Opening address by Masato Kanda, President, Asian Development Bank, at the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Business Forum, 19 November 2025, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic ...

ADB has approved a $56.4 million program to help the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan boost their capacity to respond to disasters.

Voting by the Board of Governors of ADB has reached the requirement for ratification of a landmark amendment to the Bank’s founding charter that will remove the lending limitation set out in Article ...

The Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan are among the world's most disaster-prone countries. A new ADB program is helping these countries better respond to disasters through a combination of financing ...

A new corporate evaluation by ADB's Independent Evaluation Department finds that ADB-administered trust funds and other cofinancing mechanisms have added significant value to development efforts in ...

ADB President Masato Kanda met with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to discuss ADB’s strategic support for the country’s development priorities, aimed at transforming Azerbaijan into a regional hub ...

ADB President Masato Kanda met with Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan today in Ankara to discuss ADB’s commitment to support the country’s national development agenda, including ADB’s intention ...

ADB's Country Partnership Strategy for Azerbaijan for 2025–2029 will center around two main pillars: enabling a green and diversified economy and fostering low-carbon connectivity and inclusive ...

The brief assesses the types of tax incentives commonly used in the region and explores their advantages and disadvantages. It draws on country-specific evidence and examines other factors that ...

The report highlights the need to upskill workers with both technical and soft skills and explains how demographic shifts are challenging social protection models. With two-thirds working informally, ...

Trust between stakeholders is a prerequisite to enable the governments to scale it up for land development and urban expansion. The case study provides recommendations on policy frameworks, ...