Philippines and ADB

In the Spotlight

Event
ADB’s Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS) 2020: The New Normal: Driving Economic Recovery through Digital Innovation
Join the online event on 21 October. SEADS will focus on digital innovation with the context of the COVID-19 crisis and explore policies that can help Southeast Asian nations achieve a competitive edge in the age of disruptive technology.
News Release
Contracts Worth $1.7 Billion Awarded for ADB-Funded Malolos–Clark Railway Project
Construction of the Malolos–Clark Railway Project, a flagship Philippine project funded by ADB, is expected to begin soon, following the signing of three civil works contracts worth more than $1.7 billion.
Video
Health System Enhancement to Address and Limit COVID-19
The Asian Development Bank is helping the Philippine government to further scale up its capacity to prevent and control the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through a $125 million loan approved on 25 August 2020.

Asian Development Blog
COVID-19 is sending millions of overseas workers back into Southeast Asia’s rural areas
With the right policies, enough jobs can be created to employ returning workers and creating the opportunity for a new era in agricultural entrepreneurship in the region.

Handog sa hapag-kainan ng Pamilyang Pilipino

A partnership between the Asian Development Bank, the Government of the Philippines, and the private sector, in coordination with the Philippine Army, for families affected by COVID-19. The Bayan Bayanihan food program was completed on 20 May 2020.
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Data: Philippines ADB and the Philippines: 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 the Philippines

Development indicators for the Philippines, 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.

Philippines: Cofinancing

Project Performance, 2000-2018

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ADB Projects in the Philippines

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Approved/Active

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Funding Information

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Project Results

Project Result / Case Study
Testing Fintech Bank Solutions in the Philippines
ADB pilot project with the Philippines’ Cantilan Bank tests cloud-based banking.
Project Result / Case Study
Capital Market Reforms to Help Fund Philippines’ Infrastructure Ambition
Philippine reforms aim to increase interest and participation in the domestic capital market to mobilize funds for infrastructure investment.
Project Result / Case Study
Celebrating Coral Triangle Day with a Beach Cleanup in the Philippines
Thousands of students, police officers and others picked up trash and debris surrounding Dumanquillas Bay.