News Releases

4 Nov 2010

ADB President Calls for Policies to Improve Economic Resilience

ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda today urged developing Asia's policymakers to implement macroeconomic and regulatory policies that would help sustain the region's recovery and enable their economies to become more responsive and resilient to future crises.
2 Nov 2010

ADB Forum on Financial Crisis to Discuss Stimulus, Role of Central Banks

The steps taken by Asia to rebound from the global economic crisis, including financial stimulus packages, exit strategies, and the role of central banks in promoting long-term financial stability, will be discussed this week at a forum organized by ADB.
2 Nov 2010

Turkmenistan and Pakistan Join CAREC as Central Asia Partnership Looks to 2020

Ministers at the 9th Ministerial Conference of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program today welcomed the accession of two new members - Turkmenistan and Pakistan.
29 Oct 2010

Expanding CAREC Takes Stock of a Decade of Cooperation

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program is holding its 9th Ministerial Conference as member countries take stock of a partnership that is laying the groundwork for a truly integrated and globally connected region.
22 Oct 2010

Asian Megacities Threatened by Climate Change - Report

Asia's coastal megacities will flood more often, on a larger scale, and affect millions more people, if current climate change trends continue, a new report warns.
14 Oct 2010

ADB to Help Asia Unleash Solar Power Potential

ADB is to help Asia and the Pacific develop the know-how and capabilities to make solar energy a future large-scale power source.
14 Oct 2010

Lose Less, Reuse More, Is Key to Solving Asia's Water Crisis - ADB Conference

If Asia's fast growing cities have to drive its fabled economic growth, they must curb water losses drastically, and adopt best-in-class water treatment and distribution systems, say new studies released at a conference here today.
13 Oct 2010

Asia Needs to Produce More Food with Less Water - ADB Conference

Asia's ageing irrigation systems must be revitalized to produce more crops with less water in the face of the region's surging demand for food, a rising population, and stressed water resources, say new studies released at a conference here today.
12 Oct 2010

ADB Reviews Plans for More Efficient Use of Asia's Dwindling Freshwater Supplies

ADB has developed a draft framework for its water operations that calls for sweeping efficiency improvements and greater public-private sector partnerships to address the water crisis in Asia and the Pacific.
11 Oct 2010

ADB Conference to Address Asia's Water Crisis

Finding solutions to Asia's water crisis will be the focus of an international water conference in Manila starting today.