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- By improving rural infrastructure and supporting farmers, the TSSD-AF is reducing rural poverty and increasing agricultural productivity while helping Cambodia adapt to climate change impacts.
- The TSSD-AF project addresses issues of low productivity, the pervasive use of low-quality rice seed, weak value chains, and the rice sector’s vulnerability to climate change in 270 communes in the Tonle Sap basin of Cambodia.
- The TSSD-AF project fosters community-driven development and enables farming families in the Tonle Sap Basin to generate higher incomes, helping to lift future generations out of poverty.
- This video summarizes the background, objective, and key project scopes (including JFPR grant and three ADB value additions) of the Pathways for Emerging Skills and Jobs Project in Bhutan.
- ADBI continues our collaboration with ADB and the City of Yokohama, to organize the 12th Asia Smart City Conference. As a part of the conference, the ADBI-ADB joint session will be conducted on the topic of City Management towards Achieving Carbon Neutrality in the context of smart cities development.
- The International Conference on Agriculture-Livestock-Forest Nexus Policies is a prestigious gathering of scholars, researchers, and policymakers dedicated to addressing critical issues at the intersection of agriculture, livestock, and forestry in Bhutan from all over Asia and the Pacific. This conference provides: • A platform for exchanging knowledge. • Presenting comparative data. • Exploring research-based theoretical papers that hold policy implications for Asia and beyond. Esteemed researchers will present their empirical and theoretical papers rooted in rigorous research exploring the policy implications for Asia. These papers aim to provide innovative solutions and insights that can shape the region's future policies. We will have: • Researchers in agriculture, livestock, and forestry. • Policymakers and government officials. • Academics and scholars. • Environmentalists and conservationists. • Students and young professionals interested in sustainability and policy • Last miles • International organizations
- The Bangladesh SASEC Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar Rail Project features innovative social and environment safeguard measures taken, including the construction of the world’s first elephant overpass.
- This event convened leaders from think tanks, international finance institutions, and philanthropies from across geopolitical and economic spheres to call on the world leaders to unite and take strategic concerted actions for rebooting the 2030 Agenda. Chairs of Think7 Japan and Think20 India, the think tank engagement group for the Group of Seven (G7) and Group of Twenty (G20), respectively, and the Rockefeller Foundation hosted an event in New York and online on the heels of the SDG 2023 Summit. The leading experts, including those from Africa, explored imperatives for mobilizing capital and developing capacity crucial to accelerate the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. This 1-day event also included a closed-door discussion among global think tankers to help greater coordination among the research community and strengthen their role in supporting global policy dialogues, including those at the G7 and G20.
- Kazakhstan's workforce is finding renewed hope and stability through skills training programs, new business opportunities in rural areas, and apprenticeship programs backed by the ADB-supported COVID-19 Solidarity Fund.
- Жители Казахстана обретают новую надежду и стабильность благодаря программам профессиональной подготовки, новым возможностям для бизнеса в сельской местности и программам стажировок, поддерживаемым АБР через Фонд солидарности COVID-19.
- How have Asia’s vulnerable fared in the face of the rise in the cost of living? Find out at a webinar on 24 August 2023, 9:00 a.m., Manila time
- This webinar will highlight key takeaways from a new special issue of the journal Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics on farmers’ organizations and sustainable development, coedited by Wanglin Ma, Marco Marini and ADBI’s Dil Rahut
- Hosted by ADBI, this webinar will highlight key takeaways from the Special Issue on “Rural and Agricultural Development in the Digital Age”, which is recently published in the Review of Development Economics (RDE) journal.
- Hosted by ADBI - this conference will feature new research that helps understand the barriers and drivers to farmers’ market access and discusses the impacts of farmers’ market access on farm economic performance, marketing performance, subjective and objective well-being, women empowerment, and sustainable food system transition in Asia.
- In an era of multiple crises including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the 2023 Asia-Pacific SDG Partnership Report focuses on solutions at the nexus of energy, food and finance that can accelerate progress towards the SDGs.
- The Partnership Report 2022: Driving Growth, Boosting Resilience features the joint work of ADB and its partners to strengthen resilience and enhance inclusive, sustainable development in the region. The report shares data, insights, and stories on projects, financing partners, and trust funds.
- This webinar will spotlight University of Waikato development economist and Asian Development Review Editor-in-Chief John Gibson, who will discuss growing evidence on the importance of secondary towns for poverty reduction.
- The convergence of multiple global crises is further jeopardizing Asia and the Pacific’s ability to achieve the SDGs by 2030, according to a report released today by ESCAP, ADB, and UNDP.
- Remarks by Woochong Um, ADB Managing Director General, at the Asia Pacific Forum for Sustainable Development, 27 March 2023.
- In an era of multiple crises including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the war in Ukraine the 2023 Asia-Pacific SDG Partnership Report focuses on solutions at the nexus of energy, food and finance that can accelerate progress towards the SDGs.