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Central Asia’s five countries recently agreed to a new water-sharing framework for the Syr Darya and Amu Darya—glacier-fed rivers essential to agriculture, energy, and drinking water across the region ...
ADB President Masato Kanda has reaffirmed ADB’s strong commitment to advancing regional cooperation and integration at the 16th Summits of the Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines East ...
ADB committed a record 58 private sector transactions in 2024—up 45% from the previous year, with $2.6 billion of financing, according to its 2024 Private Sector Operations Report on Development ...
It began with water. In 2010, in the heart of a rapidly developing Asia-Pacific region, ADB pioneered an innovative approach to tackle one of the region's most pressing challenges—water scarcity.
ADB has priced a $4 billion 5-year global bond, proceeds of which will become part of ADB’s ordinary capital resources.
ADB has signed a loan of $55 million in CNY equivalent with Huaneng Tiancheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. to advance the development and operation of distributed wind energy power plants in the People ...
ADB has appointed Seong-Wook Kim as Chief Partnership Officer. He will lead the bank’s resource mobilization and strategic engagement efforts under the Office of the President.
Scenes from the 58th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors that was held in Milan, Italy, from 4 to 7 May 2025 under the theme “Sharing Experience, Building Tomorrow.” ...
This document guides borrowers on how to prepare a bidding document for unit price or lump sum types of small works contracts, and evaluate bids and award contracts. This User’s Guide is intended to ...
ADB has been working for more than 50 years in Asia and the Pacific to expand and improve education at all levels and has allocated about $15 billion in loans and grants to the sector. The region, ...
On 28 January 2019, ADB approved the TA in the amount of $3 million financed on a grant basis by ADB's TASF-other sources. The TA became effective on 22 February 2019 with original completion date of ...
The report summarizes how ADB supported its developing member countries in 2024 to solve a range of complex development challenges and make progress toward sustainable, inclusive, and resilient ...