ADB and the governments of Tonga and Australia commissioned the Niuafo’ou hybrid minigrid as part of the cofinanced Tonga Renewable Energy Project. The new grid will provide clean, reliable, and ...

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (11 October 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) today agreed on a timebound action plan to accelerate the ...

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (7 October 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Sunniya Durrani-Jamal as its new Country Director for Azerbaijan. She joined the Azerbaijan Resident Mission today to ...

ADB has approved a $125 million financing package to provide long-term sustainable solutions to increase year-round access to irrigation water in rural communities in Rautahat and Sarlahi districts in ...

ADB has approved a $200 million loan equivalent to enhance low-carbon transition investments and climate-resilient development in industrial parks in the the People’s Republic of China.

ADB has been appointed as transaction advisor to Energy Fiji Limited to support Fiji’s renewable energy goals. Fiji’s National Energy Policy, 2023–2030, aims to facilitate investment in, and access to ...

DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (8 October 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved additional grant financing of $15 million to help Tajikistan scale up an ongoing project to reconnect the ...

Remarks by Masatsugu Asakawa, President, Asian Development Bank, at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Independent Accountability Mechanisms of Multilateral Banks and International Financial Institutions, ...

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (8 October 2024) — Coherent national strategies that develop talent and expand digital creative industries can help developing countries tap into the global creative economy, ...

ADB approved a $47 million loan that will help Azerbaijan digitalize its railway system, enhancing rail safety, reliability, and the efficiency of the country’s rail networks.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (7 October 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $42 million loan to provide coastal and riverbank protection to increase resilience of local communities and ...

ADB joined with partners in Solomon Islands for the official opening of a new campus of the University of the South Pacific in Honiara.