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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The Asian Development Bank is a leading multilateral development bank supporting sustainable, inclusive, and resilient growth across Asia and the Pacific. Working with its members and partners to solve complex challenges together, ADB harnesses innovative financial tools and strategic partnerships to transform lives, build quality infrastructure, and safeguard our planet. Founded in 1966, ADB is owned by 69 members—49 from the region.
Lao PDR is using gender, disability, and inclusion data to design better, more targeted public services.
A new regional platform will connect countries to transform shared experiences into action, advancing inclusive, sustainable health reforms.
Shifting waste responsibility to producers is a powerful approach for reducing plastic waste and fostering a circular economy.
The 2024 ProFIT Survey highlights the need to simplify business registration, expand SME financing, and align skills training with market demand.
A new framework enables near real-time monitoring of sea routes, helping improve decisions on vessel movement and transport of global goods.
Strengthen laws, improve labeling, create incentives, regulate refrigerants, and promote large-scale adoption.
Effective plastic waste management in Southeast Asia depends on strong data governance frameworks that are practical, inclusive, and enforceable.
Develop and implement a comprehensive, evidence-based national MSME development strategy.
Eco-friendly buses in Tashkent are boosting gender equality, cutting pollution, and modernizing urban transport.
Strategies include a regulatory planning framework, area-based development, green infrastructure, and community engagement.