Report Card: Preparing Viet Nam's Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow

ADB helped Viet Nam improve its vocational and technical education system to meet the growing demand for skilled industry workers in the country. Read More

Public Services in Asia and the Pacific

Access to public services such as health care, schooling and clean water, among others, has lagged behind the pace of economic growth despite significant progress. Read More

Bringing Public Services to Those Who Need Them Most

Asia's public services are failing the needy and need broad reforms in order to help reduce inequality in the region, according to a new ADB report, Empowerment and Public Service Deliver in Developing Asia and the Pacific. Watch Video

Transforming Beyond 'Factory Asia' Key to Keeping Economies Strong

Developing Asia must invest in skills, technologies, and the private sector to move beyond low-cost manufacturing and ensure strong economic growth. Read More

Education: A right not a Privilege

Most developing countries in Asia and the Pacific have earned high marks for a dramatic rise in primary education enrollment rates in the last three decades, but daunting challenges remain, threatening economic and social growth.

With over $8.2 billion in loans and grants to the education sector over the past forty years ADB has a long track record in assisting its developing member countries (DMCs) achieve the goal of quality education for all.

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FAST FACTS

94%
Enrollment in primary education in ADB countries in 2009, higher than in all the developing regions of the world combined at 89%

91%
Primary education completion rate for ADB countries

12,965,000
Students who benefited from school improvement programs or direct support in 2007–2010

What's New

News | 1 Oct 2013
ADB to Strengthen Human Capital in India's Meghalaya State

News | 20 Sep 2013
Future Development Goals Target an End to Poverty by 2030 - Study

Event | 11 Sep 2013 - 13 Sep 2013
Regional Seminar: Gender Equality in Secondary Education, Technical and Vocational Education and Training, and Skills for Employment

Event | 8 Apr 2013 - 9 Apr 2013
Regulating the Shadow Education System: Private Tutoring and Government Policies in Asia

News | 12 Dec 2012
Asia Must Close Skills Gaps, Go High Tech to Sustain Future Growth - ADB

Publications

Oct 2013
Schooling Supply and the Structure of Production: Evidence from US States 1950-1990

May 2013
How Expansion of Public Services Affects the Poor: Benefit Incidence Analysis for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Mar 2013
On the Determinants of Scholastic Performance in Five Asian Countries


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