https://www.adb.org/ en Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:03:53 +0800 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-accelerates-nature-finance-cop17-new-bond-incubator-and-tracking-report ADB has announced a major push to expand financing for nature conservation and restoration, launching a new biodiversity bond, an investment incubator, and a joint multilateral development bank report to strengthen tracking of nature finance. 2026-10-27 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-first-country-director-turkiye-takes-post-ankara ADB has appointed Keiju Mitsuhashi as its first Country Director for Türkiye, strengthening the bank’s presence on the ground as it expands its operations in the country. 2026-10-26 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-advances-resilient-agriculture-and-womens-economic-empowerment-rural-cambodia ADB has approved a $72 million financing package to help Cambodia strengthen rural farming and increase women’s participation in agriculture, while enhancing the resilience of about 200,000 smallholder farmers in disaster-prone communes. 2026-10-26 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-bank-respublika-boost-access-finance-women-led-msmes-and-agriculture-sector-azerbaijan ADB and Bank Respublika Open Joint Stock Company have signed a $40 million loan to expand access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and agriculture borrowers in regions outside Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku. 2026-10-26 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-approves-17-4-million-protect-bhutan-families-middle-east-impacts ADB has approved $17.42 million to help Bhutan protect vulnerable families from rising food and energy costs and maintain essential public services as the Middle East conflict puts pressure on the country’s economy. 2026-10-23 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-approves-5-6-million-federated-states-micronesia-ease-fuel-price-shock ADB has approved a $5.6 million grant to help the Federated States of Micronesia contain fuel costs driven up by the Middle East conflict and keep essential public services running across the Pacific island nation. 2026-10-23 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-ronesans-sign-financing-invest-hyperscale-data-center-boost-renewable-energy-turkiye ADB and Rönesans Holding A.Ş. have signed a $75 million loan to expand renewable energy investments and develop digital infrastructure in Türkiye—ADB’s first loan with Rönesans and first financing for digital infrastructure in the country. 2026-10-22 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-approves-100-million-program-strengthen-social-protection-and-expand-economic ADB has approved $100 million in financing to support reforms and investments that will strengthen social protection, economic inclusion, and well-being and resilience among the poor and elderly in Sri Lanka. 2026-10-21 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-launches-new-approach-build-resilience-small-pacific-economies ADB has launched a new five-year strategy to strengthen resilience and expand economic opportunities in 12 Pacific island countries. The Pacific Approach introduces a more differentiated and flexible way of preparing and implementing ADB operations. It will also promote regional solutions where collective action can address shared challenges, strengthen institutions, and achieve economies of scale. 2026-10-21 https://www.adb.org/news/coasts-drive-region-growth-face-mounting-threats-adb-report Asia and the Pacific’s coastlines are central to the region’s economic future—generating $7 trillion in annual economic output—but face intensifying threats, some of which if mitigated by investing in resilience could produce benefits up to 20 times greater than the investment required, according to a new ADB report released today. 2026-10-21 https://www.adb.org/news/mdb-heads-strengthen-joint-action-manila-deliver-more-financing-and-greater-impact The Heads of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) Group met at the ADB headquarters in Manila to discuss how to deliver more financing and greater impact to support developing members as they face mounting challenges. It was the Group’s first-ever meeting in the Philippines, hosted by ADB as its 2026 Chair. 2026-10-17 https://www.adb.org/news/joint-statement-mdb-heads-advancing-joint-action-amid-global-uncertainty The Heads of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) Group met at the ADB headquarters in Manila on 17 October 2026 to discuss how to deliver more financing and greater impact to support developing countries and clients as they face mounting challenges. 2026-10-17 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-appoints-new-country-director-viet-nam ADB has appointed Scott Roberts as its new Country Director for Viet Nam. 2026-10-16 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-president-meets-thai-prime-minister-pledges-support-disaster-resilience-regional ADB President Masato Kanda met Thailand Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today and pledged to help strengthen the country’s disaster resilience and support its regional priorities. 2026-10-16 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-japan-back-one-world-largest-green-ammonia-plants-first-accel-investment ADB and the Government of Japan have approved financing to AM Green Ammonia (India) Private Limited to help build one of the world’s largest plants to make ammonia using renewable energy in India, marking the first investment under the Action for Creating Energy Security for Long-term Resilience (ACCEL). 2026-10-15 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-uzbekistan-sign-200-million-power-modernization-loan ADB President Masato Kanda met Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Jamshid Kuchkarov and signed a $200 million loan agreement to modernize the country’s electricity distribution system, cut power losses, and improve reliability as electricity demand rises. 2026-10-15 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-reports-strong-progress-delivering-adf-14-commitments ADB provided an update to Asian Development Fund (ADF) deputies on implementation of ADF 14 (2025–2028) at a virtual consultation on 15 October. 2026-10-15 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-president-meets-thai-finance-minister-marks-212-million-adb-financing-hospitals-project ADB President Masato Kanda met Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas before joining him at a ceremony marking $212 million in ADB financing for a project to upgrade five public hospitals and improve access to specialist medical care for about 14 million people outside Bangkok. 2026-10-15 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-joins-effort-advance-lower-east-chao-phraya-initiative-improved-flood-resilience-thailand ADB joined development partners in support of the Lower East Chao Phraya Flood Management masterplan, a major effort led by the Government of Thailand to strengthen flood risk management, resilience, and sustainable water resources management. 2026-10-14 https://www.adb.org/news/adb-evaluation-calls-stronger-evidence-development-impact-private-equity-funds An evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Department of ADB finds that ADB's private equity fund investments remain a relevant instrument for mobilizing private capital and supporting private sector development, but the report calls for a clearer strategic framework, stronger articulation of ADB's additionality, and more consistent evidence of results. 2026-10-14