Men harvesting oysters under an ADB-supported Pearl Industry Development Project in the Cook Islands. Photographer - Rollie del Rosario

More women in Nepal now enjoy potable water through ADB’s 4th Water Supply and Sanitation project. Photographer - Rollie del Rosario

Roadside fruit and vegetable markets in Sri Lanka have fresher and more varied produce as a result of the ADB-supported Kirindi Oya Irrigation & Settlement Project. Photographer - Rollie del Rosario

Engineers inspect an ADB-supported natural gas project in Thailand. Photographer - Takeshi Takahara

An ADB-supported water treatment plant in People’s Republic of China removes industrial pollutants from water sources. Photographer - Richie Abrina

An ADB-supported road upgrade project in Fiji. Photographer - Rollie del Rosario

Villagers in Bangladesh discuss ways to improve flood control and irrigation under an ADB-funded Flood Rehabilitation Project. Photographer - Rollie del Rosario

Mohamed Zakir is making ends meet rearing goats provided through an ADB-supported micro-credit project in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Photographer - Kemal Jufri

Young women learning how to sew through the ADB-supported Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Project in India. Photographer - Rollie del Rosario

President of the Asian Development Bank, Haruhiko Kuroda, visiting a secondary school in Viet Nam. Photographer - Julian Wainwright

Female students in Afghanistan returning to school after the cessation of hostilities. Photographer - Gerard Carreon

The ADB-supported Tarbela Hydropower Dam, in Pakistan. Photographer - Takeshi Takahara

An ADB-supported renewable energy windmill in India. Photographer - Richie Abrina