This brief shares insights from a study in the People’s Republic of China on how to reduce the plastic reaching rivers and oceans.

ADB has signed a $30 million loan to Fuse Financing Inc. to help expand access to credit for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) through a digital lending platform. The financing will ...

ADB has appointed Anthony Gill as the first Country Director of its new Solomon Islands Resident Mission in Honiara. Mr. Gill will lead ADB’s operations in Solomon Islands.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

ADB has signed a CNY141.4 million (equivalent to $20 million) senior secured loan with Zhejiang Xinghan Bona Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd to support the distribution of pharmaceuticals in the ...

ADB President Masato Kanda met with Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. today in the first-ever visit by a Palau head of state to the bank’s Manila headquarters.

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 ...

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 ...