This is considered essential if Indonesia is to attain upper-middle-income status as soon as possible. The report asserts that policy makers and the private sector need to collaborate to identify the ...

ADB has launched celebrations at its Manila headquarters to mark the 30th anniversary of its European Representative Office and to highlight Europe’s collaboration with ADB to advance sustainable ...

The 2023 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey indicates that the global trade finance gap reached $2.5 trillion in 2022, impacting economic growth and development.

This Annual Report provides a comprehensive account of the operational and financial results of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2019. The report highlights key milestones of 2019—the first full ...

Asian Development Bank’s Secretary Bruno Carrasco and Deputy Secretary Harumi Kodama extend an advance welcome to participants of the 59th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors, to be held in ...

The 59th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of ADB will be held from 3 to 6 May 2026 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. To request to participate, please apply for accreditation via the online request ...

ADB is establishing a new learning platform to enhance knowledge sharing efforts in its developing member countries, helping them solve their complex challenges through tailored programs built on real ...

The ADB Board of Directors endorsed a new Strategic Human Resource Framework designed to empower an agile, high-performing workforce to tackle the region’s most complex development challenges.

This paper finds that workers in low-income countries face lower exposure to artificial intelligence than those in high-income countries, mainly due to within-occupation task differences, and ...

This paper examines India’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, a package of support for poor and vulnerable people that included access to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a clean cooking fuel.

Highlighting how women are underrepresented in the management and delivery of water, the report recommends setting targets, monitoring progress toward gender equality, and promoting gender-inclusive ...

Since 2019, the Asian Development Bank has mobilized over $4 billion for ocean action in Asia and the Pacific, supporting coastal resilience, restoring marine ecosystems, reducing pollution, and ...