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.
ADB in South Asia
ADB works with 6 developing member countries to help build resilience against economic shocks, deliver sustainable services, and promote inclusive and sustainable growth.
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In the Spotlight
ADB, SAEL Industries Sign $91 Million Loan Agreement to Promote Biomass Generation in India
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, SAEL Industries Sign $91 Million Loan Agreement to Promote Biomass Generation in India
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
Your Questions Answered: What is Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index?
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.
In Bangladesh, ADB's Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program Helps Decrease Cases of Life-Threatening Rabies Virus
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.
South Asia Developing Member Countries
ADB's Work in South Asia
"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
What is SASEC?
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.
Data: South Asia
Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.
Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects.
ADB’s COVID-19 response consists of a $20 billion package announced in April 2020 and the $9 billion Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) announced in December 2020.
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In recent decades, Bangladesh has emerged as a leading textile exporter globally due to its low labor cost and high-quality products. But the future of this industry suddenly became bleak after the country was hit by two major disasters—the 2012 Ta
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- ADB Ventures Investment Fund 1
- Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization Fund
- Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund
- Asia-Pacific Climate Finance Fund
- Asian Clean Energy Fund
- Asian Development Fund
- Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia
- Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia II
- Carbon Capture and Storage Fund
- Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility
- Clean Energy Fund
- Climate Change Fund
- Climate Innovation and Development Fund
- Community Resilience Financing Partnership Facility
- Financial Sector Development Partnership Special Fund
- Gender and Development Cooperation Fund
- Global Agriculture and Food Security Program
- Global Environment Facility
- Global Partnership for Education Fund
- Green Climate Fund
- High-Level Technology Fund
- Investment Climate Facilitation Fund
- Ireland Trust Fund for Building Climate Change and Disaster Resilience in Small Island Developing States
- Japan Fund for Information and Communication Technology
- Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific
- Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism
- Japan Special Fund
- Leading Asia's Private Infrastructure Fund
- Netherlands Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility
- Project Preparation and Implementation Support Trust Fund
- Regional Cooperation and Integration Financing Partnership Facility
- Regional Cooperation and Integration Fund
- Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund
- Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility
- Technical Assistance Special Fund
- United Kingdom Fund for Asia Regional Trade and Connectivity
- Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund
- Water Financing Partnership Facility
What's New
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In Bangladesh, ADB's Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program Helps Decrease Cases of Life-Threatening Rabies Virus
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| News Releases, News from Country Offices
ADB, SAEL Industries Sign $91 Million Loan Agreement to Promote Biomass Generation in India
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| News Releases, News from Country Offices
ADB Approves $230 Million Loan for Flood Rehabilitation in Bangladesh
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Corporate Market Power and Monetary Policy Transmission in Asia
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| Publications, Papers and Briefs
Central Bank Asset Purchase Programs in Emerging Market Economies
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ADB President, Bangladesh Prime Minister Mark 50 Years of Development Partnership
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| Country Planning Documents
Bangladesh’s Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Development Sector Assessment and Strategy
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South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Road Connectivity Project
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South Asia Department (SARD)
6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Metro Manila, Philippines
Fax +63 2 6362444
Bangladesh Resident Mission (BRM)
Plot E-31, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh GPO Box No. 2100
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Sunday to Thursday)
Bhutan Resident Mission (BHRM)
2nd Floor, Royal Textile Academy Building, Norzin Lam, Chhubachhu, Thimphu - 11001
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
India Resident Mission (INRM)
4 San Martin Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021 India
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
South Asia Department (SARD)
6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Metro Manila, Philippines
Fax +63 2 6362444
Nepal Resident Mission (NRM)
Metro Park Building, Lazimpat, Ward No. 2, P.O. Box 5017, Kathmandu, Nepal
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Sri Lanka Resident Mission (SLRM)
23, Independence Avenue Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)