ADB, based in Manila, is dedicated to reducing poverty in the Asia and Pacific region through pro-poor sustainable economic growth, social development, and good governance. Established in 1966, it is owned by 64 members - 46 from the region. 
Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) will help to provide insurance products to poorer households in Sri Lanka through a US$600,000 technical assistance (TA) grant from its Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund, financed by the Government of the United Kingdom.
In a major first in poverty reduction efforts in the People's Republic of China (PRC), nongovernment organizations (NGOs) have been competitively selected to serve as partners in state-funded poverty work.
Asian Development Bank's (ASX: ATB) Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI) will study how to facilitate more effective economic cooperation and integration between developing countries in East and South Asia.
A US$500,000 ADB technical assistance (TA) grant will help develop an integrated and sustainable urbanization strategy that will increase productivity and living standards in metropolitan regions in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
A US$5 million technical assistance loan from Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) will help create nonfarming jobs in rural areas of Pakistan.
Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) will help develop and disseminate water-saving rice technologies in the drought-prone and water-short region of South Asia, through a US$1 million technical assistance (TA) grant.
An Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) post-conflict emergency project to repair infrastructure in Solomon Islands is to be extended through new grants totaling US$8.5 million equivalent from Australian Aid for International Development (AusAID) and New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID).
Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) is preparing a project to improve sanitation and public health, and to reduce pollution in Indonesia's urban areas, through a technical assistance (TA) grant of US$1.2 million.
Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) will address social concerns and health threats in Kiribati in its program for 2006-2007 through a focus on development of outer island growth centers.
Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) will support the development of forest plantations in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) through a US$10 million loan and grant package.
