADB-ADBI Forum on Governance and Institutions: Practical Lessons on Governance and Service Delivery for Subnational Governments Read more about ADB-ADBI Forum on Governance and Institutions: Practical Lessons on Governance and Service Delivery for Subnational Governments The Governance Thematic Group of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) jointly organized the 2017 Forum on Governance and Institutions in partnership with the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) and Korea Local Information Research & Development Institute (KLID), on 9-11 August 2017 in Seoul, Korea. This year’s topic was “Governance and Service Delivery: Practical Lessons for Subnational Governments.”
Event Report Read more about Event Report This report summarizes the event proceedings of the Learning Event on Localizing Global Agendas held at the ADB headquarters on 27–29 September 2016 jointly organized by the Governance Thematic Group of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Development Partners Network on Decentralisation and Local Governance (DeLoG). The event aimed to explore current approaches by countries in the Asia-Pacific region and by development partners for localizing the global agendas and for ensuring the role of subnational governments in urban development and climate change activities.