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- Despite advances in the water sector of the Asia and Pacific region in the past two decades, almost 500 million people in the region do not have access to at least basic water supplies, while 1.14 billion lack access to basic sanitation.
- Enhancing access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in homes, schools, hospitals, and public facilities is key to ensuring the wellbeing of communities and equips them to better handle health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic not only weakened economies and health systems, and resulted in human loss in the millions, but also widened existing gaps in realizing development targets on water security.
- In 2020, the World Bank Group cofinanced with ADB nine projects for a total of $1.3 billion, including three COVID-19-related projects.
- 2020年，世行集团与亚行共同为九个项目（含三个疫情相关项目）提供了融资，总额高达13亿美元。
- Pollution threatens the Xin’an River, a river system within the People’s Republic of China's Yangtze River Economic Belt that provides water supply to millions of households.
- 清理新安江河道将帮助确保沿岸数百万居民获得可靠供水水源，推动绿色发展，促进经济增长。
How a provincial water company secured the first private sector financing in Viet Nam’s water sector
A corporate loan of up to $8 million for the Binh Duong Water Treatment Expansion Project signed between BIWASE and ADB in October 2020, is the first private sector water supply project in Viet Nam.- To ease a worsening housing crisis in Asia and the Pacific, ADB has teamed with Habitat for Humanity International to provide housing loans for low-income families in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
- Sanitation for all may be enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 6.2), but achieving this target will require a change from business as usual approaches.
- Managing water resources effectively is becoming increasingly critical in Asia and the Pacific, with its fast-paced economic development, population growth, and changing climate.
- To minimize the loss of lives and resources due to flooding, a new project in Nepal will introduce flood control infrastructure and flood forecasting systems in the Terai region, known as Nepal’s granary.
- Two investment projects that can revitalize the Yangtze River Economic Belt emerged from a technical assistance facility funded by ADB and the Multidonor Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility.
- Substandard sanitation services have prompted Viet Nam to take action, supported by the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- A set of interrelated interventions seeks to pave the way for the benefits of economic growth to reach the rural poor in the People's Republic of China.
- ADB is working with the Lao PDR government to help farmers manage the impacts of fluctuating water levels in the Mekong River and improve agricultural productivity.
- ADB ກໍາລັງເຮັດວຽກຮ່ວມກັບລັດຖະບານສປປລາວເພື່ອຊ່ວຍຊາວກະສິກອນຈັດການກັບຜົນກະທົບທີ່ເກີດຈາກການຂຶ້ນລົງຂອງລະດັບນໍ້າໃນແມ່ນໍ້າແລະປັບປຸງຜົນຜະລິດທາງດ້ານກະສິກຳ
- Beating plastic pollution is an important step to prevent environmental degradation and biodiversity loss, strengthen food security, and reduce negative health impacts. ADB supports DMCs in addressing plastic pollution.
- The completion of Nepal’s longest excavated tunnel marks a key milestone in bringing more reliable and higher quality water supply to the people of Kathmandu.
- The Vice President of the World Youth Parliament for Water Antonella Vagliente shares her insights on the role of youth in the water community.