ADB President Masato Kanda reaffirmed ADB’s commitment to deepening partnerships and advancing multilateral collaboration during engagements with key development partners on the sidelines of the 2025 ...

Group, chaired in 2025 by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), met today to review progress on joint actions and chart priority areas for the Group’s future work.

Malnutrition costs Asia $346 billion annually, undermining productivity and growth. Yet every $1 invested in nutrition yields up to $23 in economic returns. Discover how nutrition-smart financing can ...

ADB and Indigo Tajikistan Closed Joint Stock Company (Tcell) have signed a $30 million equivalent local currency financing agreement to expand and modernize mobile connectivity in Tajikistan.

ADB has approved the second phase of Cambodia’s Energy Transition Sector Development Program for $82.5 million.

ADB President Masato Kanda concluded a visit to Canada this week, meeting with government leaders and business representatives to deepen collaboration on private sector engagement, energy security, ...

ADB has appointed Jyotsana Varma as the new Regional Director of its Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office (PLCO) in Sydney, where she will lead operations for Nauru, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

Opening remarks by Masato Kanda, President, Asian Development Bank, at a Luncheon Discussion with Canadian Business Leaders, , Toronto, Canada ...

ADB approved a plan to scale up its operations by 50% over the next decade, leveraging its existing capital base to enhance its development impact across Asia and the Pacific. ADB Capital Management ...

Analyzing how the role of ASEAN economies in global value chains has helped spur their recovery and cut poverty, this publication shows the need to future-proof these critical networks to ensure ...

Asia and the Pacific continues to be exposed to climate change impacts. Home to the majority of the world’s poor, the population of the region is particularly vulnerable to those impacts. Unabated ...

Part II - Millennium Development Goals Trends and Tables Part II presents the latest data on indicators of MDGs and corresponding targets with short commentaries on progress toward achieving them.