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Dave Woodward is LinkedIn’s Vice President, Regional General Counsel and Head of Public Policy for the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Singapore, he leads a multi-disciplinary team of legal and government relations professionals helping to achieve LinkedIn’s vision of creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Prior to relocating to Singapore for

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): A senior Asian Development Bank (ADB) officer has recommended Cambodia tap into other jurisdictions’ experiences, as it moves to create a commercial court system, to ensure a “reasonable” easily-accessible judicial system that encourages long-term high-calibre investments.

The American Association of Dental Boards announced that registration is opening soon for its 2023 virtual midyear meeting.

ADB has approved a $30 million grant to help strengthen disaster risk management in Tajikistan and reduce economic losses due to climate change and disasters caused by natural...

The impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on small businesses in Central and West Asia underscore the need for improved strategies to strengthen the entrepreneurial base in the region, according to a report by ADB.

An infrastructure firm has secured a $40-million (P2.3 billion) loan from two development partners to develop telecommunication towers in the underserved regions of Visayas and Mindanao.

Brigitte is tasked to contribute to the financial management of disaster and climate risk across ADB’s developing member countries by working with ADB’s operational departments to prepare and implement respective solutions. Her primary responsibilities include developing disaster and climate risk financing approaches, conducting disaster risk assessments and providing policy

ADB and the Government of Mongolia inaugurated a grid-connected renewable hybrid energy system in Zavkhan province. The system includes a 5 megawatt solar photovoltaic and 3.6 megawatt-hour battery energy storage system (BESS)...

The country’s bond market grew 13.3 percent in the third quarter from a year ago, mainly due to government issuances, the Asian Development Bank said.

Asia’s developing countries will not be spared from the impact of a recession in advanced economies, with the effect mainly to be on trade, the Asian Development Bank said.