News Releases

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.
7 Oct 2010

ADB Launches Second Asia-Pacific Video Contest

ADB is launching its second video competition which is open to all aspiring filmmakers across the globe.
29 Sep 2010

ADB Appoints New Country Director for Tajikistan

ADB appointed Joji Tokeshi as the new Country Director for Tajikistan, effective 23 September 2010.
28 Sep 2010

Asia Must Look Beyond the Recovery and Focus on Long-Run Growth, Says ADB

As developing Asia's recovery from the global crisis gains firm hold, medium- and long-run growth will re-assert itself as the region's top economic priority. The central challenge now facing the region is to transform its V-shaped recovery into sustained growth beyond the recovery.
23 Sep 2010

ADB, FAO, and IFAD Partner to Address Food Security Concerns in Asia and Pacific Region

ADB, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the International Fund for Agriculture Development have joined forces to tackle widespread hunger and build food security throughout the Asia and Pacific region.
16 Aug 2010

ADB $122 Million Grant to Bolster Tajikistan's Energy Security, Trade

ADB is extending a $122 million grant to expand and modernize Tajikistan's electricity transmission system, which will help it boost energy trading with neighboring countries to meet winter shortages.
29 Jul 2010

Public-Private Partnerships Can Unlock Central Asia's Vast Potential - ADB

Public-private partnerships can play a vital role in unlocking Central Asia's vast economic potential, senior officials at ADB told a business forum here.
2 Jun 2010

ADB, Tajikistan Agree to New Partnership Strategy Focused on Energy, Transport

Tajikistan and the ADB have agreed on a new Country Partnership Strategy for 2010 to 2014 which will advance the Central Asian nation's drive to strengthen energy supplies and transport links, and to develop a vibrant private sector to help the economy diversify.
25 May 2010

ADB President Inaugurates Rail Line Linking Afghanistan to Central Asia

ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda today inaugurated a 75-kilometer stretch of railway line that connects the Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif to the country's bustling northern border with Uzbekistan.