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REGISTRATION: T7 Townhall on Prospects for T7 Development and T7-T20 Dynamics
Registration is open for an ADBI-Think7 (T7) townhall, to be held on the sidelines of the 2022 Think20 (T20) Summit in Bali, Indonesia and virtually on 6 September. The townhall will explore the outlook for T7, the think tank engagement group of the Group of 7 (G7) formally inaugurated during Germany’s 2022 G7 presidency and to convene in Japan under its 2023 G7 presidency. ADBI Dean Tetsushi Sonobe and senior T7 and T20 experts will discuss the emergence of T7, its purpose, and road ahead. They will explain how participation from researchers based outside the G7 and attention to developing country challenges can strengthen the T7 process and its impacts. They will also spotlight ways to optimize T7-T20 dynamics to better support G7 and G20 policy development. The discussion will be followed by an audience question and answer session.
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REGISTRATION: Authors to Discuss Prospects for G20-Led Creative Economy Revival
Registration is open for the launch event of a new ADBI Press book that explores how the Group of 20 (G20) and global partners could boost the post-COVID-19 creative economy, to be held alongside the Think20 (T20) Summit in Bali, Indonesia and virtually on 5 September. The authors of Creative Economy 2030: Imagining and Delivering a Robust, Creative, Inclusive, and Sustainable Recovery will discuss the outlook for this emerging yet pandemic-hit sector, which broadly encompasses knowledge-based economic activities underpinning the creative and cultural industries and bridging art, culture, technology, and business. They will explain the creative economy’s potential to build economic growth and opportunities for small firms and informal workers and viable options for global action. There will also be an audience question and answer session.
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ADBI Dean Meets Indonesia Finance Minister, Partners to Discuss Recovery Solutions
ADBI Dean Tetsushi Sonobe met Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in Jakarta during his 15-19 August visit to the country. They discussed how ADBI could further help Indonesia and developing Asia boost sustainable growth by providing targeted policy research and capacity building to recover COVID-19-induced learning loss. He also conferred with Suharti Sutar, Secretary General of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, on effective policy impact evaluations, and reaffirmed ADBI’s focus on Think20 (T20) with T20 Indonesia Executive Co-Chair Riatu Qibthiyyah. Dean Sonobe went on to visit Tanoto Foundation and junior secondary schools to observe the implementation of an ADBI high-tech high-touch research project.
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ADBI Expert Explains Keys to Mitigating Demographic-Related Economic Risks at APEC Policy Dialogue
ADBI’s Pitchaya Sirivunnabood highlighted effective policy strategies for addressing the economic impacts of increasing demographic change in Thailand and globally at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Health Working Group Policy Dialogue on Smart Families in Bangkok on 22 August. She stressed the importance of strengthening fiscal frameworks to ensure sufficient fiscal space and promote comprehensive public pension and healthcare scheme reform critical to achieving fiscal sustainability amid rapid demographic transition in Asia. Sirivunnabood also shared her insights with National News Bureau of Thailand’s (NBT) WORLD News THAILAND.
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REGISTRATION: Authors to Discuss Prospects for G20-Led Creative Economy Revival
A launch event for the new ADBI Press book Creative Economy 2030 will explore how the Group of 20 (G20) and global partners could boost this emerging sector after the COVID-19 crisis.
REGISTRATION: T7 Townhall on Prospects for T7 Development and T7-T20 Dynamics
Hosted by ADBI alongside the Think20 (T20) Summit in Bali and virtually, the townhall will explore the outlook for Think7 (T7), the think tank engagement group of the Group of 7 (G7).
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Global Engagement and Innovation Activities: The Case of Malaysian Manufacturing Firms
Australian National University Professor Jennifer Gordon on ADBI’s 25th Anniversary
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University of Tokyo Economics Professor Tetsuji Okazaki on ADBI’s 25th Anniversary
University of Tokyo professor Tetsuji Okazaki, an ADBI Advisory Council member, discusses ADBI’s policy support for Asia over the last 25 years and the road ahead.
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- Australian National University Professor Jennifer Gordon on ADBI’s 25th Anniversary
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Podcast
- What Asia tells us about government’s role in fueling private renewable energy investment
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