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  <title>Green Investment Platform Project</title>
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  <pubDate>2029
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  <title>Strengthening Agricultural Tertiary Education Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/53378-001/main</link>
  <description>The proposed project is aligned with the following impact: technologies harnessed for higher agricultural productivity and profitability. The project will have following outcome: industry responsiveness of advanced agricultural tertiary education and research enhanced. With BAU as a center of excellence, the project aims to accelerate agricultural technology adoption, increase job-ready graduates for private sector, and develop agricultural entrepreneurs with emphasis on providing safe and more inclusive learning environments for women.</description>
  <pubDate>2029
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  <title>Imphal Ring Road Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/55361-001/main</link>
  <description>The proposed Imphal Ring Road Project will improve quality of life in Imphal by helping to decongest the city and promoting the use of e-vehicles. Access to markets, economic opportunities, as well as administrative, health and educational services will be enhanced. It will stimulate economic activities and directly create jobs. By improving road infrastructure and transport services focusing on safety elements and universal features for pedestrians and vulnerable users, the project benefits will be inclusive.</description>
  <pubDate>2028
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  <title>Karnataka Higher Education Transformation Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59380-001/main</link>
  <description>The project will catalyze the transformation of teaching-learning and assessment systems system across higher education sector with emphasis on degree awarding Government First Grade and Engineering Colleges, and Polytechnics leading to quality employment for graduates. Specifically, this project will upgrade infrastructures and physical and digital facilities; trained teachers; strengthen competency-based assessment systems; introduce centers of excellence and skill centers; improve internal quality assurance and develop relevance research &amp;amp; development and innovation eco-system.</description>
  <pubDate>2028
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  <title>Hydropower Development for Energy Security and Grid Flexibility</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/58333-001/main</link>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The proposed project aligns with the government's NDC commitments and aims to increase Indonesia's hydroelectric energy supply. It will also support state-owned enterprise (SOE) reforms through capacity building of PLN to scale up sustainable hydropower development at the subsidiary level with the first major hydropower development conducted by Nusantara Power, one of two electricity generation subsidiaries of PLN.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>2028
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  <title>Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive and Resilient Growth Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59427-001/main</link>
  <description>The project seeks to address the critical barriers that are leading to limited tourism spending, low average lengths of stay, and inadequate community benefit by diversifying tourism experiences and opening new tourism destinations, especially in nature-based tourism around Tonle Sap. Activities will be focused in Siem Reap and Battambang Provinces and Tonle Sap and will seek to stimulate private sector participation and investment, solve connectivity infrastructure gaps, strengthen destination management, and build the capacity of tourism SMEs.</description>
  <pubDate>2028
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  <title>Tanahu Hydropower Project - Additional Financing</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/43281-033/main</link>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The main objective of the ongoing project is to improve electricity supply in Nepal through the construction of a 140-megawatt (MW) storage hydropower facility on the Seti River in the Tanahu district, about 150 kilometers (km) west of Kathmandu, plus related transmission and distribution infrastructure. The ongoing project also includes components for rural electrification and community development in the project area, and a reform and restructuring plan for the national utility, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). &lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Green Public Transport in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/58473-001/main</link>
  <description>The project will improve the public transportation network with low emission transport modes in district headquarters (7 cities) - Peshawar; (ii) Mardan; (iii) D.I. Khan; (iv) Bannu; (v) Kohat; (vi) Abbottabad; and (vii) Mingora.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Kathmandu Valley Ecological Urban Renewal Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59282-001/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Advancing Economic Stability and Sustainable Livelihoods Program (Subprogram 1)</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/57099-001/main</link>
  <description>The proposed program will help the Government of Georgia strengthen resilience to external shocks by improving the performance management of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), deepening local capital markets for effective public debt management, and enhancing the social protection system. The program will build on the foundation laid by earlier programs of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the country to improve fiscal resilience and social protection.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Sustainable Urban E-mobility Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/58217-001/main</link>
  <description>The proposed Sustainable Urban E-Mobility Project aims to modernize public transportation in Nepal's Kathmandu and Pokhara Valleys by introducing electric buses, enhancing traffic management through intelligent transport systems (ITS), and implementing forward-thinking policies and regulations. In Kathmandu Valley, the proposed project focuses on deploying new electric bus fleets and modernizing traffic infrastructure with ITS.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Green Energy Corridor Sulawesi Project (South)</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59082-001/main</link>
  <description>The proposed project aims to support PLN in developing about 950 circuit-kilometer high-voltage (275 kilovolt) backbone transmission lines infrastructures including the necessary substations. This covers 275 kilovolt transmission lines, some connections to integrate the existing 150 kV transmission lines, 275 kV substation, and 150 kV substation. This project will establish a transmission backbone to channel clean energy to the load center in the southern part of Sulawesi, hence increasing electricity demand in this region.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Kobuleti Bypass Project (Lots 1 and 2)</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59440-001/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Protecting and Restoring Ocean and Shoreline Natural Capital for Economic Resilience</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59497-001/main</link>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The proposed project addresses declining ecosystem services in the wider marine sector through expansion of the area under effective management including marine protected area coverage, expansion of locally managed marine areas for coastal communities and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs). The project will invest in adaptation pathways including restoration of coral reefs, seagrass beds, and benthic intertidal ecosystems, applying nature-based solutions including building mangrove resilience within coastal protection management.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Reforming Inclusive Secondary Education in Papua New Guinea Project (formerly Education Access and Quality Improvement Project)</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59216-001/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Urban Infrastructure Modernization Program – Wastewater Treatment Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/51365-001/main</link>
  <description>The Asian Development Bank (ADB), jointly with the World Bank, proposes to establish the Kazakhstan Urban Infrastructure Modernization Program as a medium- to long-term roadmap to ensure sustainable development and financing of urban infrastructure, operationalized through a national level facility's the Kazakhstan Urban Infrastructure Finance Facility (KUIFF)(the Project), in the Republic of Kazakhstan.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Mountainous Road Improvement and Resilience Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/48444-006/main</link>
  <description>Formerly Tranche 3 of the Multitranche Financing Facility for the Sustainable Highlands Highway Investment Program, the proposed Mountainous Road Improvement and Resilience Project (MRIRP) is now standalone targeting approval as a Type 2B climate change adaptation project.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Dushanbe EcoMobility Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/58270-001/main</link>
  <description>Investment in: i) Battery-electric bus fleet and charging equipment; ii) Green corridor with dedicated busway and quality bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure; iii) Parking management system; and iv) Institutional capacity building.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Azerbaijan Railways Electrification, Signaling and Telecommunication Project (Baku–Boyuk Kesik)</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59446-001/main</link>
  <description>The project comprises the procurement and installation of electrification, signaling, and telecommunication systems (EST) along the railway section of Baku-Boyuk Kesik. These section is part of the country's east-west rail corridor, serving international freight operations (export/import/transit) of Azerbaijan Railways Closed Joint Stock Company (ADY). Most exports go through either the Baku-Boyuk Kesik or Bilajari-Yalama route.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Disaster Resilient Renewable Energy Development Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/57161-001/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Strengthening Coastal Protection and Food Security for Rural Climate Resilience</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/58393-001/main</link>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The project will be aligned with the following impact: RMI resilience to disasters and climate change enhanced (footnote 9). The project will have the following outcome: climate resilience of communities and natural ecosystems increased. The draft outputs and components are as follows. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>National Total Electrification Support Program</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/58463-001/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Second Integrated Water Resources Management Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59481-001/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Nagaland Hydropower Development Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59369-001/main</link>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Electricity demand and supply gap. The electricity consumption of Nagaland increased from 826 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in fiscal year (FY) 2021 to 938 GWh in FY2024, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 3%. Based on current trends, total electricity requirements are projected to reach around 1,759 GWh by FY2035. The peak demand, which stood at around 194 megawatts (MW) in FY2025, is expected to rise steadily to about 304 MW by FY2035 , underscoring the need for additional generation capacity over the coming decade.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Nagmati Environment and Water Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/57150-001/main</link>
  <description>The project is aligned with ADB's Strategy 2030 operational focus on tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability, and contributing to making cities more livable. The project is part of ADB's broader integrated strategy to address Kathmandu valley's water security and urban environment restoration.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Baku Metro Expansion Investment Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59411-001/main</link>
  <description>Baku Metropolitan Closed Joint Stock Company (Baku Metro) is preparing for a network expansion project, comprising 20 km of tunnels, 9 stations, 2 depots and additional rolling stock (300 cars) with a total estimated cost of $2.6 billion. The expansion is needed to increase coverage of metro services in the greater Baku area, which is confronted with heavy traffic congestion.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Enhancing Green Fiscal Consolidation Program, Subprogram 1</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59301-001/main</link>
  <description>The programmatic policy-based loan (PBL) will support the government's efforts to achieve fiscal sustainability and address climate concerns by strengthening revenue mobilization and enhancing public financial management, including public expenditure rationalization measures. Expansion of the fiscal space is essential for government to finance development objectives, including climate adaptation and mitigation as well as to reduce long-term reliance on external grants.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Supporting Sustainable Universal Pension Schemes Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/59067-001/main</link>
  <description>As the key institution for the UPS operation and management, the capacity of NPA needs to be strengthened for the sustainable UPS. The proposed project will hence provide comprehensive support to the NPA in developing and strengthening its (i) institutional capacity, (ii) operational capacity, (iii) governance capacity, and (iv) human resource capacity.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Vaisigano River Integrated Flood Management Project</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/58296-001/main</link>
  <description>Samoa, with a total land area of 2,934 km2, comprises two main islands, Savaii and Upolu, and several smaller islands. An estimated 97% of the total 219,000 population reside within 5 km of the coastline. Export of fisheries and agricultural products are the main income, while most of its fuel and commodities need to be imported. Like most Pacific states, Samoa is economically vulnerable and ecologically fragile because of its geographical location, isolation, limited resources and exposure to global economic crisis.</description>
  <pubDate>2027
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  <title>Teaching Hospitals Revitalization for Improved Services and Education Poject (THRIVE)</title>
  <link>https://www.adb.org/projects/60100-001/main</link>
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  <pubDate>2027
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