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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Digitalisation can reduce persistent inequality in Asia and the Pacific
Digitalisation can be a powerful tool to help reduce persistent economic inequality in Asia and the Pacific—but to harness its potential, governments need to narrow “digital gaps,” including gaps in …
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Financing for development: Reforming global systems to drive progress
A multipolar world needs to foster resilience and address the significant shortfall in funding for the Sustainable Development …
Fair Finance Asia (FFA)
Fair Finance Asia reveals critical gaps in gender considerations of the Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism pilot in Indonesia’s Cirebon 1
Fair Finance Asia’s (FFA) latest report, Towards a Gender-Transformative Energy Transition in Asia, reveals critical gaps in the …
Fair Finance Asia (FFA)
Asian banks play a critical role in empowering consumers as part of their sustainability agenda, according to Fair Finance Asia
Fair Finance Asia (FFA) has published a new scorecard assessing to what extent Asian banks enable consumers to …
All #multilateral development bank Press Releases
1 November 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Climate change could reduce GDP in developing Asia and the Pacific by 17% by 2070
21 July 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB raises developing Asia and the Pacific’s economic growth forecast for 2024
10 June 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN urges regional cooperation to accelerate digitalisation of cross-border trade procedures
11 April 2024
Asian Development Bank
ADB forecasts developing Asia’s economy to grow 4.9 per cent in 2024
8 April 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Costs on the rise and volatile, but trade facilitation could mitigate challenges ahead
21 February 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Climate change impacts severely impede SDGs: ADB-UN report
5 February 2024
Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank commits record climate finance of almost US$10 billion in 2023
8 January 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
US$200 million ADB loan to help prepare climate-resilient Philippine infrastructure projects
18 December 2023
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Developing Asia’s 2023 growth outlook upgraded to 4.9 per cent: ADB
19 November 2023
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
US$400 million ADB loan to boost Philippines’ revenue mobilisation
16 October 2023
12 October 2023
10 October 2023
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
US$300 million ADB loan to boost Philippines' financial inclusion goals
2 October 2023
23 September 2023
Asian Development Bank
ADB appoints Scott Morris as vice-president for East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific
15 August 2023
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB forecasts continued pandemic recovery for Pacific economies in 2023, 2024
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