ADB has approved an $800 million program to strengthen fiscal sustainability and improve public financial management in Pakistan.

ADB President Masato Kanda met Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in Singapore today, where he set out plans to double the size of ADB’s Singapore office. He also reaffirmed the bank’s $10 billion pledge to ...

ADB President Masato Kanda announced a 5-year initiative aimed at transforming urban infrastructure across India, directing up to $10 billion, including third-party capital, into urban transformation ...

This guidance note aims to assist ADB staff and borrowers (including grant recipients) on how to incorporate aspects of sustainability in the public procurement process. It introduces the concept of ...

ADB is a leading multilateral development bank supporting inclusive, resilient, and sustainable growth across Asia and the Pacific. Working with its members and partners to solve complex challenges ...

Central Asia’s five countries recently agreed to a new water-sharing framework for the Syr Darya and Amu Darya—glacier-fed rivers essential to agriculture, energy, and drinking water across the region ...

ADB has appointed Seong-Wook Kim as Chief Partnership Officer. He will lead the bank’s resource mobilization and strategic engagement efforts under the Office of the President.

ADB President Masato Kanda has reaffirmed ADB’s strong commitment to advancing regional cooperation and integration at the 16th Summits of the Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines East ...

The transaction technical assistance (TA) facility will provide project identification and preparation support, capacity building, and knowledge services to a series of ensuing and ongoing multisector ...

Remarks by Masato Kanda, President, Asian Development Bank, at the 16th IMT-GT Summit, 27 May 2025, Kuala Lumpur Excellencies and Distinguished Officials, ...

Remarks by Masato Kanda, President, Asian Development Bank, at the 16th BIMP-EAGA Summit, 27 May 2025, Kuala Lumpur Your Majesty, Excellencies, and distinguished colleagues, ...

ADB committed a record 58 private sector transactions in 2024—up 45% from the previous year, with $2.6 billion of financing, according to its 2024 Private Sector Operations Report on Development ...