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Alner sells essentials, like shampoos, liquid soaps, and seasonings, in reusable bottles to wean households from goods sold in sachets.

With 200 million monthly users, gaming platform Roblox is fertile ground for online learning initiatives targeting those born after 2010—the planet's youngest generation.

This entails shifting to greener farming practices, adopting the circular economy model, and protecting the well-being of farming communities.

SEADS 2023 Highlights
Spotlight

Amid increasing demand for knowledge from developing member countries (DMCs) in Southeast Asia, ADB's ASEAN Policy Network facilitates knowledge sharing and collaboration within and between its operational and central knowledge departments and seeks to build relationships with academes, think tanks, research institutions, and other partners.

With Southeast Asia’s tourism industry still reeling from the impact of COVID-19, ADB is increasing its support for investments, capacity development, and knowledge to accelerate an inclusive and sustainable recovery.
Publications

This report explains how Southeast Asia can increase the manufacture of solar photovoltaic cells, batteries, and electric two-wheelers.

This publication offers insights that advocate for SMEs as vital catalysts for urban resilience.

This report reveals how to boost the subregion's development based on the countries' physical connectivity and cross-border trade.
Webinar Recordings

This webinar explored the transformative roles of SMEs and the need for closer collaboration between public sectors, especially local governments, and SMEs.

This webinar examined the relationship between financial inclusion and the cloud and explored the various financial services use-cases helping consumers in the Asia and the Pacific achieve financial inclusion.

These ADB webinars presented key findings from a study on the aviation sector's recovery in the wake of the pandemic. The webinars examined strategies aimed at helping the aviation sector fully recover and return to growth.

Featured Events
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Life-Course Immunisation for Older Adults in Asia: A Health Economics Case
10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Asian Development Bank and EU-ASEAN Business Council, supported by Sanofi
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Rethinking Harmony in Asia 2023
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Asian Network, with support from the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Generation...
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Asia-Pacific Social Protection Week 2023: Social Protection in a Changing World (APSP)
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What is SEADS?
The Southeast Asia Development Solutions—SEADS—is a knowledge and innovation platform under the Asian Development Bank. In tandem with its partner program, the Southeast Asia Development Symposium, SEADS aims to help crystallize thinking on relevant and critical issues in the region, and support countries in becoming prosperous, knowledge-based, and sustainable.
Sowing SEADS of Growth
INNOVATIONS
Discover the latest cutting-edge breakthroughs that can help countries tackle pressing challenges.
SOLUTIONS
Hear from leading minds and trailblazers from industry, technology, the public sector, and academia.
CONNECTIONS
Interact with problem-solvers and next-generation thinkers from Southeast Asia and beyond.