ADB President Masato Kanda met Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at Malacañan Palace and said ADB is ready to provide up to $1.75 billion in additional financing to support the Philippines ...

This brief focuses on the key challenges surrounding female labor force participation in Sri Lanka. It also synthesizes recommendations from an ADB study that examined social, economic, and ...

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.

This report explores how Asia and the Pacific can harness urbanization to create equitable, inclusive, and sustainable futures. It highlights innovative, people-centered solutions that bridge divides, ...

Asia and the Pacific continues to be exposed to climate change impacts. Home to the majority of the world’s poor, the population of the region is particularly vulnerable to those impacts. Unabated ...

This paper evaluates the impact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on global and regional incomes, trade, economic structure, factor returns, and employment.

The results suggest that public investment shocks play a much greater role in boosting economic growth in comparison with private investment shocks. In emerging market and developing economies, ...

The report focuses on three sectors of growing importance: renewable energy, e-learning, and smart cities. It draws on LinkedIn data about jobs and skills in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, ...

This framework outlines how to integrate gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) into ADB’s operations in South Asia to help close the gender gap, combat exclusion, and bolster equitable economic ...

The report highlights the region’s climate vulnerability, provides updated estimates of the potential impacts and costs of climate change, and proposes priority actions to accelerate adaptation ...

The Government of Sri Lanka has made improving access to quality tertiary education a top priority under its new economic framework. But the pandemic has resulted in emerging issues and challenges ...

Dean Brodjonegoro is the chief executive officer of the ADBI and has responsibility under the direction of the ADB President for the management of the Institute. Bambang Brodjonegoro, an Indonesian ...