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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

While capital flows to emerging markets bring numerous benefits, they are also known to create macroeconomic imbalances (economic overheating, currency overvaluation) and increase financial ...

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 ...

PARIS, FRANCE (19 May 2026) — Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda told G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in Paris that multilateral development banks (MDBs) are moving ...