The Asian Development Bank has appointed Azusa Sato as Regional Director of its Pacific Subregional Office, based in Suva, ...

The Asian Development Bank has appointed Nianshan Zhang as Director General for its Southeast Asia Department.

ADB has signed a $50 million loan agreement with JSC Rustavi Azot (Rustavi Azot Indorama) to modernize the company’s fertilizer production facilities in Georgia with energy-efficient technologies.

Office of Safeguards Head Zhang Nianshan announces the effectivity of the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF).

This working paper highlights the role of agroforestry in building climate resilience by restoring degraded landscapes and creating multifunctional and sustainable systems that connect nature, ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), with support from the Government of Japan through the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific, is implementing the Water Resources Management in ...

It provides a primer on the importance of land value capture in urban planning and growth and identifies challenges to its use in Southeast Asian megacities like Bangkok, Jakarta, and Manila. The ...

By capitalizing on mutual strengths among its member countries, the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program envisions the region as a center for global trade and commerce. Support ...

E-commerce revolution in Asia and Pacific presents vast economic potential. Asia is the fastest-growing region in the global e-commerce marketplace, with the largest share of the world’s ...

The JSS, a modular supplement to national labor force surveys, generates new policy-relevant indicators on job tasks, skills use, and workplace digitalization. The report highlights differences across ...

After over 15 years of government decentralization in Indonesia, institutions allowing provincial and subprovincial governments to implement newly acquired responsibilities have yet to be built.

View the Asia SME Monitor 2022 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 ...