ADB President Masato Kanda and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen cooperation on the peaceful, safe, ...

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 November 2025) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a set of changes to its energy policy that strengthen the bank’s commitment to increasing energy access and ...

ADB will host a Business Opportunities Outreach event in Valencia, Spain, to engage with IT companies, tech startups, consultants, academic institutions, and digital talent networks interested in ...

ADB announced plans to invest over $10 billion through 2030 to support projects and initiatives under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program, marking a major step toward ...

ADB has approved a $36 million financing package to align technical and vocational education and training with labor market needs in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

ADB has approved loans totaling $330 million to Pakistan for the Second Power Transmission Strengthening Project, one of the Government of Pakistan’s top priority investments to expand the national ...

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 ...

Keynote address by Masato Kanda, President, Asian Development Bank, at the 24th Ministerial Conference of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program, 20 November 2025, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Repu ...

It maps out and assesses the economic performance of SEZs across the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area and highlights challenges they face. These challenges ...

Project economic analysis aims to ensure that scarce resources are allocated efficiently, and investment brings benefits to a country and raises the welfare of its citizens. It is a tool used by ADB ...

New financial technologies such as blockchain, the Internet of Things, and big data offer the potential to unlock green finance. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implementing the ...

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, ...