ADB has approved an $800 million program to strengthen fiscal sustainability and improve public financial management in Pakistan.

ADB President Masato Kanda met Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in Singapore today, where he set out plans to double the size of ADB’s Singapore office. He also reaffirmed the bank’s $10 billion pledge to ...

ADB President Masato Kanda announced a 5-year initiative aimed at transforming urban infrastructure across India, directing up to $10 billion, including third-party capital, into urban transformation ...

Remarks by Masato Kanda, President, Asian Development Bank, at the 16th BIMP-EAGA Summit, 27 May 2025, Kuala Lumpur Your Majesty, Excellencies, and distinguished colleagues, ...

Remarks by Masato Kanda, President, Asian Development Bank, at the 16th IMT-GT Summit, 27 May 2025, Kuala Lumpur Excellencies and Distinguished Officials, ...

Central Asia’s five countries recently agreed to a new water-sharing framework for the Syr Darya and Amu Darya—glacier-fed rivers essential to agriculture, energy, and drinking water across the region ...

ADB has appointed Seong-Wook Kim as Chief Partnership Officer. He will lead the bank’s resource mobilization and strategic engagement efforts under the Office of the President.

ADB President Masato Kanda has reaffirmed ADB’s strong commitment to advancing regional cooperation and integration at the 16th Summits of the Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines East ...

ADB committed a record 58 private sector transactions in 2024—up 45% from the previous year, with $2.6 billion of financing, according to its 2024 Private Sector Operations Report on Development ...

It began with water. In 2010, in the heart of a rapidly developing Asia-Pacific region, ADB pioneered an innovative approach to tackle one of the region's most pressing challenges—water scarcity.

ADB has priced a $4 billion 5-year global bond, proceeds of which will become part of ADB’s ordinary capital resources.

ADB has signed a loan of $55 million in CNY equivalent with Huaneng Tiancheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. to advance the development and operation of distributed wind energy power plants in the People ...