February 18&19, 2021 / Online Event
ADBI-GraSPP-University of Indonesia—Policy Dialogue on “Infrastructure, Technology, and Finance for Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Asia beyond the Pandemic”
Quality infrastructure growth that fosters technological innovation and economic resilience, sustainability, and inclusiveness could provide a timely boost to COVID-19 recovery across Asia and the Pacific. Building policy and financing capacity will be essential to maximizing these dynamics. This interactive policy dialogue will explore the role of infrastructure, technology, and finance in enabling sustainable and inclusive post-pandemic economies in Asia and the Pacific.
Thursday, February 18 | 10:30–15:05 Tokyo time/8:30–13:05 Jakarta time
Friday, February 19 | 10:30–14:40 Tokyo time/8:30–12:40 Jakarta time
Registration: https://www.adb.org/news/events/infrastructure-technology-finance-sustainable-inclusive-development-asia
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The COVID-19 pandemic reminds us of the importance of quality infrastructure with a particular emphasis on resilience as well as inclusiveness and sustainability. Technology has a great potential in achieving these goals.
The pandemic poses a multiplicity of challenges, not only health, but also economic, social and governance. As a result, there are huge demands for financial resources to address these challenges. The pandemic challenges require policy makers to allocate a limited amount of resources to alternative uses efficiently and effectively while maximizing the positive economic, social and developmental impacts. Moreover, in the aftermath of the pandemic, a greater sense of inclusiveness accompanied by a greater sense of security is required to ensure the post-pandemic recovery and to build a renewed dynamic path towards resilient and sustainable development in Asia.
Infrastructure can be viewed as technology network and thus may enable multiple sectors and stakeholders benefiting from infrastructure services provision. Good adoption of technology, including digital platform, may improve effectiveness of infrastructure services provision, for example, by enabling a tractable assessment of infrastructure services to help improve their efficiency and quality.
The Indonesia-Japan Policy Research Forum for Asia* organizes a two day virtual workshop, comprising of interactive lectures and group discussions, by bringing together senior policy makers from Asian countries, who are responsible for designing and implementing policies for infrastructure development. The objective is to strengthen the capacity of officials in designing and implementing policies in providing infrastructure services. Workshop participants will also include various stakeholders and such resources persons as experts from multilateral institutions, the private sector and academia.
* This Forum is a collaboration between Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia (LPEM FEB UI) and The University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) with the support of the Toshiba International Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation.