Myanmar: News Releases

ADB has approved a $50 million additional capital contribution to support the guarantee operations of CGIF, created to promote the development of deep and liquid local currency and regional bond markets in the ASEAN+3 region.

Myanmar State Counselor Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi met with ADB President Mr. Takehiko Nakao today on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit.

The 10 economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus the People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) are now better placed than they have ever been to withstand any global liquidity crunch...

ADB President Mr. Takehiko Nakao today reaffirmed his continued support for sustainable infrastructure investment at the 23rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Southeast Asian governments, ADB, and major development financiers launched the “ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility”, a new initiative to spur more than $1 billion in green infrastructure investments ASEAN.

Myanmar’s economic growth is expected to pick up in 2019 and 2020, thanks to higher foreign direct investment and positive response to the government’s economic and policy reforms, according to a new report by ADB.

Countries in Southeast Asia need to promote innovative green and blue finance approaches to address the rising financing gap for sustainable infrastructure in the region, according to an ASEAN workshop in Bangkok.

Countries in Asia and the Pacific have a good chance of achieving the social protection agenda under the Sustainable Development Goals if the right fiscal reforms and policies are in place, says a new study by ADB.

ADB signed an agreement on 21 December 2018 to provide a $10 million equity investment to AMGF, a Myanmar-focused private equity fund, to provide much-needed capital investment for the growth and expansion of SMEs operating...

Senior officials of the GMS will convene this week at the 10th GMS Economic Corridors Forum in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar to discuss ways to fast-track infrastructure development and boost growth along key economic corridors.