MANILA, PHILIPPINES (22 July 2021) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a loan of $165 million for the Government of Nepal to purchase safe and effective vaccines against the coronavirus...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (19 July 2021) — A six-year, pioneering regional technical assistance initiative has boosted the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (15 July 2021) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $35 million financing package to help reduce landslide risk in the Kyrgyz Republic by deploying advanced...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, provincial and federal governments in Pakistan introduced non-pharmaceutical interventions, including restrictions on...
This infographic contains key figures from the 2020 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance. For purposes of greater transparency and consistency, 2020 figures report climate...
Executive Summary This tenth edition of the Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance is an overview of climate finance committed in 2020 by the African Development Bank (AfDB),...
INTRODUCTION Despite Asia’s dramatic economic progress since the 1960s, the region remains vulnerable to the threat of hazards turning into disasters. Continued exposure to a wide range of disaster...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (30 June 2021) — The Asian Development Bank has generally endorsed a new 5-year strategy aimed at building resilience against economic shocks, delivering sustainable services, and...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (22 June 2021) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a loan package of $940 million for the Government of Bangladesh to purchase safe and effective vaccines against...
This profile is intended to serve as a public good to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected...