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 ...

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 ...

ADB and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have collaborated to support Pakistan’s first issuance of a Panda bond to finance its Sustainable and Green Infrastructure Project.

ADB President Masato Kanda met Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at Malacañan Palace and said ADB is ready to provide up to $1.75 billion in additional financing to support the Philippines ...