ADB Provides $3 Million for Tuvalu Cyclone Relief
FUNAFUTI, TUVALU (29 January 2020) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a $3 million grant to the Government of Tuvalu to help fund priority early recovery activities and life-saving...
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Propagation of Positive Effects of Postdisaster Policies through Supply Chains: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
ABSTRACT This study evaluates the impact of “group subsidies,” a policy intervention to repair and reinstall damaged capital goods and facilities of small and medium-sized enterprises after the Great...
ADB, Norway Sign Agreement to Support Pakistan's National Disaster Risk Management Fund
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (13 January 2020) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Pakistan signed an agreement today to expand support for the National Disaster Risk...
Impacts of Natural Disasters on Households and Small Businesses in India
Archana Patankar I. INTRODUCTION India’s geophysical and climatic conditions make it one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Of the different types of natural disaster, hydrological...
Generating multiple resilience dividends from managing unnatural disasters in Asia: Opportunities for measurement and policy | ADB Economics Working Paper Series - No 601 December 2019
ABSTRACT Despite solid evidence regarding the large benefits of reducing disaster risk, it has remained difficult to motivate sustained investment into disaster risk reduction (DRR). Recently,...
ADB to Help Improve Irrigation Systems of Four Provinces in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (5 December 2019) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $119.16 million financing package to help modernize and improve the climate and disaster resilience of...
ADB Briefs No. 117: National Geospatial Database for Maldives to Mainstream Climate Change Adaptation in Development Planning
KEY POINTS • The Republic of Maldives is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, yet it is among the most vulnerable to climate change. The country needs to ensure the sustainable...
ADB to Improve Community Resilience, Livelihoods of Around 3,000 Villages in Myanmar
NAY PYI TAW, MYANMAR (27 November 2019) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $195 million financing package for a project that will develop climate-resilient and market-oriented...
ADB Secures GCF Funding for Innovative Climate Finance Fund in Shandong, PRC
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (14 November 2019) — The Green Climate Fund (GCF) today approved $100 million in funding for an Asian Development Bank (ADB) project in Shandong province in the People’s Republic...
ADB helps relocate Tonga's Ha'apai hospital as part of project to manage climate risks
HA’APAI, TONGA (6 November 2019) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) joined the Government of Tonga and other development partners in an inauguration ceremony today to officially open the Niu’ui...
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