Knowledge: What Our Stakeholders Really Want

ADB's Carolyn Dedolph Cabrera, Andrea Stojanov, and Patrick Vermeij shared what stakeholders say is most important to them when interacting with ADB, both now and in the future. The Knowledge Portal Team at ADB shared the exciting results from the recent Top Task Survey. The discussion focused on how to better share ADB’s knowledge by prioritizing what it does—and what it stops doing.

This event is part of ADB's in-house Insight Thursday lecture series.​

Interview Video - Complicated, Multifaceted, Communication in Post Conflict Myanmar

Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Lainie Thomas and James Leather explain ADB’s involvement in the Eindu to Kawkareik Road Improvement project in Myanmar, and the different communication approaches that were adopted in light of its post-conflict situation. Both experts share key lessons learned from the project that should be considered valuable to communications in similar contexts.

Session Video - Complicated, Multifaceted, Communication in Post Conflict Myanmar

Asian Development Bank’s James Leather and Lainie Thomas explain the importance of communication to the Eindu to Kawkareik Road Improvement project in Myanmar. The discussion centers on the communications plan—how it was conceived and developed, how it is to be implemented, and how to ensure its sustainability as the project moves forward.

Complicated, Multifaceted, Communication in Post-conflict Myanmar

This learning event showcased the communication and participation planning processes brought about by ADB's Greater Mekong Subregion East West Economic Corridor Eindu to Kawkareik Road Improvement project to reach out to stakeholders in Myanmar, a newly-emerging democracy. Communication strategies were customized for ethnic minorities with histories of opposition and mistrust of development programs.