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Asian Development Bank's knowledge collaboration platform for sharing development experience and expertise, best practices and technologies relevant to the SDGs
Joined January 2012
In PR China laws & incentives were set to create an environment-friendly electronic waste recycling industry. These led to.1️⃣ higher uptake of e-waste subsidies.2️⃣ adoption of environment-friendly design features in products.3️⃣ standardization of disposal & #recycling procedures.
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RT @KaiSawaieke: Advancing Agricultural Statistics in Pacific Island Countries Through UAVs
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UAVs enable high-resolution data collection, but their effective integration demands overcoming operational, regulatory, and capacity-related hurdles.
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RT @DevelopmentAsia: This ADB symposium explores the design of a new multilateral financing mechanism for #pandemic preparedness and respon….
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RT @WorldResources: Prioritizing watershed restoration and conservation, city leaders can ensure that urban growth is water-resilient and c….
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Analysis of Rajasthan, 🇮🇳's govt health insurance program found large gender disparities in hospital visits, esp. among girls below 15 yrs old & women over 50. Campaigns targeting women, transport services, & subsidies for females could help close the gender gap. @StanfordSAPARC.
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RT @DevelopmentAsia: Discover case studies on geospatial modelling for electric grid expansion, site selection for #windpower devt & assess….
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RT @moizesufally: Transition Finance and the Race to Save Pakistan's Textile Exports | Development Asia - #GoogleAl….
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Investing in energy transition may enable the textile sector to access markets that require lower-carbon supply chains.
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What is the impact of economic instruments on plastic pollution in 🇹🇭? A study delves into how market-based policies can promote plastic circularity. WATCH this ADB webinar to determine the feasibility of rolling out these instruments in other SE Asian countries. @ADBEnvironment.
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RT @UNEP: Today is the first-ever #WorldLakeDay. Lakes provide 90% of the world’s surface freshwater and support biodiversity, climate sta….
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RT @UNHABITAT: Why doesn’t traffic ever get better no matter how many roads we build?. Because more roads create traffic. It’s called induc….
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🇵🇭 can strengthen its fight vs illegal wildlife trade by.1️⃣ building the judiciary's capacity to handle IWT cases.2️⃣ setting up a hotline for reporting IWT.3️⃣ creating a nat'l wildlife crime intelligence network.4️⃣ cooperating w/ neighboring countries' #law enforcement agencies.
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RT @tmasakicu: Satellite images aren’t always granular enough to capture tiny farm plots. UAVs step in, offering detailed, high-resolution….
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UAVs enable high-resolution data collection, but their effective integration demands overcoming operational, regulatory, and capacity-related hurdles.
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RT @DevelopmentAsia: Learning opportunities, streamlined processes & new #tech can equip govt agencies & policymakers with the knowledge, s….
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RT @ADB_HQ: As a leading triple-A borrower, ADB raises funds through bonds issued in international and domestic capital markets. Learn ho….
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RT @ADBChiefEcon: Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2025 is out. 📊. #KI2025 provides a comprehensive set of economic, financial, soci….
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Programs in Asia to rehabilitate degraded water resources thru laws are hampered by inadequate monitoring & institutional capacities. READ market-based instruments that can minimize 💧 pollution at lower cost & enhance 💧 resources use & intersectoral allocation. @ADBEnvironment.
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RT @adbpublications: How can poverty reduction programs reach the poor and most vulnerable? . This policy brief explains how innovative dat….
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RT @DevelopmentAsia: Many low- & middle-income countries in Asia & the Pacific have large informal & hard-to-tax sectors. READ.1️⃣ challeng….
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RT @UNDESA: Let’s get water on everyone’s agenda 🌊. Join Water for Climate Action at World Water Week 2025!. 🫧 24-28 August 2025 — in Stock….
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