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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.
LOCA demonstrates how frontier markets can promote green urban mobility through local innovation and sustainable transport solutions.
Better training, lower barriers, and inclusive wellness programs are key to equitable health for people with disabilities.
Start resilience projects with people-centered, evidence-based planning, combining infrastructure, community engagement, and adaptive learning.
UAVs enable high-resolution data collection, but their effective integration demands overcoming operational, regulatory, and capacity-related hurdles.
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.