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 ...

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 ...

Türkiye and ADB are launching its Interim Country Partnership Strategy (ICPS). Both partners are committed to tackling complex challenges and unlocking new opportunities for inclusive, sustainable ...

Learn how digital and AI skills are reshaping jobs across Asia and the Pacific—boosting wages for workers who master them and shaping success in the region's fast-evolving labor markets.

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 ...

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, ...

Trust between stakeholders is a prerequisite to enable the governments to scale it up for land development and urban expansion. The case study provides recommendations on policy frameworks, ...