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The Asian Development Bank will help develop the management and governance skills of the majority of Timor-Leste's 12,000 public servants.

The Asian Development Bank is providing $4.5 million to foster closer cooperation among participating countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation by establishing a virtual institute that will coordinate research, training, and dialogue within the regional organization.

Plans by Viet Nam to boost its higher education sector are getting support from Japan and the Asian Development Bank.

Sri Lanka's efforts to improve its public finances and to strengthen fiscal reforms will get a boost from technical assistance provided by Japan and the Asian Development Bank.

Developing countries in Asia need to improve the quality of their education systems because many graduates lack the skills needed in today's rapidly changing workplace, according to a report released by the Asian Development Bank.

The Asian Development Bank is helping thousands of unemployed and underemployed Bangladesh adults attain better wage and employment prospects by improving the country's technical skills training system.

Even poor countries can afford basic social protection like financing health care, cash transfers to the poor, and elderly and child protection.

Developing Asian countries may fail to reap the “demographic dividend” if they do not invest in their education and training systems to make them more relevant to the demands of their rapidly modernizing economies, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says in a new major report.

Putting a collective 3,500 kilometers behind them, young people from across the Mekong region arrived in Vientiane Friday in three caravans to attend the first ever Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Youth Forum.

Japan and the Asian Development Bank are helping Viet Nam expand its investments in early childhood care and development, a program that has a significant impact on children's health and their readiness to learn.