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

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 ...

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 ...

A new corporate evaluation by ADB's Independent Evaluation Department finds that ADB-administered trust funds and other cofinancing mechanisms have added significant value to development efforts in ...

The Asian Development Bank Institute was established in 1997 in Tokyo, Japan, to help build capacity, skills, and knowledge related to poverty reduction and other areas that support long-term growth ...

ADB President Masato Kanda met with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to discuss ADB’s strategic support for the country’s development priorities, aimed at transforming Azerbaijan into a regional hub ...

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 ...

The brief assesses the types of tax incentives commonly used in the region and explores their advantages and disadvantages. It draws on country-specific evidence and examines other factors that ...

ADB has approved a $300 million policy-based loan—$100 million of which is concessional—to support the Government of Uzbekistan’s ongoing efforts to expand access to finance for underserved micro, ...

ADB has approved a $460 million results-based loan that aims to modernize rural power infrastructure, promote distributed renewable energy generation, and improve agricultural productivity by ...

ADB has approved a $100 million financing package to build on Sri Lanka’s progress toward macroeconomic stability and to help achieve sustainable growth following the economic crisis.

The report highlights the need to upskill workers with both technical and soft skills and explains how demographic shifts are challenging social protection models. With two-thirds working informally, ...