| December 1996 |
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 | ADB Says Private Sector Alone Cannot Deliver Public Services | 27 Dec 1996 |
| Asian Development Bank Resident Mission in Viet Nam Begins Operations | 19 Dec 1996 |
| Urban Sector in Indonesia to Benefit from ADB Loan | 19 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Loan to Restructure Mongolia's Financial Sector | 19 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Loans for Mongolia to Restructure Education Sector | 19 Dec 1996 |
| US $800,000 ADB Grant to Improve India's Railway Sector | 19 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Approves Equity Investment in Asian Private Investment Company Limited | 19 Dec 1996 |
| Asian Development Bank Resident Mission in Cambodia Begins Operations | 18 Dec 1996 |
| US $250 Million ADB Loan and Technical Assistance to India for Gujarat Public Sector Resource Management Program | 18 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Loan Helps Bangladesh Corporatize Power Sector | 18 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Supports Plan to Protect Coastal Resources in South China Sea | 18 Dec 1996 |
| Rural Enterprises to Benefit from ADB's First Loan to Uzbekistan | 18 Dec 1996 |
| Greater Mekong Subregion Countries to Benefit from ADB Technical Assistance Grant | 17 Dec 1996 |
| Asian Development Bank to Establish Resident Mission in Viet Nam | 13 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Supports Agriculture Research on Regional Basis | 12 Dec 1996 |
| ADB to Help Indonesia Plan Trade and Industry Strategy | 12 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Loan to Ease Viet Nam's Cement Shortage | 12 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Loan to Upgrade Cambodia's Siem Reap Airport | 12 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Inagurates European Representative Office | 11 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Second New Taiwan Dollar Bond Issue | 6 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Loan to Improve Life for Indonesia's Urban Residents | 5 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Loan Supports Malaysia's Effort to Clean Up Klang River | 5 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Finances Private Sector Power Project in India for Calcutta | 5 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Loan to Promote Marine Aquaculture in China's Bohai and Yellow Seas | 3 Dec 1996 |
| ADB Loan to Improve Tonga's Electricity Supply | 3 Dec 1996 |
| November 1996 |
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| ADB Approves US $ 113 Million Loan for India's Rural Telecommunications Project | 28 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Helps Thailand Upgrades Workers | 28 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Loan to Help Pakistan's Rural Women and Children | 28 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Takes Stake in Job-Generating Export Enterprise in Indonesia | 28 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Loan will Warm World's Coldest Capital | 26 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Bids to Save Chao Lake in People's Repubic of China | 26 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Loan to Bring Long-Distance Phones to Rural Communities in Thailand | 26 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Assists Viet Nam in Developing Lower Secondary Education | 26 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Technical Assistance to Cambodia for Integrated Urban Development Plan | 26 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Lends to Viet Nam for Road Improvement | 21 Nov 1996 |
| Rural Dwellers and Bangladesh Forests to Benefit from US $50 Million ADB Loan | 21 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Project in Lao PDR to Boost Rice Production and Reduce Deforestration | 21 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Approves Grant to Strengthen Social Services Delivery in Kyrgyz Republic | 21 Nov 1996 |
| Viet Nam's Financial Sector to Benefit from ADB Loan and Techncial Assistance | 19 Nov 1996 |
| ADB US $150 Million Loan to People's Republic of China for Jiangxi Expressway Project | 19 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Approves a US $200 Million Loan for PRC Expressway Project | 19 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Roundtable Meeting in Fiji to Explore Issues About Pacific Island Development | 15 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Appoints New External Auditors | 14 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Approves Equity Investment in Vietnam Leasing Company | 14 Nov 1996 |
| ADB to Assist Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia | 14 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Inaugurates Japan Representative Office | 8 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Loans Encourage Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure Development in India | 7 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $103 Million to Indonesia for Flood Control Project in South Java | 7 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $72 Million to Bangladesh for Jamuna Bridge Road Project | 5 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Supports Viet Nam's Technical Education Project | 5 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Infuses Funds in PRC Commercial Bank | 5 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Approves Technical Assistance to Indonesia to Assess Options for Sustainable Irrigation Development | 5 Nov 1996 |
| ADB Study Identifies 150 Initiatives for EAGA | 4 Nov 1996 |
| ADB to Hold Workshop on Asian Economic Outlook | 4 Nov 1996 |
| October 1996 |
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| ADB Inspection Policy Comes into Effect | 18 Oct 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $45.6 Million to Indonesia to Save Jave Ecosystem | 17 Oct 1996 |
| September 1996 |
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| ADB Supports Philippines' Power Interconnection Project | 30 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $50 Million to the Philippines to Expand Water Supply in Small Towns | 30 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $167 Million to the Philippines to Improve Roads and Bridges | 30 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $45 Million to Indonesia for Family Health and Nutrition Project | 27 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $150 Million Loan to PRC for Chongqing Expressway Project | 27 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Approves US $44 Million Loan for Indonesia's Integrated Pest Management for Smallholder Estate Crops Project | 26 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $20 Million to Improve Phnom Penh's Water Supply and Drainage | 26 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Approves a US $38 Million Loan to Pakistan for the Bahawalpur Rural Development Project | 26 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $5 Million to Cook Islands to Support Reforms | 26 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Approves US $100 Million Loan for Renewable Energy Development in India | 26 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Lends US$20 Million to Nepal for Fourth Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project | 25 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Helps People's Republic of China Acquire Advanced, Cleaner Thermal Power Technology | 24 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Approves US $20 Million for Rural Development in Sri Lanka | 24 Sep 1996 |
| ADB to Finance Pakistan's Long-term Strategic Study | 24 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Approves US $43 Million for Population and Family Health Project in Viet Nam | 19 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $10.6 Million to Improve Water Supply and Sanitation in Micronesia | 19 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Loan Will Help Nepal Improve Livestock Productivity | 19 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $25 Million to Lao PDR for Financial Sector Reform | 12 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $50 Million to Viet Nam for Rural Credit Project | 12 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Approves Technical Assistance to Viet Nam for Third Road Improvement Project | 10 Sep 1996 |
| Promising Growth Prospects for the Philippine Economy -- ADB | 10 Sep 1996 |
| ADB Approves US $52 Million Loan for Nam Leuk Hydropower Project in Lao PDR | 10 Sep 1996 |
| August 1996 |
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| Philippine Preparation for BIMP-EAGA Gets Boost From ADB Technical Assistance | 30 Aug 1996 |
| ADB Lends US $50 Million to Kazakstan for Road Rehabilitation | 27 Aug 1996 |
| ADB Approves Grant for Hydropower Development Study in Greater Mekong Subregion | 27 Aug 1996 |
| ADB Approves a US $885,000 Technical Assistance Grant for Strengthening Banking Capabilities in Transitional Economies in Asia | 27 Aug 1996 |
| Greater Mekong Ministerial Conference in Kunming to Further Strengthen Subregional Ties | 26 Aug 1996 |
| ADB Conference on Emerging Trading Environment and Developing Asia | 23 Aug 1996 |
| ADB Approves US $45 Million Soft Loan to Pakistan for Primary Education for Girls | 15 Aug 1996 |
| July 1996 |
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| Nepal Agriculture Plan Gets US $850,000 ADB Grant | 30 Jul 1996 |
| US $10 Million Urban Infrastructure Project for Vanuatu Signed | 29 Jul 1996 |
| Environmental Projects Proposed for Greater Mekong Subregion | 29 Jul 1996 |
| US $20 Million ADB Loan to the Philippines for Rural Infrastructure and Social Service Improvements | 23 Jul 1996 |
| ADB Approves US $160 Million Loan, US $1.1 Million Technical Assistance Grants to Nepal for Kali Gandaki "A" Hydroelectric Project | 23 Jul 1996 |
| ADB Approves Grant to Promote Cooperation Among Countries in Greater Mekong Subregion | 23 Jul 1996 |
| ADB Technical Assistance to Pakistan Targets Rural Development in Malakand Division | 16 Jul 1996 |
| Social Sectors in Transitions Economies of Asia Face Fiscal Constraints | 8 Jul 1996 |
| ADB Holds Regional Workshop on Benefit Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects | 5 Jul 1996 |
| ADB Announces Lending Rates for Multi-Currency and US Dollar Loans for Second Half 1996 | 3 Jul 1996 |
| ADB Approves a US $17.2 Million Loan to Nepal for Second Tourism Infrastructure Development Project | 2 Jul 1996 |
| ADB Approves Technical Assistance to Develop Water Resources in Cambodia | 2 Jul 1996 |
| June 1996 |
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| ADB Approves US $45 Million Loan and US $900,000 Technical Assistance Grant to Indonesia for Environmental Management | 27 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Approves Loan and Technical Assistance Grant to Vanuatu for Urban Infrastructure Project | 27 Jun 1996 |
| US $12.2 Million ADB Loan Opens the Way for Rural Roads in Nepal's Hill Region | 27 Jun 1996 |
| ADB to Administer IFAD Loan for Rural Microenterprises Finance Project | 27 Jun 1996 |
| IFAD and ADB to Cofinance Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project | 27 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Approves US $20-M Basic Health Services Project in Cambodia | 20 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Approves US $20-M Basic Education Textbook Project Loan to Cambodia | 20 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Approves US $30 Million Loan and US $1.5 Million Technical Assistance to Cambodia for the Agriculture Sector Program | 20 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Accepts Pakistan's Contribution to Bank's Technical Assistance Special Fund | 13 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Approves Training Program Grant to Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions | 13 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Approves $50 Million Concessional Loan to Kyrgyz Republic for Road Rehabilitation Project | 13 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Technical Assistance for Subic Bay Urban Infrastructure Project | 13 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Approves $860,000 Grant to Indonesia for Integrated River Basin Development Project | 13 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Approves a $30 Million Concessional Loan to Kyrgyz Republic for Power and District Heating Rehabilitation Project | 6 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Approves $85 Million Loan to Indonesia to Upgrade Basic Education | 6 Jun 1996 |
| Donors Welcome Cook Islands Reform Package | 4 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Approves Two Loans Totalling $37 Million to the Philippines for Rural Water and Sanitation Improvement | 4 Jun 1996 |
| ADB Approves $100 Million Loan to PRC for Railway Project in Sichuan Province | 4 Jun 1996 |
| May 1996 |
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| Donors Meet on the Cook Islands | 31 May 1996 |
| ADB-OECD to Host Second Forum on Asian Perspective | 24 May 1996 |
| ADB Grant for Subregional Environmental Training and Institutional Strengthening in the Greater Mekong Subregion | 17 May 1996 |
| ADB to Establish Resident Missions in Cambodia and Viet Nam | 16 May 1996 |
| ADB Emergency Loan to Sri Lanka to Restore Petroleum Storage Facilities | 16 May 1996 |
| ADB Concessional for Second Irrigation Sector Project to Help Poor Farmers in Nepal | 16 May 1996 |
| Asian Water Crisis Looms | 13 May 1996 |
| ADB Approves $178 Million Loan to the People's Republic of China for Industrial Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement | 9 May 1996 |
| ADB Approves $800,000 Technical Assistance Grant to Pakistan for the Second Flood Protection Sector Project | 9 May 1996 |
| Water Resources Development and Management Regional Workshop from 10 to 14 May | 8 May 1996 |
| Mitsuo Sato Re-elected ADB President | 2 May 1996 |
| April 1996 |
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| ADB to Hold 29th Annual Meeting in Manila from 30 April to 2 May | 25 Apr 1996 |
| ADB Approves $20-M Loan to the Philippines for Rural Microenterprise Finance Project | 23 Apr 1996 |
| ADB Approves $5.3 Million Equity Investment and Loans Totalling $97 Million for Power Project in Pakistan | 23 Apr 1996 |
| ADB Adopts New Policies to Improve Operations | 23 Apr 1996 |
| Economies in Transition. Asian Experience shows the value of gradualism in market-oriented economic reform | 15 Apr 1996 |
| PRC Receives Largest Share of Developing World's Foreign Direct Investment | 11 Apr 1996 |
| Asia's High Economic Growth to Continue | 11 Apr 1996 |
| Regional Cooperation Comes of Age in Asia | 11 Apr 1996 |
| ADB to Host Regional Seminar on Urban Infrastructure Finance in Asia and the Pacific | 8 Apr 1996 |
| ADB to Maintain $500-M Annual Lending Level Commitment to Pakistan in the Next Three Years | 1 Apr 1996 |
| March 1996 |
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| ADB Approves $80 Million Loan to Indonesia for Industrial Technology and Human Resource Development Project | 28 Mar 1996 |
| ADB Grant for Organizational Reform of Bangladesh Railway (Phase II) | 21 Mar 1996 |
| ADB Approves $1.1 Million Technical Assistance Grant to Bangladesh for the Northwest Region Development and Investment Study | 21 Mar 1996 |
| ADB Approves Regional Technical Assistance for Study on Role of Law and Legal Institutions in Asian Economic Development | 14 Mar 1996 |
| ADB Conference on the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area Study | 4 Mar 1996 |
| February 1996 |
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| ADB to Administer Nonformal Education Grant | 15 Feb 1996 |
| ADB to Establish Representative Offices in Europe and Japan | 15 Feb 1996 |
| ADB Floats a Dutch Guilder 400 Million Bond Issue | 12 Feb 1996 |
| ADB Approves $1.1 Million Technical Assistance Grant for the Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre | 6 Feb 1996 |
| ADB Approves Grant for Reducing Child Malnutrition in Eight Asian Countries | 6 Feb 1996 |
| ADB Approves $102 Million Loan to Indonesia for Engineering Education Development Project | 6 Feb 1996 |
| Internet Forum on "Law and Development" Established by Asian Development Bank | 6 Feb 1996 |
| ADB Intensifies Policy Dialogue with Pacific Members | 5 Feb 1996 |
| Third Expert Group Meeting on Financial Issues of Agenda 21 | 2 Feb 1996 |
| January 1996 |
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| ADB Approves Loans Totalling to $36.5 Million to Himal Power Limited in Nepal` | 23 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves $100-M Rural Electrification Project Loan to Thailand | 23 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves $150 Million Loan, $900,000 Technical Assistance Grant to Indonesia for North Java Road Improvement | 23 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves $52 Million Loan to People's Republic of China for Fangcheng Port Project | 18 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves Loans Totalling $90 Million to Indonesia For North Java Flood Control Sector Project | 18 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves Loan and Technical Assistance to Pakistan for Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project | 16 Jan 1996 |
| Asian Development Bank Support For Small Farmer Credit Project in Thailand | 16 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves Grant to International Rice Research Institute for Agricultural Research to Boost Food Production | 16 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves Technical Assistance to India for Madras and Ennore Ports Study | 11 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves Grant to Indonesia for Study on Central Sulawesi Project | 11 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves $1.1 Million Technical Assistance Grant to Indonesia for Human Settlements Infrastructure Management | 11 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves Grant to Cambodia to Improve Technical and Vocational Education and Training | 11 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves $1 Million Technical Assistance Grant to PRC for the Zhejiang-Shanzi Water Conservancy Project | 11 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves $751,000 Technical Assistance Grant to the Power Subsector of the People's Republic of China | 11 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves Grant to PRC for Strengthening Financial Management in Provincial Power Utilities | 11 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves $850,000 Technical Assistance Grant to Cambodia | 11 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Grant to the Philippines for a National Transport Strategy | 11 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Approves Two Loans Totalling $19 Million to the Philippines for Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project | 11 Jan 1996 |
| ADB $20 Million Loan To Kazakhstan to Stem Education Decline | 11 Jan 1996 |
| Third Meeting of the Steering Committee on the Study of BIMP-EAGA | 11 Jan 1996 |
| ADB Reduces Its Lending Rate on Multi-Currency Loans to Record Low | 2 Jan 1996 |
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