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News Release | 16 March 2022
COVID-19 Pushed 4.7 Million More People in Southeast Asia Into Extreme Poverty in 2021, But Countries are Well Positioned to Bounce Back — ADB
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 4.7 million people in Southeast Asia into extreme poverty in 2021, as 9.3 million jobs disappeared, compared with a baseline no-COVID scenario, according to a new ADB report presented at SEADS.
Statement | 10 March 2021
ADB Statement on New Developments in Myanmar
The Asian Development Bank remains deeply concerned about recent developments in Myanmar, especially the loss of life during civil protests. These events will have a serious impact on the country’s economic and social development.
Asian Development Blog | 17 May 2022
Your Questions Answered: What Jobs Can Be Done from Home?
An ADB economist who specializes in the areas of education, skills development and jobs, answers questions about which jobs are best suited to work-from-home arrangements, based on a recent study in Southeast Asia.
News Release | 13 May 2022
Improving Sectoral Growth Drivers to Boost Southeast Asia’s Post-Pandemic Recovery
Transforming Southeast Asia’s established tourism, garments, and agro-processing industries, and leveraging advances in electronics and digital trade, could support the region’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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 Myanmar

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

Results of ADB-Supported Operations

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 and Supply Chain Finance Program.

Myanmar: Cofinancing

Project Performance, 2000-2018

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ADB Projects in Myanmar

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Project Results

Project Result / Case Study | 4 June 2015
Equity Investment in Asia Environmental Partners II
Asia Environmental Partners II is a $300 million regional fund focused on growth opportunities in renewable energy, waste management and recycling services, water management, energy efficiency, pollution control, and low-carbon consumer products in the People’s Republic of China, India, and Southeast Asia.
Project Result / Case Study | 31 December 2013
Demonstrating Community-Led Approach to Sanitation in Yangon
This pilot and demonstration activity (PDA) sought to demonstrate the feasibility of creating sustainable environmental improvements in the short term by working directly with communities on better local infrastructure and services using an approach that is financially and operationally sustainable. The activity focused on one of the slum areas in Dawbon Township in Yangon.