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.
Data and Statistics
Data and statistical analysis in the Asia and Pacific region contribute to knowledge generation in ADB, helping strengthen its institutional priorities and operational effectiveness in its developing member economies.
In the Spotlight
Asian Development Outlook (ADO) September 2024
This edition shows that growth in Asia and the Pacific remains robust amid strong domestic demand and continued recovery in exports.
Asian Development Review: Volume 41, Number 2
This edition features five articles analyzing the forces that have driven Asia and the Pacific’s structural transformation in recent decades.
Asia Bond Monitor – September 2024
This edition shows that financial conditions in emerging East Asia have improved since July, leading to declining bond yields, amid moderating inflation and expected interest rate cuts both in advanced economies and the region.
2021 International Comparison Program for Asia and the Pacific: Purchasing Power Parities and Real Expenditures—A Summary Report
Summarizing the Asia and the Pacific results of the 2021 International Comparison Program, this report estimates purchasing power parities (PPPs) and PPP-based measures of total and per capita real gross domestic product (GDP) for 21 economies.
Climate Change Financing at ADB
ADB has placed combating climate change and its consequences at the top of its development agenda. The bank is therefore scaling up support to address climate change, disaster risks, and environmental degradation, elevating its ambition to provide $100 billion in cumulative climate financing from its own resources to its developing member countries for the period 2019-2030.
ADB Data Library
The ADB Data Library is the central store for all of ADB's public data. Browse data, view visualizations and interact with APIs.
Key Indicators Database (KIDB)
KIDB is ADB's central statistical database for macroeconomic and social indicators from across Asia and the Pacific.
AsianBondsOnline
AsianBondsOnline is a one-stop source of information on bond markets in emerging East Asia.
Economic Forecasts for Asia and the Pacific: September 2024
Growth in developing Asia and the Pacific remained strong during the first half of 2024, supported by domestic demand and a continued recovery in exports. High-income technology exporters benefited from rising global semiconductor sales driven by strong demand for artificial intelligence products. Meanwhile, inflation continued to decline, driven by the lagged effects of tight monetary policy and easing global food prices. The growth outlook for developing Asia and the Pacific has been raised to 5.0% for 2024 from 4.9% in April. The 2025 growth projection remains at 4.9%. Inflation in the region is forecast at 2.8% for 2024, down from 3.2% in April, due to currency appreciation in the Caucasus and Central Asia and a slower-than-expected bottoming out of food prices in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The inflation forecast for 2025 is revised down to 2.9% from an April forecast of 3.0%.
There are still risks to the outlook. Rising protectionism, depending on the outcome of the presidential election in the United States, could lead to negative real and financial spillovers in developing Asia. Other risks include escalating geopolitical tensions, a deterioration in the PRC’s property market, and adverse weather conditions.
Economic and Social Statistics: Asia and the Pacific
ADB acknowledges the need for reliable, timely, granular, and integrated data, as well as innovative ways to produce them, to guide economic and social development to ensure that nobody is left behind. To aid in evidence-based policymaking, ADB produces key knowledge resources and partners with statistics agencies in Asia and the Pacific to improve the region's capability to produce effective statistics.
ADB Corporate Data
Data on ADB's operations, projects, project results and performance, internal administration, and financial management; including cofinancing partnerships and climate financing.
Financing Infrastructure
Hefty infrastructure needs of $26 trillion from 2016-2030 means Asia and the Pacific needs to find new ways to attract investment. These could include more private financing, infrastructure bonds, or capturing the value of higher land prices.
