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News Releases
2 Feb 2012
ADB Improves Aid Transparency by Joining AidFlows.org
ADB is helping provide a clearer picture of how much development aid is provided and received around the world by joining AidFlows, in partnership with the World Bank and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
30 Jan 2012
$1.5 Million ADB Grant to Improve Access to Financial Services
Access to financial services in Thailand, such as microfinance, remittances, micropensions and mobile banking, are set to improve after the Ministry of Finance and ADB signed a technical assistance letter today to develop a strategic framework for financial inclusion.
20 Jan 2012
Key Lessons in Flood Management Shared at ADB-Thai Government Forum
Thai officials and experts will continue exploring “best practices” in flood management, following a two-day forum hosted by ADB and the National Economic and Social Development Board that ended today.
19 Jan 2012
ADB, Thai Government Host Forum on Flood Management
International experts on flood management and Thai policy-makers will gather today for a two-day forum on flood management, prevention, preparedness, response and recovery in an effort to identify ways of strengthening water resource delivery and disaster risk management while improving the country’s flood management system.
9 Jan 2012
Media Registration Open for ADB's 45th Annual Meeting in Manila
ADB has opened online media registration for the 45th Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors, to be held on 2–5 May 2012 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila. This is the 15th ADB Annual Meeting to be held in the Philippines, where ADB is headquartered.
20 Dec 2011
Mekong Leaders Agree on Wide-Ranging Development Plan for Next Decade
At the conclusion of the 4th Greater Mekong Subregion Summit today, leaders of the six nations that share the Mekong River agreed on a new 10-year plan to boost growth, development and poverty reduction across the GMS.
8 Dec 2011
ASEAN Justices Reach Common Vision on Environment
Chief Justices and senior judiciary from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have agreed on a common vision on the role of the judiciary in tackling regional environmental challenges, such as deforestation and illegal logging, the illicit trade in wildlife, pollution and the destruction of coral reefs.
6 Dec 2011
Rising Risk of Deep Eurozone-US Recessions Poses Threat to Asia
Economic growth in emerging East Asia will continue to moderate into 2012 as growing sovereign debt problems in Europe and an anemic US economy raise the spectre of a deep global economic downturn, says ADB's latest Asia Economic Monitor.
30 Nov 2011
GMS 2020 Conference Postponed due to Floods in Thailand
The International Conference GMS 2020 scheduled for 15-16 November 2011 in Bangkok has been postponed due to the prevailing flooding of Bangkok and its vicinity. The Central Business District and Airport are unaffected to date and the authorities have managed to limit the extent of flooding to a great degree. Nevertheless the next two weeks are considered a period of uncertainty due a large amount of runoff from the North still flowing into Bangkok.
21 Nov 2011
ADB Gives Emergency Support to Thailand after Worst Floods in over 50 Years
ADB is providing emergency assistance of $3 million to help Thailand get back on its feet in the wake of the country’s worst flooding in more than half a century.