Social Development and Poverty: News Releases

The Asian Development Bank joined 11 multilateral development banks and the International Monetary Fund today in launching a first-ever joint report on financing the Sustainable Development Goals.

Asian Development Bank Vice President Shixin Chen reaffirmed ADB’s support for Pakistan’s development efforts and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response during a series of virtual meetings...

As technological change and automation increasingly disrupt many aspects of daily life, developing economies in Asia and the Pacific must rethink education and training to ensure students have the right skills for the jobs of the future...

Donors have agreed to a replenishment in excess of $4 billion for ADB’s Asian Development Fund (ADF) 13 and Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF) 7, for the 4-year period from 2021 to 2024.

Young people in the Asia and Pacific region will be hit hardest and likely bear the long-term economic costs of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a new ADB–ILO report.

The SDGs and related targets in the Paris Agreement on climate change provide strong frameworks for the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific, ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa said at a high-level event...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $440,000 technical assistance grant to help address and prevent domestic violence amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in Mongolia.

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 disbursed a loan of $40 million (in Chinese yuan equivalent) to New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd. (NHL) to promote biosecurity and help develop a more integrated, inclusive, and sustainable livestock.