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News Release | 19 August 2021
$235 Million ADB Loan to Upgrade Pakistan Highway, Boost Regional Connectivity
ADB has approved a $235 million loan to further upgrade a national highway in Pakistan that is crucial to regional connectivity and strengthen the government’s operation and maintenance of its national highway network.
News Release | 6 August 2021
$500 Million ADB Loan to Procure COVID-19 Vaccines for Pakistan
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $500 million loan to help the Government of Pakistan procure and deploy safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines and strengthen the country’s capacity to implement its vaccination program.
ADBI Video | 21 October 2021
Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor
Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor examines physical infrastructure development in the region and its implications for trade and economic opportunities.

Books | 21 October 2021
Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor
Spanning from the People’s Republic of China through Central Asian countries along the Caspian Sea to Europe, the Trans-Caspian Corridor is an increasingly important channel for transportation and cross-border trade.

Data: Pakistan ADB and Pakistan: 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 Pakistan

Development indicators for Pakistan, 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 Finance Program.

Pakistan: Cofinancing

Project Performance, 2000-2018

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ADB Projects in Pakistan

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Project Results

Project Result / Case Study | 15 June 2021
Energy flows where attention goes: European expertise in Pakistan
ADB’s European Representative Office works with the bank’s 17 European member countries to facilitate the application of European expertise to ADB projects in developing member countries, such as the Balakot Hydropower Development Project in Pakistan.
Project Result / Case Study | 18 January 2021
A newly completed bus rapid transit system is transforming lives of people in Peshawar, Pakistan
A bus rapid transit system in Pakistan established with financing by ADB and Agence Française de Développement is improving lives in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Project Result / Case Study | 8 November 2018
Pakistan: Responding to Disaster with Partnership
When an unprecedented disaster struck Pakistan, ADB joined with other partners to provide lasting solutions.