Asian Development Bank's (ASX: ATB) new assistance strategy for the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) in 2007-2011 follows the Government's Five-Year National Socio-Economic Development Plan and will focus on core priorities in the country, including agriculture, health, education and infrastructure.
Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) will help improve the efficiency and capacity of Bangladesh's rail transport through a US$430 million investment program provided over five years through a multitranche financing facility.
The eight countries participating in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program are expected to take a major step forward in broadening and deepening the program at a meeting in the People's Republic of China (PRC) next week.
An Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) project to investigate the impact of air pollution on the health of people living in poverty was formally launched last week in Ho Chi Minh City.
An Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) US$18 million loan and grant package will help improve the productivity of farm livestock kept by ethnic groups in the northern provinces of Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR).
Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) has endorsed its new assistance strategy to Viet Nam for the period 2007-2010, including a plan to provide US$3 billion in 2007-2009.
Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) has approved a US$15 million loan to support a multi donor program to reduce poverty in Viet Nam.
