The Asian Development Bank 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. Its main instruments for helping its developing member countries are policy dialogue, loans, equity investments, guarantees, grants, and technical assistance.

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Insight

Local governments need a combination of strategic policy reforms and capacity building to effectively perform disaster risk reduction and management functions.

Policy Brief

Identify investment opportunities, expedite reforms to improve business environment, support ESG standards, and forge strategic partnerships.

Policy Brief

EPR frameworks, plastic credit schemes, and high-level waste management technologies can support the Global Plastics Treaty implementation.

Insight

The government is strengthening its economic foundations and upscaling food and nutrition and climate-resilient social assistance to address the country’s food insecurity.

Policy Brief

Involves economic analysis, capturing and enhancing project value, institutional collaboration, and financing through standardized processes and targeted funds.

Case Study

In Bangladesh, a project is underway to expand the installation of smart prepaid gas meters and establish a smart metering data management system.