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 69 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
Highlights of successful ADB projects and case studies on how to achieve their targets.
Together We Deliver
Together We Deliver highlights successful ADB projects across Asia and the Pacific that demonstrated development impacts, best practice, and innovation.
People’s Republic of China: Building Roads that Help Small Towns in Yunnan Province
A project in Yunnan Province helped bring the People’s Republic of China closer to its neighbors and drive local development.
Pakistan: Responding to Disaster with Partnership
When an unprecedented disaster struck Pakistan, ADB joined with other partners to provide lasting solutions.
Mongolia: The Road to Prosperity
In what was once an isolated province in western Mongolia, a road project that links the country to the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation is changing lives for the better.
India: Harvesting the Results of a Reliable Power Supply in Madhya Pradesh
In central India, ADB and the government partnered to bring an innovative solution to the long-standing problem of an unreliable power supply.
Bangladesh: Throwing a Lifeline to Small Businesses
A partnership between Bangladesh and ADB provided loans to rural and women-owned businesses that struggled to access the credit needed to expand their operations.
Expanding Access to Affordable Electricity in Cambodia
New transmission lines light up towns as cross-border energy cooperation links Cambodia and Viet Nam grids.
Making Health Care Affordable for the Urban Poor in Bangladesh
Maternity clinics run under a public–private partnership are making quality health care a reality in Dhaka’s slum communities.
New Railway Brings Tourists, Business, Jobs, to Yunnan Province
In the spectacular landscape of Yunnan Province in the People’s Republic of China, a railway is proving that ancient cultures, tourism, and economic progress can coexist.
Tonga’s High-Speed Revolution
An undersea fiber-optic cable network is banishing Tonga’s long-standing isolation and ushering in the wired world of the 21st century.
Sun, Partnerships Power Thailand Solar Project
Thailand’s first large-scale solar power plant demonstrates the feasibility of large, private sector solar farms, and leads the way to a greener future.
ADB's Project Cycle
The various stages from country programming to project completion and evaluation are known collectively as ADB's project cycle.
ADB provides financing for projects that will effectively contribute to the economic and social development of the country concerned and have the strongest poverty reduction impact in conformity with the country and ADB strategies.