News Releases

ADB is providing a $120 million grant to help Tajikistan upgrade a vital road linking the capital Dushanbe with the Uzbekistan border.

Mongolia with support from ADB will build a state-of-the-art road/rail linked logistics facility that will help expand and speed up trade, and increase the landlocked country's global competitiveness.

ADB is supporting the governments of Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Viet Nam in a community-driven initiative to conserve more than 1.9 million hectares of threatened forest land, home to over 170,000 mostly poor, ethnic minority people.

ADB Board of Directors today approved a loan and grant of $15 million equivalent to the Government of Cambodia to promote the development of a sound, market-based financial sector.

ADB, the largest external financier in Mongolia's health sector, is providing fresh assistance to improve hospital services in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, and to strengthen the country's drug safety regime.

ADB will provide $90 million in loans to help Sri Lanka restore water supply and sanitation infrastructure to the conflict-affected Northern Province.

Northern regions of the Lao People's Democratic Republic will receive ADB assistance for agriculture infrastructure upgrades that will boost incomes and opportunities for poor, rural communities.

ADB will extend $95 million to help the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Viet Nam upgrade roads in the northeastern transport corridor that offers trade and poverty reduction benefits to both countries, as well as the wider Mekong region.

ADB will extend $120 million in loans to Papua New Guinea for renewable energy facilities that will help the country meet critical electricity supply gaps in provincial urban centers.

ADB will help some of Nepal's poorest farmers shift production from traditional low-earning crops into high-value commodities, resulting in improved quality of life and incomes for nearly 19,000 households.

ADB is extending $49 million to expand surveillance response systems to help control dengue outbreaks, and prevent the spread of communicable and tropical diseases in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam.

Bangladesh, with support from ADB, is stepping up efforts to upgrade rural roads and market facilities to improve growth and livelihood opportunities, and to cut poverty in underdeveloped areas.

ADB is to help Palau carry out broad reforms to improve the sustainability and cost effectiveness of its water and sanitation services.

ADB is to help Bangladesh rollout planned transport projects to accelerate growth and stimulate economic activity across South Asia and beyond.

Bhutan is receiving fresh ADB assistance to help it reach its target of providing electricity to all rural households, which will spur growth and reduce poverty in the mountainous, landlocked South Asian country.