Philippines and ADB

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News from Country Offices | 28 April 2021
Philippine Economy Seen Recovering in 2021, with Stronger Growth in 2022 — ADB
Public spending on infrastructure and social assistance, better progress in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, and a steady recovery in the global economy will underpin growth of the Philippine economy this year and the...
Event | 21 April 2021
ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin E. Diokno on Financial Digitalization and Inclusive COVID-19 Recovery
This ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar will present Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno, who will discuss financial digitalization and inclusive COVID-19 recovery strategy with ADBI Dean Tetsushi Sonobe and a panel of experts.
Event | 20 April 2021
Webinar on Creative Economy for Sustainable Development: Potential, Challenges, and Ways Forward
This webinar will explore creative industries in developing Asia and the Pacific, their sustainable development potential, and the challenges they face during the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing upon lessons and experiences from ASEAN countries.

Reports | 23 January 2019
Strengthening the Environmental Dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific: Stocktake of National Responses to Sustainable Development Goals 12, 14, and 15
This report presents the results of a survey of 15 developing countries in Asia and the Pacific regarding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 12, 14, and 15.

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

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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Funding Information

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Project Results

Project Result / Case Study | 16 February 2021
ADB-funded livelihood program helps lift households out of extreme poverty in the Philippines
ADB and other partners launched a project in the Philippines using the graduation approach to provide poor and vulnerable households in Negros Occidental province with livelihoods.
Project Result / Case Study | 9 October 2019
Testing Fintech Bank Solutions in the Philippines
ADB pilot project with the Philippines’ Cantilan Bank tests cloud-based banking.
Project Result / Case Study | 27 November 2017
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.