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More than 60,000 households in rural India will have better access to electricity by 2015 as Simpa Networks, a company supported by ADB, scales up the sales of its off-grid, pay-as-you-go solar energy solutions.

Infrastructure improvements and private sector development to drive inclusive economic growth in Timor-Leste will be the main focus for Shane Rosenthal, the new Resident Representative for ADB.

亚洲开发银行(亚行)最新一期《亚洲债券监测》称,2012年新兴东亚地区本币债券市场继续增长,这表明,投资者对该地区快速增长的各经济体仍感兴趣,但同时也加大了出现资产价格泡沫的风险。

ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda steps down today after eight years that has seen ADB transformed into a more relevant, responsive and results-oriented institution, helping developing Asia-Pacific countries reduce poverty and increase standards of living for their people.

Emerging East Asia’s local currency bond markets continued to expand in 2012, signaling ongoing investor interest in the region’s fast-growing economies but also raising the risk of asset price bubbles, said ADB's latest Asia Bond Monitor.

ADB returned to the US dollar bond market yesterday with the pricing of a $2.5 billion, 3-year global benchmark bond issue, proceeds of which will be part of the Bank’s ordinary capital resources and used in its non-concessional operations.

More than 75% of the countries in Asia and the Pacific are experiencing a serious lack of water security, with many of them facing an imminent water crisis unless immediate steps are taken to improve management of water resources, says a new study prepared jointly by ADB and the Asia-Pacific Water Forum.

Манила, Филиппины (28 февраля 2013 г.) – В результате представления Премьер-министром Японии г-ном Шинзо Абе Президента Азиатского банка развития (АБР) Харухико Куроды в качестве управляющего Банка Японии, АБР сегодня объявил о том, что г-н Курода подал прошение об отставке с должности Президента АБР с 18 марта 2013 года. Избрание преемника до истечения срока полномочий г-на Куроды пройдет в Совете управляющих АБР в соответствие с Уставом АБР.

Companies operating in developing Asia lost out on nearly $425 billion in trade finance in 2011 alone, according to a new survey by ADB.

Huangshi, a secondary city in southeastern People’s Republic of China, Hubei Province, is testing an integrated approach to urban pollution control that combines reducing upstream pollution with improving downstream water quality, using a $100 million loan from ADB.