ADB and the Government of Japan established a new fund to strengthen water security and protect people across Asia and the ...

Recognizing Türkiye’s growing regional importance, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will establish an office in the country ...

This report introduces ADB’s Social Protection Indicators of Coverage and Effectiveness (SPICES) framework, a methodology for ...

Rice cultivation depends largely on fertilizer use. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to a shortage of fertilizers and increased prices. The major rice-producing economies could therefore face a ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Armenia have signed a $293 million loan agreement to expand resilient, ...

ADB and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have launched the Southeast Asia Emerging Entrepreneurs Kickstart ...

View the Asia SME Monitor 2020 Data The development of MSMEs remains key to promoting inclusive growth in developing economies in Asia and the Pacific. The Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise ...

The report highlights six pathways for promoting systemic change in the sector: a value-driven approach, decarbonization, tourism-led regeneration, improved governance, and sustainable finance. It ...

This paper assesses the potential economic consequences of climate change in Asia and the Pacific. Under a high-end emissions scenario, its modeling finds that losses reach 16.9% of gross domestic ...

It explains small area estimation techniques with examples of how the easily accessible R analytical platform can be used to implement them, particularly to estimate indicators on poverty, employment, ...

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Transport Strategy 2030 builds on progress made and lessons learned from the CAREC Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy 2020.

Featuring case studies from Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa, it considers microfinance and mobile financial services and shows how access to credit and insurance benefits rural households.