ADB Sustainable Procurement Briefing Read more about ADB Sustainable Procurement Briefing This presentation gives an overview of ADB's Sustainable Public Procurement.
Southeast Asia Read more about Southeast Asia This presentation gives an overview of ADB's urban sector projects in Southeast Asia.
South Asia Read more about South Asia This presentation gives an overview of ADB's urban sector projects in South Asia.
Urban Sector Group Read more about Urban Sector Group This presentation gives an overview of ADB’s Strategy 2030 on Livable Cities and operational priority plans.
Virtual BOS Series 2022: Addressing the Future Challenges of Asian Cities Read more about Virtual BOS Series 2022: Addressing the Future Challenges of Asian Cities
Affordable Solutions for Vulnerable Communities Read more about Affordable Solutions for Vulnerable Communities Kate Landry, Build Change Philippines country director, and Daniel Stander, RMS global managing director, discussed risk models that allow estimate of lives lost and housing losses that would result from a large disaster, and which can quantify the lives saved and GDP saved that would result from strengthening vulnerable housing.
Kiseok Hong Keywords aging housing macroeconomics Read more about Kiseok Hong Kiseok Hong, a Professor of Economics and an Adjunct Professor at the Division of International Studies of Scranton College, teaches undergraduate / graduate macroeconomics and undergraduate financial economics. Professor Hong received his doctoral degree in Economics from Harvard University in 1996, with a thesis about household consumption and saving behavior. He has also worked as a researcher for the Korea Development Institute and a consultant for the Asian Development Bank.
Australian Economic Outlook Read more about Australian Economic Outlook Australia is enjoying its 25th straight year of economic growth. Risks could arise from increasing housing prices and household debt, and weak growth in wages and household incomes. Investment remains subdued, and growth is more reliant on government spending and net exports.
Adam Triggs Keywords debt export investment housing wages Read more about Adam Triggs Adam Triggs is the Director of Research at the Asian Bureau of Economic Research at the Crawford School of Public Policy. Formerly a visiting researcher at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
In-City Development: Lessons from Jaime Cardinal Sin Village in Sta. Ana, Manila Read more about In-City Development: Lessons from Jaime Cardinal Sin Village in Sta. Ana, Manila This video covers the Jaime Cardinal Sin Village urban housing project in Manila, Philippines. It also shares the mission and goals of the Jaime Cardinal Sin Learning Center. Sources of livelihood opportunities that sustain the operations of these two initiatives are also discussed.