Despite heightened global uncertainty and persistent geopolitical tensions, the Caucasus and Central Asia have continued to surprise on the upside.

Uzbekistan’s roadmap for sustainable investment offers lessons for Asian economies to attract quality foreign direct investment (FDI) through coherent frameworks, strategic partnerships, and balanced ...

Global demand for trade finance is expected to rise as companies diversify markets, deepen intra-regional trade, and ...

This paper uses data from Indonesia to examine the long-term outcomes associated with multiple types of childhood deprivation and highlights policy implications.

The Guzar Solar and Battery Energy Storage Project will increase Uzbekistan’s renewable energy capacity and advance its transition to a low-carbon economy.

The Asian Development Bank has appointed Azusa Sato as Regional Director of its Pacific Subregional Office, based in Suva, ...

Learn how digital and AI skills are reshaping jobs across Asia and the Pacific—boosting wages for workers who master them and shaping success in the region’s fast-evolving labor markets.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Aaron Batten as its new Country Director for Thailand. He assumes office in January.

Takafumi Kadono has assumed office as the new Country Director of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Papua New Guinea (PNG) Resident Mission in Port Moresby.

The Asian Development Bank has priced a $3.5 billion 10-year global benchmark bond, proceeds of which will be part of ADB’s ordinary capital resources.

The Asian Development Bank has appointed Nianshan Zhang as Director General for its Southeast Asia Department.

ADB has signed a $50 million loan agreement with JSC Rustavi Azot (Rustavi Azot Indorama) to modernize the company’s fertilizer production facilities in Georgia with energy-efficient technologies.