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 68 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.
Asian Development Fund (ADF)
ADF provides grants to ADB's lower-income developing member countries. Established in 1974, the ADF initially provided loans on concessional terms. Activities supported by the ADF promote poverty reduction and improvements in the quality of life in the poorer countries of the Asia and Pacific region.
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In the Spotlight
ADB Provides $38 Million to Help Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga Respond to Disasters
ADB has approved $38 million in contingent disaster financing to help Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Tonga respond to disasters triggered by natural hazards and health emergencies.
ADB Signs Loan for First Cross-Border Wind Power Project in Asia, First Plant in Lao PDR and Largest in Southeast Asia
ADB and Monsoon Wind Power Company Limited signed a $692.55 million nonrecourse project financing package to build a 600-megawatt wind power plant in Sekong and Attapeu provinces in the southern region of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
Together We Deliver: Grants for a Brighter Future
This edition focuses on how Asian Development Fund (ADF) grants are uplifting the lives of millions of the most vulnerable people in Asia and the Pacific.
How the ADF Base Allocation Increase is Already Transforming the Pacific
From clean power to port infrastructure, the Asian Development Fund is transforming the Pacific.
How is ADF funded?
ADF resources mainly come from contributions of ADB's member countries, mobilized under periodic replenishments, and net income transfers from ADB's ordinary capital resources. The twelfth replenishment (ADF 13) will support grant operations between 2021-2024 and is the first ADF to support the implementation of ADB’s corporate strategy—Strategy 2030—during its full cycle.
Who is eligible for ADF grant assistance?
ADB uses a three-tier developing member country classification system determined by two criteria: gross national income per capita (Atlas method) and creditworthiness.
Together We Deliver: Grants for a Brighter Future
Read stories from the beneficiaries' perspective showing how the ADF grants uplift the lives of the most vulnerable in Asia and the Pacific region.
Tonga: Rapid Response for Cyclone Gita's Trail of Destruction
The Pacific Disaster Resilience (PDR) Program program allocates $15 million in policy-based loans and ADF grants for Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu when disasters occur and also supports priority actions for disaster risk management.
Climate Change and Disasters: Protecting Townships in Bhutan
A major focus of the Phuentsholing Township Development Project is to provide a safer space in which the town can grow by helping develop a new urban center with raised ground levels in an area sheltered by the embankments.
What's New
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| Statutory Reports and Official Records
Report on the 2022 Country Performance Assessment Exercise
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| News Releases, News from Country Offices
ADB, BML Sign $41 Million Financing Package to Support SMEs and Blue Economy Tourism in Maldives
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| News Releases, News Release
ADB Investment Program to Help Spur Green and Inclusive Agribusiness in Mongolia
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| News Releases, News from Country Offices
ADB, Tonga Sign $10 Million Grant to Help in Disaster Response from Natural Hazards, Health Emergencies
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| News Releases, News from Country Offices
ADB, Australia, GCF, Tonga Open Renewable Based Mini-Grid to Deliver Clean and Affordable Electricity to Vava’u
Contact
Strategy, Policy and Partnerships Department (SPD)
Asian Development Bank
6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550
Metro Manila, Philippines