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Description

Asian Impact is a webinar series that showcases ADB’s research work and informs debate on critical policy issues in Asia. ADB experts, noted academics, frontline policy makers, and others will provide their insights through engaging panel discussions and stimulating research seminars. Join us for an evidence-based exploration of Asia’s continuing economic transformation and the risks that the region faces.

Who is the series for

This series is primarily for policy makers in Asia and the Pacific; researchers from universities and think tanks; members of the international development community as well as anyone with an interest in the topic.

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Recent Technological Advances in ASEAN+3 Financial Market Infrastructure

23 June 2022, Online via Zoom, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Manila time (GMT +8)

Description

Financial markets in East and Southeast Asia have become increasingly sophisticated and interlinked over the last two decades. A panel of experts will discuss six new technologies that are helping financial market infrastructure evolve to meet the challenges of the digital age. The experts will consider the extent that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus the People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea—collectively known as ASEAN+3—have applied these new technologies to their systematically important financial market infrastructures such as central securities depositories and central banks.

Objectives

Webinar attendees will have the chance to engage with the speakers and:

  • Learn about new technologies being applied to financial market infrastructure
  • Understand the status of technology adoption by key financial market infrastructures in the ASEAN+3 region
  • Discuss digital transformation in financial markets and its future implications

How to register

Registration is closed.

Resource speakers

Webinar host and presenter

Byung Wook Ahn

Byung Wook Ahn
Financial Sector Specialist
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank

Moderator

Pin Hsuan Wu

Pin Hsuan Wu
Financial Sector Specialist
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank

Panelists

Boon-Hiong Chan

Boon-Hiong Chan
Head of Securities Market and Technology Advocacy APAC Securities Services
Deutsche Bank

Bénédicte Nolens

Bénédicte Nolens
Centre Head
Hong Kong Centre
BIS Innovation Hub

Satoru Yamadera

Satoru Yamadera
Advisor
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank

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Mobilizing Taxes for Development in Asia

6 June 2022, Online via Zoom, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Manila time (GMT +8)

Description

Developing Asia has vast public spending needs to build a more inclusive, sustainable future for the region. How can authorities mobilize sufficient tax revenues fairly while still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic? The panelists will share their thoughts on the challenges, distributional consequences, how to support effective tax mobilization, and the emerging issues of gender and taxation, local government finance, and resource revenues facing developing economies in Asia.

Objectives

Attendees will engage with the panelists to:

  • Understand how the extent and nature of developing Asia’s revenue mobilization compares with other regions
  • Explore various means through which the region can mobilize additional revenues
  • Discuss lessons from successful revenue reform episodes

How to register

Registration is closed.

Resource speakers

Webinar host and presenter

Donghyun Park

Donghyun Park
Advisor
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank

Moderator

Yuho Myoda

Yuho Myoda
Economist
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank

Panelists

Sanjay Grover

Sanjay Grover
Senior Public-Private Partnership Specialist
Office of Public–Private Partnership
Asian Development Bank

Hannelore Niesten

Hannelore Niesten
Consultant, International Taxation Expert
Asian Development Bank

Marcel Schröder

Marcel Schröder
Economist
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank

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Building Resilience with Social Protection in Time of Crisis

26 May 2022, Online via Zoom, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Manila time (GMT +8)

Description

Does varying the delivery of social protection and poverty reduction interventions entail a trade-off between cost and impact? This webinar introduces impact evaluation results from an economic inclusion pilot called the graduation approach that combines social protection, livelihoods development, financial inclusion, and social empowerment. This innovative program helps poor households break the cycle of poverty through varied group-based interventions including asset transfers and coaching.

Objectives

Webinar attendees will have the chance to engage with the speakers and:

  • Learn factors that determine the optimal coaching model in social protection for economic inclusion programs 
  • Understand three program variations to test the relative performance and cost-effectiveness
  • Offer insights for governments looking to scale up social protection for economic inclusion programs in a cost-effective manner

How to register

Registration is closed.

Resource speakers

Webinar host and panelist

Albert Park

Albert Park
Chief Economist and Director General
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank

Presenter

Emily Beam

Emily Beam
Assistant Professor
University of Vermont

Moderator

Wendy Walker

Wendy Walker
Chief of Social Development Thematic Group
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
Asian Development Bank

Panelists

Aniceto Orbeta

Aniceto Orbeta
President
Philippine Institute for Development

Lauren Whitehead

Lauren Whitehead
Chief Technical Specialist
UN Women Generation Equality Action Coalitions

Background material

Entrepreneurial Resilience During COVID-19

6 May 2022, Online, 4:00-5:00 p.m., Manila time (GMT +8)

Description

Entrepreneurial firms are important enablers of economic resilience during crises. In this webinar, experts share insights from a 2-year longitudinal study from four Asian countries and the UK on how entrepreneurs can build entrepreneurial resilience in their businesses. In addition, they discuss how policymakers can facilitate and harness entrepreneurial resilience for greater economic resilience.

Objectives

Webinar attendees will have the chance to engage with the speakers and:

  • Learn about the determinants of entrepreneurial resilience during crises
  • Understand the role of entrepreneurial resilience in overall economic resilience
  • Be aware of what policymakers can do to help entrepreneurs withstand big shocks.

How to register

Registration is closed.

Resource speakers

Webinar host and moderator

Yothin Jinjarak

Yothin Jinjarak
Senior Economist
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank

Panelists

Erkko Autio

Erkko Autio
Professor in Technology Venturing and Entrepreneurship
Imperial College Business School, London, UK

Raymund Habaradas

Raymund Habaradas
Professor and Ambassador Ramon V. del Rosario Chair in Entrepreneurship
Department of Management and Organization
De La Salle University, Philippines

Onyaglanu Idoko

Onyaglanu Idoko
Lecturer
Institute for Global Prosperity
University College London, UK

Yuki Xueqi Yuan

Yuki Xueqi Yuan
Doctoral Candidate
Imperial College Business School
London, UK

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Asian Development Outlook 2022 Launch

6 April 2022, Online via Zoom, 1:00-2:00 p.m., Manila time (GMT+8)

Description

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has heightened uncertainty and rattled commodity markets, even as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Recovery in developing Asia continues, but it now faces significant global headwinds—even as many economies still lag behind their pre-pandemic trends. The Asian Development Outlook 2022 sheds light on these developments and the region’s outlook.

Objectives

Webinar attendees will have the chance to engage with the speakers and:

  • Learn about the strength and drivers of recoveries across the region
  • Understand the key risks weighing on the region’s outlook
  • Obtain insights on policy responses, and potential long-term effects of the global headwinds, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Fed tightening, and the COVID-19 pandemic

How to register

Registration is closed.

Resource speakers

Webinar host and presenter

Abdul Abiad

Abdul Abiad
Director of Macroeconomics Research
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank

Moderator

Shu Tian

Shu Tian
Senior Economist
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank

Panelists

Matteo Lanzafame

Matteo Lanzafame
Senior Economist
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank

Kenji Takamiya

Kenji Takamiya
Principal Economist
Central and West Asia Department
Asian Development Bank

Dulce Zara

Dulce Zara
Senior Regional Cooperation Officer
Southeast Asia Department
Asian Development Bank

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