ADB has approved a $36 million financing package to align technical and vocational education and training with labor market needs in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

ADB announced plans to invest over $10 billion through 2030 to support projects and initiatives under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program, marking a major step toward ...

ADB has approved a $470 million results-based loan to PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Indonesia's state electricity corporation, to accelerate the country's transition to renewable energy and advance ...

ADB has approved loans totaling $330 million to Pakistan for the Second Power Transmission Strengthening Project, one of the Government of Pakistan’s top priority investments to expand the national ...

Mapping out and assessing the economic performance of SEZs across the subregion, the publication highlights the threats they face from digital technologies, rising competition for foreign investment ...

Voting by the Board of Governors of ADB has reached the requirement for ratification of a landmark amendment to the Bank’s founding charter that will remove the lending limitation set out in Article ...

The Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan are among the world's most disaster-prone countries. A new ADB program is helping these countries better respond to disasters through a combination of financing ...

This report examines the impacts of COVID-19 on labor markets along with adjustment patterns in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

There are still risks to the outlook. Rising protectionism, depending on the outcome of the presidential election in the United States, could lead to negative real and financial spillovers in ...

ADB President Masato Kanda met with Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan today in Ankara to discuss ADB’s commitment to support the country’s national development agenda, including ADB’s intention ...

ADB has approved a $56.4 million program to help the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan boost their capacity to respond to disasters.

The report summarizes how ADB supported its developing member countries in 2023 as they confronted the growing challenge of climate change and the impacts of conflicts, food insecurity, and increased ...