Development Effectiveness Country Briefs

This publication highlights how ADB and Bhutan are working together to achieve more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient growth.

This publication outlines the results of the multilateral development partnership between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Cambodia over the years.

This publication examines how ADB's operations have improved people's lives in India and looks at the challenges that ADB and India face in pursuing agreed development goals.

ADB continues to partner with the Lao PDR as it seeks to graduate from Least Developed Country status by 2020. This publication details ADB’s operations across major sectors, and explores gains and challenges.

ADB has strongly supported inclusive growth in Nepal, helping to reduce poverty, decrease gender and social disparities, build infrastructure, develop human capital, transform agriculture, and mitigate climate change effects.

ADB continues to partner with the Lao PDR as it seeks to graduate from Least Developed Country status by 2020. This publication details ADB’s operations across major sectors, and explores gains and challenges.

The main focus of ADB's efforts in Armenia is on strengthening the economy by building or rehabilitating infrastructure and by generating business opportunities for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises.

ADB has been contributing to economic development and reforms in Bangladesh, with a cumulative assistance of 265 loans and 419 technical assistance projects as of December 2016.

ADB’s assistance has played an important role in transforming Mongolia into a middle-income economy, and ADB’s country strategy for Mongolia has evolved over the years to match the changing needs of the country.

ADB has scaled up its assistance to Papua New Guinea (PNG) for power infrastructure, with an emphasis on clean energy solutions, in line with the government’s prioritization of power sector development.