Social Development and Poverty: News Releases

ADB and the Government of Mongolia signed three projects to lessen the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on poor and vulnerable groups in Mongolia.

ADB has approved a $30 million grant to Tajikistan to strengthen the skills of the country’s youth, women, and labor migrants to improve their employability and wages, and enhance the capacity of employment and migration...

ADB has approved a $26.4 million loan to lessen the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on poor and vulnerable groups in Mongolia, especially women and children.

ADB today approved a $500 million loan to expand its support for the Philippine government’s conditional cash transfer program, which is helping millions of Filipino families across the country send their children to school...

ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa and ESCAP Executive Secretary Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana today discussed enhancing cooperation to help the region as it addresses the COVID-19 pandemic.

UN ESCAP, ADB, and UNDP jointly launched today the latest edition of the Asia-Pacific SDG Partnership Report - Fast-Tracking the Sustainable Development Goals: Driving Asia-Pacific Transformations on the sidelines of the 7th Asia...

ADB has launched a $5 million project to help the Philippine government deliver critical food supplies to up to 55,000 vulnerable households in Metro Manila and neighboring areas, which are under enhanced community quarantine...

ADB Vice-President Mr. Shixin Chen reaffirmed ADB’s commitment to supporting Bangladesh in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, while attending the Bangladesh Development Forum in Dhaka today.

Aging populations could be a boon to economies in the Asia and Pacific region if governments adopt technology policies that improve elderly people’s health, extend skills and working lives, and facilitate job matching, according to...

ADB has approved a $200 million loan as additional financing to help support the Government of Pakistan’s flagship social protection program, the BISP, which supports more than 5 million eligible families across the country...