Historic Agreements Bring Long-Awaited TAPI Pipeline Closer to Reality

After years of negotiations, Turkmenistan, one of Central Asia’s largest energy suppliers, will export natural gas to South Asia’s critically underserved market through the 1,800-kilometer Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Read more

ADB Sells $339 Million in Clean Energy Bonds

ADB has raised the equivalent of $339 million from its second sale of Clean Energy Bonds to Japanese retail investors. The bonds will support ADB’s ongoing renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Read more

ADB, Exim Bank of India Sign Loan to Boost Trade, Jobs in Eight Poorer States

A $100 million loan from ADB to the Export-Import Bank of India will channel critical export finance to firms in some of the poorer Indian states, creating jobs through increased trade. Read more

Inclusive Growth through Better Governance and Partnerships

Growth in the Asia and Pacific region is strong, but growth alone is not enough for the region to succeed in an era of global change, ADB's President said in his annual address to the Board of Governors. Read more

News Releases

23 May 2012
ADB Prices $1.25 Billion 3-Year Global Bond
23 May 2012
Historic Agreements Bring Long-Awaited TAPI Pipeline Closer to Reality
17 May 2012
ADB Welcomes Passage of Secured Transactions Act
16 May 2012
ADB Support Brightens Dark Highway Tunnel with Solar-Powered Lights
16 May 2012
ADB Sells $339 Million in Clean Energy Bonds
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Events

4 Jun 2012 - 8 Jun 2012
7th Asia Clean Energy Forum 2012
6 Jun 2012
Seminar by Alejandro Jara - What Next for Doha and WTO?
19 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012
ASEAN Rice Trade Forum
25 Jun 2012 - 27 Jun 2012
Asia-Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion: Approaches, Regulations and Cross-Border Issues
28 Jun 2012 - 29 Jun 2012
Final Regional Workshop on Social Protection Index (SPI)
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Multimedia

Video | 25 May 2012
Resettling to a New Way of Life
Video | 17 May 2012
Meeting the Challenge of Increased Access to Clean Water in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Video | 14 May 2012
Achievements under the Asian Bond Market Initiative (ABMI) and the Chang Mai Initiative Multilaterization (CMIM)
Video | 11 May 2012
Asian Development Bank's $10,000 MyView Video Competition Reaches Final Stage
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Features

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22 May 2012

12 Things to Know in 2012: Sustainable Development
15 May 2012

Road to HIV Prevention
9 May 2012

12 Things to Know in 2012: Asian Agriculture