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.
Project Results and Case Studies
Gender Case Studies
The gender results provide an overview of gender issues, design features, and implementation arrangements that contribute to achieving gender-related targets in ADB projects.
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Livestock and Economic Development
An ADB-supported project in Lao PDR helps some of the country’s most vulnerable women get the most out of their animals—and empowers women in the process.
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) in the Philippines
Very poor families receive cash to send their children to school and access healthcare in an effort to end the cycle of poverty.
Supporting Agriculture and Woman's Rights in Nepal
Self-help groups help rural Nepali women lease land and grow high value vegetables when rice fields are fallow. Now families can earn income between rice seasons.
Providing Food Assistance and Helping Women in Cambodia
A project in Cambodia is helping some of the country's poorest women and families put food on the table, and is building better emergency response systems.
Vocational and Technical Education in Indonesia
A project supporting Indonesia's vocational and technical education system helps students from low-income families achieve their career goals.
Healthy Mothers and Babies in Lao People's Democratic Republic
An ADB-supported project in Lao PDR helps keep mothers and babies safe and healthy during childbirth.
Supporting Education in Lao People's Democratic Republic
An ADB-supported education project has been getting some of the poorest children in Lao PDR back into the classroom—and for longer.
Teaching Women Vocational Skills in Nepal
An ADB-supported project in Nepal is helping some of the most disadvantaged women in the country build careers in occupations once reserved for men.
Helping Women Through Water and Sanitation in Cambodia
An ADB-supported water and sanitation project in Cambodia has freed rural women from the back-breaking work of hauling water and is restoring good health to communities.
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Promoting Good Government and Helping Women in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh's secondary towns, ordinary people are getting a say in government, and that is changing even how the bills are paid.