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- This online workshop for select policy makers from Asia and the Pacific aims to convey messages on best practices and innovative approaches for long term financing of the water and sanitation sector, using PPP model in a local context.
- Episode 4 of the Webinar Series on the Economics of Climate Change will highlight the value of nature, which is too often unpriced or undervalued. It will also focus on actions policy makers can take to reverse this trend, restore natural capital, and support ‘nature-positive’ investments. Through examples from across the region and beyond, experts will explore various economic tools, market-based instruments, and other solutions available to stop natural capital degradation.
- Effective waste management poses a critical challenge for developing nations, particularly in urban areas, where the burden of managing exponentially increasing waste generation is felt.
- This guidance note explains why countries in Asia and the Pacific should use technology including remote sensing and artificial intelligence to reform property tax management and help strengthen public finances.
- Access to safe and affordable water and sanitation is essential for a city to thrive, be livable, and be inclusive. This requirement aligns with Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
- This international conference aims to draw lessons about effective policy responses to maintain economic stability and growth in Asian developing and emerging economies, with a special emphasis on economic, business, and wellbeing issues in the course of recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as in response to geopolitical turbulence and shocks around the world.
- The technical assistance (TA) aimed to improve small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) diversification and competitiveness in the Republic of Tajikistan. Specifically, the TA envisaged two outputs: (i) a comparative review of SMEs’ urban policies in Dushanbe and Kurgan Teppa (renamed to Bokhtar), and (ii) capacity building of government capacity and system on integrated SMEs development.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is less than successful.
- The technical assistance (TA) aimed to develop the legal, regulatory, and institutional frameworks needed to introduce a supplementary private pension scheme in Mongolia. It was to address the need to build consumer confidence through a complete and readily accessible system for consumer protection and redress, as well as public awareness campaigns.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is successful.
- The project aimed to finance social protection measures to mitigate the socioeconomic impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The project applied shock-responsive social protection principles to temporarily expand food support and cash transfers, using the targeting and delivery systems of the two established national social assistance programs—child money program (CMP) and food stamp program (FSP).This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Highly successful.
- This guide shows how using gender budgeting to weave gender-related targets into fiscal policies and public financial management can reduce inequality and drive stronger and more stable economic growth in Asia and the Pacific.
- Data and statistics on work and employment are important in shaping public policy.
- This report explains why strengthening the governance around public investment management is central to cutting inefficiencies and unblocking the climate finance needed to narrow Asia and the Pacific’s gaping infrastructure gap.
- The effectiveness of government policies is greatly influenced by people’s trust in state and political institutions.
- The project helped the government implement and expand its social protection reform agenda, especially the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)—conditional cash transfer (CCT) program—and the national household targeting system for poverty reduction. The envisaged impact was reduced income poverty and non-income poverty. The outcome was increased household consumption and use of education and health services among poor households and women beneficiaries of the 4Ps.
- The program was designed to align directly with the three elements of the Countercyclical Development Expenditure Program (CDEP), which included measures to (i) protect public health, (ii) support the citizens , and (iii) support vulnerable businesses and provide fiscal stimulus. The anticipated program outcome was to have the negative health and economic effects of the COVID-19 crisis on vulnerable groups mitigated.This report validates the completion report of the program. IED overall assessment: Successful.
- The program was designed to support the government’s immediate priorities, which were to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus and mitigate its immediate economic and social effects. Based on the design and monitoring framework (DMF) in the report and recommendation of the President (RRP), the program’s intended impact was aligned with the government’s program to mitigate the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on the population’s health, incomes, and economic opportunities, as well as macroeconomic stability.
- The Second Roundtable of the ADBI-ADB Asian Climate Finance Dialogue will build upon discussions from the First Roundtable, which was held virtually on 20 November 2023. It will cover (i) the importance of climate-related disclosure with a focus on regional trends in compliance/preparation for the adoption of ISSB standards and (ii) the challenges associated with the monitoring and tracking of Scope 3 emissions, including reporting. Representatives from each jurisdiction will also provide updates on the implementation of climate-related disclosure and ISSB Standards and progress being made to measure Scope 3 emissions. Sessions will facilitate policy dialogue and sharing of good practices, challenges, and opportunities among the participants.
- For centuries, humanity has exploited Earth’s natural resources, and, for the most part, has been aware of the ensuing global impacts such as climate change, biodiversity loss, disrupted ecosystems, land degradation, and public health emergencies, including novel pandemics.
- Recognizing the value of nature is crucial in fostering healthy and resilient ecosystems—essential for ensuring the long-term well-being of the ever-growing global population.
- Although GDP is an important indicator that reveals the economic performance and income growth of a nation, it fails to indicate how natural resources have been utilized to achieve such growth.