Knowledge Showcases

Information and Communication Technology for Prosperity

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 23:24:00 +0000

Because the challenges of the 21st century are daunting, the Sustainable Development Goals aim for change at the level of the planet, a veritable seismic shift. Information and communication technology provides the most powerful tool yet: properly deployed, directed, and extended, it can be a tool for common good and accelerate action on the global goals.

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Information and Communication Technology for the Planet

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 23:23:00 +0000

Information and Communication Technology for People

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 23:22:00 +0000

Information and Communication Technology for Peace and Partnership

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 23:20:00 +0000

How Information and Communication Technology Can Fast-Track Development

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 23:13:00 +0000

Technology is never a solution per se: informed by needs, ICT must deliver context-appropriate solutions framed by infrastructure—first and foremost, requisite institutional structure and capacity, a reform-oriented mindset, necessary skills and expertise, appropriate business models, and enabling policy and regulatory environments. Once these prerequisites are at hand or in train, there is great scope for the deployment of e-services and applications across the sectors and themes that development assistance aims to impact.

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Leveraging Information and Communication Technology for Development

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:50:00 +0000

Information and communication technology has grown into one of the most powerful forces shaping the 21st century. But, its digital dividends are unevenly distributed because many are still left out of one of the greatest revolutions in history. The work plan of ADB's Thematic Advisory Service Cluster aims to identify ICT options in ADB's operations, diversify ICT portfolios in ADB's operations, develop ADB's capacity for ICT operations, and leverage knowledge partnerships in ICT.

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Training for Internal Auditors in the Public Sector: An Alternative Approach for State Internal Auditors

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:46:00 +0000

This Knowledge Showcase discusses Slovenia's program for Training of Internal Auditors in the Public Sector: how the program began, the challenges it faced, and their results.

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Deploying Mobile and Branchless Banking in Bhutan

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:43:00 +0000

Technology that allows banks to operate at distance can overcome the high cost of serving remote rural areas and extend financial inclusion. In 2015, with help from ADB, Bhutan moved to deploy mobile and branchless banking across the country.

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Instituting e-Government Procurement in Nepal

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:37:00 +0000

e-Government procurement enhances transparency and compliance, increases performance and quality, and furthers economic development. In 2013, with help from ADB, Nepal launched ambitious and transformational reforms to develop its e-GP system.

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Opportunities for Internal Audit Capacity Development

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 02:47:00 +0000

An internal audit function is intrinsic for sound governance and accountability where public sector institutions can rely on internal audits to provide oversight and assurance over operations, delivery of services, and use of public funds.

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Ramping Up Results-Based Management in the Philippines

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 02:47:00 +0000

At the country level, results-based management is best introduced as part of a larger public sector reform program, impelled by the government for any number of possible reasons.

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Tax Administration Reforms in the Maldives

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:06:00 +0000

Taxes provide the funding that makes it possible for government to function. In 2009, with help from ADB, the Maldives launched ambitious and transformational reforms toward modern taxation.

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Building Modern Land Administration Systems

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 05:53:00 +0000

Good land administration depends on data and information about land and property, compiled in ways that promote confidence between the public, its commercial enterprises, and government.

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Highway in the Mountains - The Western Yunnan Roads Development Project

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 05:47:00 +0000

This issue features the Western Yunnan Roads Development project in the People's Republic of China, which was launched to connect the rural, mountainous areas of Western Yunnan to PRC's regional centers, as well as to the GMS.

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Quickening e-Governance in Myanmar

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:19:00 +0000

E-governance is a potent enabler of effective, transparent, and accountable institutions and also raises the level of participation available to citizens in the governance process—all essential if Myanmar is to assure a prosperous future.

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Knowledge Database Helps Policy Makers Identify and Assess Toxic Waste Hot Spots

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 08:19:00 +0000

Toxic pollution affects the health of millions of people in developing countries. In 2009, ADB joined the Global Inventory Project to build a database that catalogs, assesses, prioritizes, and estimates costs for remediation of critical toxic sites. The database now provides policymakers better information and possible cleanup solutions.

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Partnership Increases Productivity and Profits in the Lao PDR

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 08:17:00 +0000

In Lao PDR, farmers banded together into production groups rallying around specific homegrown products. Through the support of ADB, the government, and private sector, their productivity improved and their incomes grew, encouraging more groups in the country to replicate their success.

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Developing e-Health Capabilities in Bhutan

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:38:00 +0000

The improved e-Health service in Bhutan’s remote Bumthang District successfully uses television white space, which allows internet connection to penetrate difficult terrain and thick foliage. Through this technology, rural health patients in Bumthang can now avail of much-needed low cost yet quality health care.

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How Tobacco Taxes Can Expand Fiscal Space and Benefit the Poor

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:33:00 +0000

Without intervention, cigarette smoking could kill about 267 million smokers in the People's Republic of China, India, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Raising tobacco taxes in these countries can deter smoking, reduce the number of smoking-related deaths, and generate revenues to help meet healthcare costs for the poor.

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Lanzhou's Bus Rapid Transit System Brings Quick Relief to Busy City

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:28:00 +0000

Bus rapid transport system in Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China, brings quick relief to urban commuters, fosters a livelier local economy, and promotes sustainable development.

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Viet Nam's Poor Gains from Participatory Agriculture Research and Extension

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:26:00 +0000

An ADB project linking training, research, and extension services encouraged Viet Nam’s poor farmers to tackle agricultural issues. This helped increase value addition, exports, and productivity in the country’s agriculture sector. It has also contributed to a decline in rural poverty and improved natural resource management.

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Tackling Corruption through Civil Society-led Information and Communication Technology Initiatives

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:18:00 +0000

The use information and communication technology by civil society to fight corruption is trending—development agencies can help sustain this trend by funding programs and fostering institutional environments that foster greater participation and mobilization in anticorruption efforts.

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Fostering Better Communication and Participation in Projects

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:19:00 +0000

Effective and planned communication helps avoid concerns, mitigates risks, leads to improved project outcomes, and promotes sustainable benefits to project beneficiaries.

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Innovative Project Management and Coordination Speed Up Afghanistan Railway Project

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:14:00 +0000

The Hairatan–Mazar e Sharif railway was constructed in record time due to effective project management, teamwork, and integrated project planning. Governments, ministries, agencies, contractual service providers, and ADB staff members at headquarters and resident missions collaborated to execute the comprehensive plan.

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Flexibility Fixes Land Acquisition, Payment Concerns in Bangladesh

noreply@blogger.com (ADB Knowledge Solutions) — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:06:00 +0000

The communal land system in Chittagong Hill Tract makes land acquisition complex. This case is the first successful application of consensus-based compensation under ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement.

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