ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
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ADB supports projects in developing member countries that create economic and development impact, delivered through both public and private sector operations, advisory services, and knowledge support.
Episode 15 What is IF-CAP? How ADB is launching a new era in climate finance
2 May 2023
Using a leveraged guarantee mechanism, ADB’s initial ambition of $3 billion in guarantees could create up to $15 billion in much-needed climate investment—the first time any multilateral development bank has adopted a program of this kind.
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Episode 6 - Financing the Future: The importance of Domestic Resource Mobilization
Governments have been left little choice but to raise spending for critical social services, such as healthcare, while also relaxing certain taxation to allow businesses to stay afloat during the economic downturn.
Episode 5 - Global Value Chains: The challenges and opportunities facing Asia and the Pacific
Asia and the Pacific has long been coveted by the global economy for its role in global value chains (GVCs). That’s had benefits not only for companies looking for a competitive cost advantage.
Episode 4 - What is ETM? How Asia and the Pacific can make a clean energy transition
As the source of half the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, Asia and the Pacific can only realize its climate goals if it transitions away from a large source of those emissions.