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ADB has launched a new 5-year country partnership strategy for Kazakhstan to help the Central Asian nation achieve a more diversified, inclusive, and sustainable economy.
Adopting artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies could create more than 430,000 net new jobs in just two key industries in Uzbekistan by 2025, but only if the country puts in place favorable policies and invests in skills and training, according to a new ADB study.
ADB has approved a $300 million loan to improve transport connectivity of the Kakarbhitta–Laukahi road in Nepal to international trade routes, particularly to India and Bangladesh.
ADB and Foreign Enterprise Indorama Agro LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indorama Corporation (IRC) signed a $15 million loan to support the livelihoods of farmers in Uzbekistan, enhance their climate resilience, and support ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa called for regional cooperation in tackling climate change and other critical development challenges while participating in the 15th Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Leaders’ Summit and the 15th Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Leaders’ Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.
ADB and FinDev Canada have signed a memorandum of agreement to cooperate on sustainable and inclusive private sector investments that promote sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.
ADB and the Private Infrastructure Development Group have signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation on early-stage, private sector infrastructure investments in Asia and the Pacific.
ADB has announced Tbilisi, Georgia, as the host of its 57th Annual Meeting to be held from 2 to 5 May 2024.
ADB and Nusantara National Capital Authority have concluded a memorandum of understanding that paves the way for collaboration on the planning and development of Nusantara as a carbon-neutral forest city.
Central and West Asia, and its neighboring countries, must work together to address increasingly severe impacts of climate change that could lead to water scarcity, food insecurity, and even conflict in the region, ADB said today.