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 ...

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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.

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.

To support ADB in its cooperation with the private sector, Business France is hosting a stop on its European roadshow, which will also pass through Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, and Belgium.

View latest data in the Key Indicators Database The report covers the 49 regional members of ADB. It discusses trends in development progress and the challenges to achieving inclusive and sustainable ...