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  <title>Greater Port Vila Urban Resilience Project - Second Additional Financing</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/52031-003/main</link>
  <description>The project is aligned with the following impact: Greater Port Vila is a safe, inclusive, resilient, and vibrant economic hub based on sustainable development.  It will retain the outcome of the ongoing project: urban resilience in Greater Port Vila improved. The project will increase the ongoing projects overall impact by further contributing to the vision of Greater Port Vila as a safe, inclusive, resilient, and vibrant urban hub, as articulated in the GPV RUDSAP.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-09-28</pubDate>
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  <title>Modern Energy-Efficient Polyester Chips Manufacturing Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60131-001/main</link>
  <description>The project involves financing the expansion of MSL's polyester chips production capacity to 407 tons per day (from the current 107 tons per day) and refinancing MSL's short-term working capital loans. MSL aims to reduce energy usage and carbon dioxide emissions from its operations by installing energy-efficient machinery. MSL has its factory in Mirsarai Economic Zone, which is about 70 kilometers from Chattogram.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-09-24</pubDate>
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  <title>Sustainable and Resilient Growth Program, Subprogram 2</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/57264-002/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2026-09-16</pubDate>
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  <title>Accelerating Decentralization for Improved Local Governance, Subprogram 1</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59157-001/main</link>
  <description>The proposed program will strengthen the role of subnational governments (SNGs) (comprising provinces, regencies, and cities) by enhancing fiscal coordination, improving digital integration, and expanding subnational financing. These reforms will enable Indonesia to narrow human capital and infrastructure gaps, deliver more inclusive services, and contribute to national development and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-09-16</pubDate>
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  <title>AM Green Ammonia Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/58517-001/main</link>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The project is ADB first financing of a green ammonia facility and one of the largest green ammonia developments globally. It involves the design, construction, and operation of a green ammonia plant with a total planned capacity of about 1.09 million tons per annum. The facility will be implemented in two phases, each comprising an ammonia train of 547.5 kilotons per annum. Phase 1 includes the first ammonia train as well as the shared utilities for both phases and will be financed and commissioned first.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>2026-09-09</pubDate>
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  <title>Nauru Airlines Aircraft Acquisition Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59142-006/main</link>
  <description>ADB will finance the acquisition of a second-hand Boeing (B) 737-800 with low operating hours to replace an aging Boeing 737-300 aircraft. The purchase of the newer and larger B737-800 aircraft is expected to reduce NAC's exposure to higher and more volatile maintenance costs associated with aging aircraft, improve dispatch reliability, and reduce 'aircraft-on-ground' time.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-08-31</pubDate>
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  <title>Supporting the Human Resource Development for Education Program</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/54061-003/main</link>
  <description>The proposed Human Resource Development for Education Program (HRDEP) will support Sri Lanka in addressing the limited institutional and human capacity to implement reforms at scale. The proposed program aims to place human resource development at the center of change by strengthening teachers, school leaders, and the institutions that support them. The focus on upper secondary education and the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level reform continues the reform agenda initiated under the Secondary Education Sector Improvement Program, which the proposed program will complete.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-08-27</pubDate>
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  <title>Border Upgrades for Integration, Logistics, and Development Facility</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60008-001/main</link>
  <description>The facility is aligned with the following impacts: (i) BCP facilities and procedures improved; and (ii) cross-border transport and corridor efficiency strengthened (footnotes 4 and 5). The facility will have the following outcome: time and cost of trade along the CAREC transport network reduced.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-08-25</pubDate>
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  <title>Promoting Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59046-001/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2026-08-21</pubDate>
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  <title>Tavan Bogd Green Building Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59442-001/main</link>
  <description>$30 million or it's equivalent in MNT five-year senior secured loan to Tavan Bogd Holdings LLC for construction of Gerlug Green Apartments project in Ulaanbaatar, the first green certified residential property in Mongolia developed by the private sector. The Project consists of 4 residential towers that will accommodate up to 252 households. The Project will obtain EDGE Level 1 certification, exceeding its minimum 20% efficiency requirement.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-08-21</pubDate>
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  <title>Provincial Health Service Strengthening and Modernization Sector Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59045-001/main</link>
  <description>The proposed Provincial Health Service Strengthening and Modernization Project will support the government of Mongolia in expanding high quality health service delivery to rural areas of Mongolia through the establishment of four aimag (province) level hospitals to serve as regional diagnostic and treatment centers (RDTCs) in regional hubs.The project is expected to assist the Ministry of Health (MOH) in development and implementation of the health sector human resource policy, establishment of the training system for hospital managers, building capacity for establishment of emergency medical </description>
  <pubDate>2026-08-20</pubDate>
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  <title>TUR: Zorlu Electricity Distribution and Rehabilitation Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60149-001/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2026-08-18</pubDate>
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  <title>Louis Dreyfus Resilient Smallholder Farmer Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59068-001/main</link>
  <description>Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is a global, integrated supply chain merchant and processor of agricultural commodities such as grains, oilseeds, cotton, and coffee. The project will finance LDC's permanent working capital needs to support procurement, processing, and export of coffee and cotton from smallholder farmers and aggregators in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Viet Nam.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-08-14</pubDate>
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  <title>TUR: Rönesans Corporate Infrastructure Loan Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60163-001/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2026-08-14</pubDate>
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  <title>Build Universal Health Care Program, Subprogram 3</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/55105-004/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2026-08-11</pubDate>
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  <title>Energy Security Emergency Assistance Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60245-001/main</link>
  <description>The project will finance emergency fuel imports to sustain essential services including electricity and water supply, food and health logistics, inter-island transport, and waste management. This assistance aims to address the fuel price surge and tourism shortfall caused by the conflict in the Middle East, which have severely restricted the government's ability to sustain essential services.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-08-11</pubDate>
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  <title>Terabyte Green Data Center Platform</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60063-001/main</link>
  <description>The project involves ADB's equity investment in TPG Terabyte Co-Invest LP II, a TPG-managed investment vehicle, to support the development and operation of a portfolio of green, AI-ready Tier III++/Tier IV data centers across key locations in India.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-08-10</pubDate>
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  <title>Veritas Finance Expanding Access to Finance for Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59299-001/main</link>
  <description>The project entails the Asian Development Bank (ADB) providing debt financing to VFL to support onlending for business loans to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). At least 30% of the proceeds will be directed to eligible women borrowers. The MSMEs financed by VFL are largely microenterprises owned by entrepreneurs from lower-income groups.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-08-07</pubDate>
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  <title>Tavan Bogd Cashmere Value Chain and Inclusive Job Creation Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60062-001/main</link>
  <description>The ADB proceeds will support the following: a) Gobi's working capital for increased cashmere procurement; b) TBF and TBFP's expansion and remodeling (capex) of KFC and Pizza Hut branches in Ulaanbaatar (UB) and outside covering 2026-2027.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-08-05</pubDate>
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  <title>SATSOL Digital Connectivity Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59142-004/main</link>
  <description>The project will finance SATSOL's launch of a new fourth and fifth generation (4G/5G) mobile network using shared tower infrastructure, new equipment from an international mobile equipment provider, and satellite-enabled backhaul (where fiber backhaul is not available in rural areas) via its partnership with a satellite data provider. The proceeds of ADB's financing will be used to fund the design, procurement, delivery, installation, and initial operating expenses telecommunications equipment and initial operating expenses.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-07-31</pubDate>
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  <title>National Port Master Plan Update and Logistics Study</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60010-001/main</link>
  <description>The technical assistance (TA) will support the Government of Sri Lanka in updating the National Port Master Plan (NPMP) for Colombo Port, building on the original NPMP developed with Asian Development Bank (ADB) financing under the TA for the National Port Master Plan in 2018 and published in 2020.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-07-31</pubDate>
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  <title>Supporting the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Corridor Transport System Improvement Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60347-001/main</link>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The proposed TA will support the preparation and early implementation of a transport and trade facilitation investment project in Lao PDR, focusing on the GMS Economic Corridor in Houaphanh Province. The primary beneficiary is the people in Lao PDR, with regional spillover benefits for neighboring GMS countries through improved cross-border connectivity and trade facilitation. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>2026-07-30</pubDate>
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  <title>Trade, Investment, and Industry Development Program- Subprogram 1</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59194-001/main</link>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The Trade, Investment, and Industry Development program aims to support the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) in building a resilient, inclusive, and globally competitive economy by addressing the binding constraints faced by the private sector in areas related to investment climate and trade facilitation through targeted structural reforms.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>2026-07-30</pubDate>
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  <title>Tbilisi Bypass Project (Lots 4 and 5)</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59441-001/main</link>
  <description>The project is aligned with the following impact: infrastructure and economic connectivity improved. The project will have the following outcome: efficiency of road transport along the CAREC Corridor and the East-West Highway in Georgia improved.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-07-29</pubDate>
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  <title>Accelerating Affordable and Inclusive Rooftop Solar Systems Development Program (Subprogram 2)</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60246-001/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2026-07-28</pubDate>
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  <title>Urban Transformation and Investment Program</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60253-001/main</link>
  <description>The proposed Urban Transformation and Investment Program will advance urban flagship programs including the Urban Challenge Fund and associated reforms supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA). The program aims to support the government's urban transformation agenda which focuses on upgrading urban infrastructure and services, and promoting environmentally and financially sustainable, inclusive, and citizen-centric urban development.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-07-28</pubDate>
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  <title>Supporting Education Systems Strengthening</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60175-001/main</link>
  <description>The proposed TA will support ADB in providing unique value additions in ongoing and future Asian Development Bank (ADB) school education projects for the Government of India. It will strengthen the capacity of India's executing and implementing agencies for (i) project preparation to enhance project design quality with finance-plus elements and project implementation readiness; (ii) project management of education projects in all aspects of implementation; and (iii) facilitate cross learning and adoption of innovative practices.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-07-16</pubDate>
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  <title>Strengthening Fiscal Resilience for Sustainable Development Program, Subprogram 2</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/57121-002/main</link>
  <description>The program will improve fiscal discipline and strengthen the strategic allocation of resources, while comprehensively building climate change mitigation and adaptation into planning and budget execution. It includes synergistic policy actions across two reform areas: (i) strengthening national- and state-level PFM to support growth and resilience, and (ii) building foundations for climate-resilient and sustainable growth.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-07-03</pubDate>
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  <title>Strengthening Capacity to Design and Implement Transport Infrastructure Projects Phase 2</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59293-001/main</link>
  <description>The proposed technical assistance (TA) will strengthen the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in providing more unique value additions in future ADB projects for the Government of India and the capacity of India's executing and implementing agencies for (i) project preparation with enhanced project design built-in with finance-plus and budget-plus elements and with enhanced project implementation readiness; and (ii) project management of ongoing projects in all aspects of implementation.</description>
  <pubDate>2026-06-30</pubDate>
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  <title>Solar Farm Expansion Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/58265-001/main</link>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The project is aligned with the impact: energy security and climate resilience enhanced; and the outcome: generation from sustainable and climate-resilient and low carbon renewable energy infrastructure increased with both public and private sector participation. To achieve the impact and outcome, the project will have three outputs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Output 1: Public and private sector investment and finance deployed for scaling up climate-resilient solar farm generation capacity. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>2026-06-30</pubDate>
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