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Good corporate governance strengthens the rule of law, facilitates further domestic and foreign investment, and facilitates sustainable and inclusive development. By transforming corporate governance challenges into opportunities for stakeholder collaboration and cooperation, they can serve as catalysts for real and significant change.
Corporate governance, and not just the strength of the balance sheet, is currently considered as an established investment criterion. Good corporate governance has become equally important in both public and private sectors. Among the corporate governance challenges that were identified across the board, the protection of minority shareholders’ rights is the most significant.
ADB reaffirms its commitment to push for the corporate governance agenda, both in the private and public sectors, and particularly in state-owned enterprises. Through its knowledge and skills development program, ADB will continue to actively partner with stakeholders in the further development of corporate governance in Asia and the Pacific.
ADB is committed to promoting corporate governance in Asia and the Pacific, not only for the success of the projects that it finances, but more importantly to promote sustainable development through stronger institutions and companies.
Hyacinth E. Rafael-Antonio has been engaged in the practice of law for over a decade, with extensive experience in diverse legal fields, including energy, labor, environment, intellectual property, competition, data privacy, financial rehabilitation and insolvency, and land transactions.
The Circular regulates the impact assessment of climate change. The Circular provides what the assessment must cover, including the responsibilities of the government offices and agencies involved in the impact assessment.
The constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu recognizes fundamental rights and fundamental duties of every person. It also provides for fundamental duties which are non-justiciable but compliance with which will be encouraged by public authorities.
The National Policy on Climate Change and Disaster-Inducted Displacement seeks to guide emergency and development planners in cooperation with the Government of Vanuatu to respond to the needs of all displaced communities, people at-risk of displacement, displaced people, internal migrants, people living in informal settlements and host communities. Recognizing that planned relocation should be an option of last resort, the goal of the Policy is to strengthen existing planning initiatives, multi-hazards mapping, disaster-risk reduction, and climate change adaptation efforts, to reduce displacement triggers to the extent possible.
The objective of the National Adaptation Programme of Action project for Vanuatu is to formulate a national programme for the immediate and urgent adaptation activities in priority sectors. This is a necessary response to the adverse effects of climate change.
The Vanuatu Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy envisions Vanuatu as a nation whose communities, environment and economy are resilient to the impacts of climate change and disaster risks. The policy provides a framework through which risks can be identified, assessed, reduced and managed.