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ADB is supporting a regional knowledge center focused on public finance that opens today in Manila.

More than two years after the tsunami devastated countries around the Indian Ocean, reconstruction efforts in India are progressing well, according to a new report published jointly by ADB, the UN, and World Bank.

ADB will support secondary school teacher education in Viet Nam with a $34 million loan.

ADB is lending US$50 million to help the Government of Indonesia improve the quality and sustainability of madrasah education.

The People's Republic of China can help redress global payments imbalances by addressing its domestic challenges such as social development, income disparities between rural and urban areas and environmental degradation, ADB Vice President Lawrence Greenwood said.

ADB is backing a comprehensive program that will help restructure Nepal's primary and secondary education system.

A US$1.5 million grant from ADB's Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, funded by the Government of Japan, will help expand learning opportunities for the youth of ethnic minority groups in Viet Nam.

Two ADB loans totaling US$115 million will help improve the quality and relevance of secondary education in Bangladesh, while increasing poor students' access to schools.

ADB is partnering with Beijing's Tsinghua University in establishing a regional knowledge hub in China on climate change, under an agreement signed in Beijing.

ADB's new assistance strategy for the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 2007-2011 follows the Government