News Releases

23 Jul 2009

Asia-Pacific Governments Urged to Consider Conditional Cash Incentives

Asia-Pacific governments should consider enhancing the use of Conditional Cash Transfers to help vulnerable families affected by the global financial crisis, ADB Vice-President Ursula Schaefer-Preuss said today.
23 Jul 2009

Emerging East Asia Entering Transition from Recession to Recovery

Although economic growth is continuing to slow this year, emerging East Asia has already entered the transition from recession to recovery, says the July issue of the Asia Economic Monitor released today.
25 Jun 2009

Mongolia to Get Economic Crisis Funding Support from ADB, Japan

ADB and the Government of Japan will fund a social sectors support program in Mongolia to help cushion the impacts of the global economic crisis on the country's poor, who make up a third of the total population.
14 May 2009

$5M Grant to Help Central and West Asia Cope with Climate Change

ADB Board of Directors has approved a US$5 million grant to help Central and West Asia address the impacts of climate change on the region.
13 May 2009

East, South Asia Free-Trade Deal Could Generate $260 Billion in Extra Income

A free-trade agreement covering East and South Asia could generate around US$260 billion in additional income and pave the way for further cooperation between the two regions, says a new book from ADB.
1 May 2009

Delegates Arrive in Bali Ahead of ADB's 42nd Annual Meeting

The first of more than 3,500 participants arrived at the Bali International Convention Centre today as registration desks opened for ADB's 42nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors.
14 Apr 2009

East Asia's FTAs Benefit Business, Can Counter Protectionism - Study

East Asia's myriad free trade agreements benefit the regions' businesses and could help counter falling trade volumes and trade protectionism triggered by the current global economic crisis, says a new study from the Asian Development Bank Institute.
17 Mar 2009

ADB, Japan to Help Mongolia Cut Chronic Child Malnutrition

Efforts by the Mongolian government to cut the country's stubbornly high rates of malnutrition in young children are to receive support from Japan and the Asian Development Bank.
10 Dec 2008

Food Stamp Program to Bring Relief to Mongolia

At least 100,000 of the poorest households in Mongolia reeling from soaring food prices will benefit from a food stamp program to be funded by the Asian Development Bank.
24 Nov 2008

Improved Education in Mongolia through Quality, Affordable Textbooks

Some 270,000 primary school students in Mongolia will receive quality and affordable textbooks through a grant from the Asian Development Bank.