Under its updated strategy for the country, Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) might expand its assistance program to Fiji Islands to improve the strategic value of its assistance and to promote new growth opportunities.
Asian Development Bank's (ASX: ATB) new Country Director for Viet Nam Ayumi Konishi assumes office today.
A US$1 million grant from Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) is helping Afghanistan prepare a program that will enhance the role of the private sector in economic growth and poverty reduction.
Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) is undertaking an innovative project that will help the most disadvantaged households in Nepal to effectively participate in and benefit from rural development projects through a US$685,000 technical assistance grant.
A US$5 million ADB grant will help poor households affected by the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan begin restoring their livelihoods.
European development partners will gather in Stockholm, Sweden, next week to explore cooperation and investment opportunities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
Growth in emerging East Asian local currency bond markets slowed in 2005, with fiscal consolidation and higher revenues reducing the need for new government issuance, according to a report issued today by Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB). Higher interest rates and volatile trading conditions also contributed to the growth moderation.
