Tsunami Response

Archive of What's New - 2005

• Event
• Promoting Financial Accountability in Managing Funds Related to Tsunami, Conflict, and Other Disasters: International Conference

• News Releases
• Two ADB Projects to Help Rebuild Tsunami- and Conflict-Affected Sri Lanka
• ADB Approves US$200 Million Assistance Package for Tsunami-Affected States in India

• News Releases
• ADB Approves US$300 Million Grant for Earthquake and Tsunami-Affected Indonesia
• Jakarta Expert Meeting Identifies Measures to Prevent Corruption in Tsunami Assistance

• Event
• Expert Meeting on Corruption Prevention in Tsunami Relief, Jakarta, Indonesia


• News Release
• ADB Bringing Clean Water and Sanitation to Rural Indonesia and Tsunami Affected Areas

• Event
• High-level Coordination Meeting on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Assistance to Tsunami-Affected Countries


• News Release
• ADB Approves $600 Million Emergency Fund for Tsunami Affected-Countries
• ADB Approves First Emergency Credit for Tsunami-Affected People in Sri Lanka
• New ADB President to Host High-Level Meeting on Tsunami Assistance


• Photo Essay
• ADB Helping Homeless Students at Universities in Banda Aceh, Indonesia


• Reports
• Maldives Tsunami: Impact and Recovery
  Joint Needs Assessment by World Bank-ADB-UN System
• Sri Lanka 2005 Post-Tsunami Recovery Program: Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment

• Briefing Paper
• The ASEAN Leaders' Special Summit - Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster and Aceh Visit - Indonesia, [ PDF ]


• Brochure
• A Region in Crisis: The Toll of Disaster on Asia and the Pacific [ PDF ]


• Economic Update
• An Initial Assessment of the Impact of the Earthquake and Tsunami of 26 December 2004 on South and Southeast Asia [ PDF ] Economic and Political Update, January 2005


• E-Newsletters
  • The Asia Monitor: The e-Newsletter of the North American Representative Office (Tsunami edition)
  • Water for All News: Clean Water Essential in Rebuilding Lives after the Tsunami Disaster
  
  
• News Release
• ADB setting up $600 million Asian tsunami trust fund
• ADB Pledges $800 Million for Indonesia Assistance
• ADB Confident Indonesia can Overcome Tsunami Damage, Meet Infrastructure Needs
• Tsunami Could Throw Nearly 2 Million Additional People into Poverty in the Affected Countries  
• "We Need to Lay Roots for Better Future," Says ADB President Chino


• New Sections
• Country Updates
• Photo Essays
• Speeches
• Timeline


• Photo Essay
• ADB President Tadao Chino visit to Sri Lanka
• VP Jin Visits Maldives Tsunami-Hit Islands


• Reports
• Indonesia: Preliminary Damage and Loss Assessment


• Speech
  • Speech by VP Geert van der Linden, Disaster Risk: The Next Development Challenge
    World Conference on Disaster Reduction High Level RoundTable
  • Speech by Shamshad Akhtar, Director General, Southeast Asia Department on Mobilizing Finance for Infrastructure Development