Who We Are

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.

 

Our Mission

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) envisions a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty in the region.

Despite the region's many successes, it remains home to a large share of the world's poor: 263 million living on less than $1.90 a day and 1.1 billion on less than $3.20 a day. ADB assists its members, and partners, by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments to promote social and economic development.

ADB maximizes the development impact of its assistance by facilitating policy dialogues, providing advisory services, and mobilizing financial resources through cofinancing operations that tap official, commercial, and export credit sources.

 

Your Story, Your Generation

Whether in the fight against climate change, promoting trade and economic integration, or building an inclusive future for the young, women and the elderly, it is the resilience of generations from Asia and the Pacific that will determine our success.

  • Educating Cambodia’s Young

    Cambodia’s young like 12-year-old Morb Kanha can be a force for development when provided with the education and opportunities they need to improve their lives.

    Asia and the Pacific has significantly increased access to education and achieved relevant targets under the Millennium Development Goals, although challenges remain. ADB works across Asia and the Pacific to promote quality, accessible education for all in support of sustainable development.

  • Georgia’s Trading Gold

    In 2019, Baaka Babunashvili, 28 years old, and his childhood friend Nika Sioridze, 30 years old, rehabilitated 25 hectares of tea plantations in Georgia, joining a movement that is reviving an industry that was all but lost in the country.

    Georgia’s strategic location makes it a natural logistics and transit hub along the “new Silk Road,” linking trade between Asia and Europe. ADB believes cross-border trade and regional cooperation are key to achieving economic growth and narrowing development gaps.

  • Papua New Guinea’s Beekeeping Queen

    For 53-year-old Hepsibah Kole, beekeeping not only allows her to earn money and pay for her children’s schooling, it also helps her fulfil her aspiration of being independent and make her own decisions.

    Across Asia and the Pacific, women have limited access to health care and education, and little financial independence. ADB is working to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, and reduce poverty and contribute to a green, equitable, and inclusive development.

  • Bangladesh’s Water Crops

    Farmers in the south-central districts of Bangladesh, like Firdouz Ahmed, 62, are turning to a centuries-old form of hydroponics to grow their crops in rising waters to adapt to changing climate.

    ADB is scaling up nature-based solutions and climate-smart agriculture support. In the face of rapidly growing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing impact from climate change and disasters, and ongoing environmental damage, ADB has placed combating climate change and its consequences at the top of its development agenda.

  • Indonesia’s Golden Generation

    Eighty-three-year-old Engkom Komariah runs a small business in Indonesia’s West Java where she employs elderly women so they can be financially independent.

    Rapid aging in Asia and the Pacific has put the region at the forefront of one of the most important global demographic trends that is set to have wide social and economic consequences. Recognizing the contributions of the older generation, ADB pays special attention to the long-term care and health of the region’s aging population through its growing health and social protection projects.

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ADB President

Masatsugu Asakawa is the President of ADB and the Chairperson of ADB’s Board of Directors. He was elected President by ADB’s Board of Governors and assumed office on 17 January 2020.

Annual Report: 2023 Financial Highlights

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"ADB continued to step up as the climate bank for Asia and the Pacific, reaching our highest-ever annual financing for climate action. Our investments in adaptation and mitigation had a strong focus on climate-resilient agriculture, renewable energy, and low-carbon transport." – ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa

How We're Organized

Board of Governors

ADB's highest policy-making body is the Board of Governors, which comprises one representative from each member – 49 from the Asia and Pacific region and 19 from outside the region.

Board of Directors

The Directors supervise ADB's financial statements, approve its administrative budget, and review and approve all policy documents and all loan, equity, and technical assistance operations.

Management

The President heads a management team comprising six Vice-Presidents. The team supervises the work of ADB's operational, administrative, and knowledge departments.

Departments and Country Offices

List of ADB departments, country offices, and key contacts.

Results, Partnership, Accountability

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Development Effectiveness and Results

Focus on results management in its operations, improving the capacities of its developing member countries, and contributing to the global agenda on aid effectiveness.

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Financing Partnerships

Building strong partnerships with diverse institutions.

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Transparency and Accountability

Transparency and openness are key to maximizing the development impact of ADB's work.

Contact Us

Select an ADB Location

Headquarters (HQ)
6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Metro Manila, Philippines

Armenia Resident Mission (ARRM)
10 V. Sargsyan Street, 3rd Floor, Offices 79-81, Piazza Grande, Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia

Office hours: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Tel +374 10 546370
Fax +374 10 546374
Request information
www.adb.org/armenia
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Azerbaijan Resident Mission (AZRM)
45 A. Khagani Street, Landmark II Building, 3rd Floor, Baku, AZ1010, Azerbaijan

Office hours: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Tel +994 12 4373477
Fax +994 12 4373475
Request information
www.adb.org/azerbaijan

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)
Tel +880 2 55667000
Fax +880 2 9117925 to 26
Request information
www.adb.org/bangladesh
adbbrm

Bhutan Resident Mission (BHRM)
Lower Norzin Lam, Thimphu, Bhutan

Cambodia Resident Mission (CARM)
No. 29 Suramarit Blvd. (268/19) Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Tel +855 23 215805
Tel +855 23 215806
Tel +855 23 216417
  Fax +855 23 215807
Request information
www.adb.org/cambodia

European Representative Office (ERO)
Barckhausstr. 1, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany

Georgia Resident Mission (GRM)
1, G. Tabidze Street, Freedom Square, 0114 Tbilisi, Georgia

India Resident Mission (INRM)
4 San Martin Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021 India

Indonesia Resident Mission (IRM)
The Plaza Office Tower, 11th floor, Jl. MH Thamrin 28-30, Central Jakarta, Indonesia 10350

Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Tel +62 21 29927388
Fax +62 21 29927399
Request information
www.adb.org/indonesia [Bahasa Indonesia]
@ADBIndonesia

Japanese Representative Office (JRO)
Kasumigaseki Building 8F
3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-6008, Japan

Office hours: 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Tel +81 3 35043160
Fax +81 3 35043165
Request information  www.adb.org/jro [日本語]

Kazakhstan Resident Mission (KARM)
Astana Office, 12 Samal Microdistrict, Astana Tower Business Center, 20th Floor Astana 010000, Kazakhstan

Kyrgyz Republic Resident Mission (KYRM)
Orion Business Center, 21 Erkindik Prospect, 6th Floor, 720040 Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Monday-Friday)
Tel +996 312 626611
Fax +996 312 626612
Request information
www.adb.org/kyrgyz-republic

Lao PDR Resident Mission (LRM)
Corner of Lanexang Av. and Samsenthai Rd., P.O. Box 9724 Vientiane, Lao PDR

Mongolia Resident Mission (MNRM)
International Commerce Center (ICC) Tower, 17th Floor, Jamyan Gunii Street-9, Ulaanbaatar 14210, Mongolia

Myanmar Resident Mission (MYRM)
Yangon Office
Union Business Centre (UBC), Room : 04-05, 4th Floor, Natmauk Road
Bo Cho Quarter, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar

Nepal Resident Mission (NRM)
Metro Park Building, Lazimpat, Ward No. 2, P.O. Box 5017, Kathmandu, Nepal

North American Representative Office (NARO)
900 17th Street NW, Suite 900, Washington DC 20006

Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Tel +1 202 7281500
  Fax +1 202 7281505
Request information
www.adb.org/naro
  @ADB_America

Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office (PLCO)
Level 20, 45 Clarence Street
Sydney, NSW Australia 2000

Pacific Subregional Office (SPSO)
5th Floor, Ra Marama Building, 91 Gordon Street, Suva, Fiji

Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Tel +679 3318101
Fax +679 3318074
Request information
www.adb.org/spso

Pakistan Resident Mission (PRM)
Level 8, North Wing, Serena Business Complex, Khayaban-e-Suhrawardy, G-5, Islamabad, Pakistan

Papua New Guinea Resident Mission (PNRM)
Level 2 – Burns Philp Haus, Corner of Musgrave Street & Champion Parade PO Box 1992, Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea

Philippines Country Office (PhCO)
6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City, 1550 Metro Manila, Philippines

People's Republic of China Resident Mission (PRCM)
17th Floor, China World Tower (Guomao III), 1 Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100004, People’s Republic of China

Office hours: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
  Tel +86 10 85730909
Fax +86 10 85730808
Request information
www.adb.org/prc [中文]
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Sri Lanka Resident Mission (SLRM)
23, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM)
45 Sovetskaya Street, Dushanbe 734001, Tajikistan

Thailand Resident Mission (TRM)
23rd Floor, The Offices at Central World, 999/9 Rama 1 Road, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Timor-Leste Resident Mission (TLRM)
ADB Building, Rua Alferes Duarte Arbiro, Farol, Dili, Timor-Leste

Turkmenistan Resident Mission (TKRM)
54, Turkmenbashi Avenue, Yimpash Business Center Building, Office 401-A, Ashgabat 744013, Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan Resident Mission (URM)
1 Qoratosh Street, Tashkent 100027, Uzbekistan

  Office hours: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Tel +998 71 1401920
Tel +998 71 1401925
Fax +998 71 1401976
Request information
www.adb.org/uzbekistan

Viet Nam Resident Mission (VRM)
3rd Floor, Cornerstone Building, 16 Phan Chu Trinh Street, Hoan Kiem District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
  Tel +84 4 39331374
  Fax +84 4 39331373
Request information
www.adb.org/viet-nam [Tiếng Việt]