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 outlines how the Asian Development Bank is working with partners to promote circular economy approaches to strengthen efficient resource management, reduce waste, and drive sustainable development.

This report reviews economic cooperation and integration in Asia and the Pacific and looks at how technology could boost productivity in aging economies. This publication examines trade and global ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This edition finds that economic growth in Asia and the Pacific will slow slightly as a new global trade environment emerges. The region’s outlook will be shaped by offsetting factors. Higher US ...