ADB works with 6 developing member countries to help build resilience against economic shocks, deliver sustainable services, and promote inclusive and sustainable growth.
ADB and SAEL Industries Limited have signed loan agreements of up to 7.5 billion Indian rupees (around $91.14 million) to promote the generation of biomass energy using agricultural residue, helping diversify India’s energy mix and reduce carbon intensity
ADB and SAEL Industries Limited have signed loan agreements of up to 7.5 billion Indian rupees (around $91.14 million) to promote the generation of biomass energy using agricultural residue, helping diversify India’s energy mix and reduce carbon intensity
Milan Thomas, an ADB economist who specializes in social sector impact evaluation, and Yangchen C. Rinzin, a research fellow at the Centre for Bhutan and Gross National Happiness Studies, answer questions about the use of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness index.
ADB's Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program, through its private sector partners, assists the import, storage, and distribution of life-saving rabies vaccine in Bangladesh.
"COVID-19 has heavily affected our South Asia developing member countries (DMCs) in their developmental pathways to accelerate inclusive and sustainable economic transformation. Today all DMCs are at different stages of economic recovery facing and addressing the country-specific crises and challenges. In this process, all countries are aiming at taking bold reforms to turn the crisis into opportunities and build stronger foundations for faster transformation.
We will intensify our support to help strengthen South Asia DMCs’ policies, institutions, and systems, and build robust human and physical capital, competitive industries that can generate massive employments, and clean livable cities, while addressing the critical climate change challenges in energy transition and adaptation, and helping mobilize domestic resources to finance these endeavors."
Kenichi Yokoyama
Director General, South Asia Regional Department
The South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program brings together Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka in a project-based partnership that aims to promote regional prosperity, improve economic opportunities, and build a better quality of life for the people of the subregion.
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