Executive Summary The developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank face considerable disaster risk, posing a significant threat to sustainable development. Measures are required both to...
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (10 June 2020) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $3 million grant from its Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF) to further assist Sri Lanka in its response...
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (5 June 2020) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Pakistan today signed the loan agreement for a $300 million emergency assistance loan intially approved by...
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (5 June 2020) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Pakistan signed an agreement today to expand support for Pakistan’s response to the novel coronavirus...
Tarawa, 28 May 2020 - A stock of tents and other medical supplies financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have been delivered to health...
As this report is published, the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before it hit, the Asia-Pacific region was progressing too slowly on delivering the Sustainable Development Goals...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (12 May 2020) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million loan to the Government of Mongolia to mitigate the severe health and economic impacts of the novel...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (7 May 2020) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved an additional $500 million loan to bolster the efforts of the Government of Bangladesh to manage the impact of the...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (11 May 2020) — Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani today discussed how ADB can support the country’s fight...
This publication presents an overview of the Water Efficiency Improvement in Drought-Affected Provinces (WEIDAP) Project that aims to apply cost-effective technology for irrigation modernization and...