News Releases

ASEAN Infrastructure Fund Readies $1 Billion Pipeline for Lending Operations

The ASEAN Infrastructure Fund Limited is set to begin its lending operations in the second half of 2013, with a pipeline of around $1 billion in projects for the next three years.

ADB Assistance Tops $21.5 Billion in 2012

ADB approved $21.57 billion in financing operations including cofinancing last year, according to ADB’s 2012 Annual Report, released ahead of its 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors to be held 2–5 May in Delhi, India.

ADB Forecasts Robust Growth for Cambodia, Warns of Child Malnutrition

Cambodia’s economy is expected to remain vigorous over the next two years as Cambodia’s main markets in Europe and United States recover, but stagnating child malnutrition rates pose a significant long-term threat to the country’s development, ADB says in a new report.

Asia's Future Prosperity Requires Major Change in Energy Use

Asia is moving along a dangerously unsustainable energy path that will result in environmental disaster and a gaping divide in energy access between rich and poor unless the region dramatically changes course, says a new ADB report.

Developing Asia's Growth Steps Up to 6.6% in 2013

Rising private consumption and stronger intraregional trade will spur a pickup in growth in developing Asia in 2013 and 2014, as economic activity in the US and Europe remains in the doldrums, ADB says in a major new report.

Mekong Countries Seek Greater Cooperation on Green Agriculture

Senior agriculture and environment officials from the six Greater Mekong Subregion countries met today to discuss environmentally sustainable agriculture and natural resource management in the region.

Further Steps to Improve Cambodian Railway Rehabilitation Resettlement

A report commissioned by ADB to help improve resettlement implementation and monitoring for the Cambodia railway rehabilitation project recommends measures to limit indebtedness amongst resettlers; multiply their opportunities to restore their incomes; and steps to improve the independence of monitoring and follow-up processes.

Cambodia, ADB Sign $230 Million in Agreements for Inclusive Growth

The Government of Cambodia and ADB today signed grant and loan agreements worth $230 million to reduce poverty and promote inclusive growth in Cambodia.

ADB Announces 3-Year Pipeline of $525 Million to Promote Cambodia's Growth

ADB today unveiled its new three-year rolling Country Operations Business Plan for 2013-2015, which marks ADB’s strategic focus in Cambodia towards urbanization of secondary towns, urban-rural linkages, economic corridor development, climate change, and private sector development.

ADB, Cambodia to Step Up Drought, Flood Mitigation in Lower Mekong Basin

ADB will help vulnerable communities in Cambodia raise their ability to respond to and cope with natural disasters by providing a $35 million loan to manage risks stemming from extreme floods and droughts.