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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.
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.
16 Dec 2011
ADB $730 Million Loans to Help Viet Nam Remove Power Transmission Bottlenecks
ADB will lend Viet Nam up to $730 million for electricity transmission upgrades to improve the delivery of power needed to fuel the country’s fast growing economy.
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.
24 Nov 2011
New Power Plant to Spur Development in Viet Nam's Mekong Delta
ADB has approved a loan of $309.89 million for a new 750 megawatt (MW) power plant in Viet Nam that will provide critically needed electricity to the country’s energy-starved south.
3 Oct 2011
Road Loan Helps Viet Nam Spur Growth in Remote Provinces
ADB will help Viet Nam upgrade roads in remote northern provinces to reduce the area’s isolation and deliver new economic opportunities to some of the country’s poorest people.
25 Sep 2011
Innovative Fund to Pave Way for Infrastructure Boom
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is creating a new fund to finance major infrastructure projects across the region.
14 Sep 2011
Developing Asia's Growth to Moderate Amid Global Uncertainty - ADB Report
ADB has cut its 2011 and 2012 growth forecasts for developing Asia amid ongoing worries about weak external demand from its key trading partners.