News Releases

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.

ADB is helping water-scarce Shandong province in the People's Republic of China to rehabilitate and improve the efficiency of its water reservoirs.

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 Jiangxi Province, in the People's Republic of China, develop eco-friendly measures to sustainably manage its forests, which are under threat from over-exploitation.

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.

Nepal is receiving ADB assistance to help the government upgrade roads and airports, crucial to improving access to isolated, poor communities.

ADB and the Australian Government will support a $24 million project to help rural communities in Papua New Guinea access credit and financial services.

Nepal, with assistance from ADB, is to step up road improvements and customs systems enhancement to link remote, rural communities to markets and services, and to boost cross-border trade.

The Indian state of Bihar will receive $132 million from ADB for electricity system upgrades that will help spur growth in one of the country's poorest and most populous states.

ADB is extending $40 million equivalent to Viet Nam for introducing reforms that untangle a knot of red tape and make doing business simpler and quicker for small and medium-sized enterprises - the lifeblood of the country's private sector.

ADB is helping India protect its coastline affected by severe erosion.

ADB is extending up to $250 million to help India develop its tourism sector into a driver of sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

ADB is extending a loan facility of up to $800 million to Kazakhstan to upgrade roads and boost transit trade along a key Central Asia transport corridor.