Strengthening Governance and Institutional Capacity
Good governance and effective public management are essential for country and sector development. ADB’s message in its Asia 2050 report is clear—better governance across a range of dimensions and across Asia and the Pacific will determine whether a developing member country (DMC) can accelerate development and inclusive growth. But DMCs confront the challenges of designing sound policies amid the changing climate and economic and population landscapes. To adapt, DMCs need to strengthen their governance and institutional capacities to organize and mobilize governments and their institutions. The Capacity Building and Training Department is committed to strengthening the governance and institutional capacities of DMCs by tackling public management reforms and financial sustainability; and service delivery, capacity, and standards.
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ADBI-Toyo University Training Program on City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation Policy and Innovation in Asia: Focus on Japanese Experiences
This 12-day training program for select policy makers from developing Asia and experts will examine city-wide inclusive sanitation policy and innovation challenges and opportunities in the region. -
22nd OECD-ADBI Roundtable on Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia
The roundtable will examine strategies for strengthening financial resilience in Asia. -
Workshop on Sustainable Approaches to Post-Disaster Reconstruction
This workshop will examine post-disaster reconstruction and effective recovery mechanism design. -
T7Japanインセプション会議
The virtual Think7 (T7) Japan 2023 Inception Conference will mark the first meeting of the Group of 7’s (G7) think tank engagement group the T7 hosted by the Asian Development Bank Institute as part of Japan’s 2023 G7 presidency. -
T7 Japan 2023 Inception Conference
The virtual Think7 (T7) Japan 2023 Inception Conference will mark the first meeting of the Group of 7’s (G7) think tank engagement group the T7 hosted by the Asian Development Bank Institute as part of Japan’s 2023 G7 presidency. -
2022 ADBI-OECD Symposium on Digitalization and Finance in Asia
Cohosted by ADBI and OECD, this symposium will bring together senior policy makers and experts to examine recent developments in financial technology use and policy imperatives for harnessing the socioeconomic benefits. -
2022亚洲开发银行学院(ADBI)年会: 在风险和不确定性中构建有韧性的全球供应链
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2022 ADBI Annual Conference: Fostering Resilient Global Supply Chains Amid Risk and Uncertainty
The virtual 2022 ADBI Annual Conference will focus on fostering resilient global supply chains. -
2022年ADBI年次総会: リスクと不確実性の中での強靭なグローバルサプライチェーンの構築
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Ежегодная конференция ИАБР 2022: Создание устойчивых глобальных цепочек поставок в условиях риска и неопределенности
Повестка дня Нажмите для просмотра Время мероприятия 28 ноября 2022 г.: 11:50–17:45 по времени Токио 29 ноября 2022 г.: 08:50–17:55 по времени Токио 30 ноября 2022 г.: 08:50–17:00 по времени Токио
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Conflict Resolution: The Way Forward
Conflict resolution is an integral part of social justice and social transformation. -
Planning and Capacity Building for High-Speed Rail Development in India: Five Key Lessons
Rapid urbanization, coupled with a rising population and economic growth, has created a surge in transportation demand in India. -
Promoting Entrepreneurship in Bhutan
The life of an entrepreneur in Bhutan is a constant struggle—from starting a business to keeping it going. -
Healthy Urban Rivers as a Panacea to Pandemic-Related Stress: How to Manage Urban Rivers
The efficient management of urban rivers is strongly correlated with crisis management during pandemics. -
ICT, Online Search Behavior, and Remittances: Evidence from the Kyrgyz Republic
Information and communication technology has supported and accelerated the growth of the global economy in unprecedented ways. -
Cambodia’s Cash Transfer Program during COVID-19
The livelihoods of many beneficiary households have improved as a result of the cash transfer program in Cambodia. -
Strengthening Active Labor Market Policies to Drive an Inclusive Recovery in Asia
Active labor market policies can enhance the income-generating potential of the unemployed or underemployed and accelerate inclusive recovery after the pandemic. -
Tackling Unequal Access to Digital Education in Viet Nam during the COVID-19 Pandemic
In 2019–2021, about 1.5 million students in Viet Nam did not have access to online education. -
Financing Climate Targets: A Study of Select G20 Countries
Countries will need significant financial resources to face climate-induced events and transition to a low-carbon economy. -
The Emerging Era of Digital Identities: Challenges and Opportunities for the G20
Digital identities have become popular worldwide due to their potential to improve the efficiency, functionality, scalability, and coverage of government schemes and policies.
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The number of COVID-19 cases in many Asian developing countries is surprisingly low, but this may simply reflect inadequate levels of testing. The high correlation between rates of testing and per capita GDP strongly suggests that lower-income countries face a number of barriers to carrying out adequate testing.
Medical experts and institutions tell us that a critical but simple lifesaving action to reduce vulnerability to COVID-19 is literally in our own hands—regular handwashing with soap. Public awareness efforts underscore the need for greater behavioral compliance.
Unimaginable setbacks to Japan nine years ago from the triple disasters of the earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima emergency were used to pioneer new approaches to regional development and integrated reconstruction to build back better, safer, and greener.
The scale of investments in high-speed rail (HSR) raises questions about the most appropriate methods of appraisal. Increasingly the reliance on conventional cost–benefit analysis, based essentially on the direct benefits to users and the direct costs to operators, has been questioned.
The recent surge of interest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments has brought with it closer scrutiny of the way in which ESG factors are evaluated as conditions before an investment can be categorized as such. Environmental factors have been receiving a lion’s share of the attention in these investments, which have been riding on the institutional clout lent unto them by green growth.
The rapid success of modern platforms is a testament to their ability to scale efficiently to the needs of many while providing an undeniable and significant advantage over the older methods that had so far dominated value exchanges. Powered by the public Internet and robust local connectivity, digital platforms rose to the challenge of developing newer, more efficient alternatives in their respective focus areas.
Digitalization has transformed the global economy and had significant impacts on Asia and the Pacific, home to some of the world’s biggest and most advanced e-commerce markets, such as the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, and the Republic of Korea (Asian Development Bank and United Nations ESCAP 2018).
“Over-the-top” (OTT) service providers are referred to as so because they allegedly ride exclusively on top of the infrastructure laid by telecommunications service providers.
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Labor Migration in Asia: Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis and the Post-Pandemic Future
Labor Migration in Asia: Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis and the Post-Pandemic Future analyzes labor migration trends in Asia and puts them in the context of economic and policy developments and the changes wrought by the pandemic. -
Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure
Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure offers valuable guidance for policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and others interested in Asian infrastructure growth and related social protection needs of vulnerable communities.