The gig economy grew faster in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyzing ADB’s survey of 1,200 GrabFood two-wheeler delivery drivers, this brief highlights health, gender, and ...

This guidance note is designed to help ADB borrowers in the Asia and Pacific region develop merit point criteria (MPC) for water distribution and wastewater treatment procurement to help deliver value ...

Regional cooperation and integration can be critical for the Pacific's development. Drawing on a customized index, this ...

Economic growth has gone through boom and bust cycles, and recent episodes of moderate economic expansion have had limited impact on the poor. Great inequality across income brackets, regions, and ...

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

Japan will host the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 60th Annual Meeting in Aichi-Nagoya from 2 to 5 May 2027. The event will ...

Affordable housing is a major development challenge across Asia and the Pacific. Large numbers of households continue to live in informal, overcrowded, unsafe, or climate-vulnerable conditions, often ...

The 2010 Annual Report of the Board of Directors to the Board of Governors reviews ADB's operations, projects, internal administration, financial management and includes a separate report on the ...

ADB and the Energy Market Authority of Singapore have renewed their memorandum of understanding for another three years to ...

It summarizes underlying factors that can explain Asia’s development performance, as well as the large variations across the region and time periods. In particular, the book focuses on the role of ...

Food insecurity has become of increasing concern following the economic downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent sharp rise in inflation, including food price inflation. To better ...