Regions and Countries

Regional and Country Highlights

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) engages in activities aimed at reducing poverty in developing Asia and the Pacific through pro-poor sustainable economic growth, social development, and good governance. These activities are discussed in this chapter in the context of each member’s economic performance, domestic policies, and ADB’s operational strategies. Developing member countries (DMCs) and economies are grouped by region as in the case of the People’s Republic of China (PRC); the Central Asian republics¹ (CARs), Azerbaijan, and Mongolia; Southeast Asia;² South Asia;³ and the Pacific,⁴ or by economic growth, as in the case of the newly industrialized economies (NIEs) of Hong Kong, China; Republic of Korea; Singapore; and Taipei,China.