Bangladesh and ADB

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ADB, Pran Dairy Sign Loan to Sustain Milk Farmer Livelihoods During Pandemic
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Pran Dairy Limited (PDL), a member of one of the biggest food and agribusiness groups in Bangladesh, today signed a $10 million loan agreement to support dairy value chain during the coronavirus...
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Promoting Smart Drinking Water Management in South Asian Cities
ADB, in partnership with the Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund and K-water, supports improvement in urban drinking water supply services in South Asia through smart water management programs.
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How Microfinance is Helping Poor Households and Businesses Survive and Thrive: 6 Things to Know
Rural women, low-income households, and small businesses they manage are all too often starved of finance in Asia and the Pacific. Here are six ways ADB is using microfinance to help poor households and businesses survive and thrive

Reports
2017 International Comparison Program for Asia and the Pacific: Purchasing Power Parities and Real Expenditures — Results and Methodology
This publication provides in-depth analyses of purchasing power parities and real expenditures for 22 economies in Asia and the Pacific.

Data: Bangladesh ADB and Bangladesh: Fact Sheet

Economic Forecast

GDP forecasts are based on ADB's flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. Updated four times a year, it analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.

Poverty in Bangladesh

Development indicators for Bangladesh, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

Results of ADB-Supported Operations, 2010-2018

Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.

Projects Cofinanced

Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects. Additional funds are provided in the form of official loans and grants, technical assistance, other concessional financing, and commercial cofinancing such as B loans, risk transfer arrangements, parallel loans and equity, guarantee cofinancing, and cofinancing for transactions under ADB’s Trade Finance Program.

Bangladesh: Cofinancing

Project Performance, 2000-2018

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ADB Projects in Bangladesh

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Project Results

Project Result / Case Study
Emergency Assistance in Bangladesh
The influx of more than 700,000 people from Myanmar’s Rakhine State into Cox’s Bazar District in neighboring Bangladesh in August 2017 created a humanitarian crisis. Joining concerted international efforts, ADB quickly mobilized ADF grant funding of $100 million to help ensure this emergency situation did not escalate further.
Project Result / Case Study
Bangladesh: Throwing a Lifeline to Small Businesses
A partnership between Bangladesh and ADB provided loans to rural and women-owned businesses that struggled to access the credit needed to expand their operations.
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Cassava Recipe for Farming Success in Bangladesh
ADB's partnership with food company PRAN-RFL helps expand contract farming, make cassava an attractive crop, and build the agribusiness sector.