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23 Jan 2023 | News Release

ADB Signs $131 Million Loan to Support the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal Upgrade, Enhance International Trade

NEW DELHI, INDIA (23 January 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal Private Limited (NSFTPL) signed a $131 million loan to upgrade the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal located in Navi Mumbai Maharashtra to en

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Making an Impact: Working at ADB | Çiğdem Akın

Meet Çigdem Akın from Türkiye. Learn how her work as Principal Public Management Economist, leading projects in ADB’s developing member countries, helps build resilient, inclusive, and sustainable economies while recovering from the pandemic.

20 Jan 2023 | News Release

ADB Issues First Azerbaijan Manat Bond to Finance Food Supply Chain Project

ADB has raised almost 8.4 million Azerbaijan manat (around $4.9 million) in its first bond issue denominated in this Central Asian currency.

19 Jan 2023 | Video

Transforming Mumbai’s Public Transport with a Safe, Efficient, and Comfortable Metro Rail

Mumbai metro is transforming the city’s public transport by ensuring a safe, efficient, and comfortable commute for hundreds of thousands of passengers every day. ADB is helping expand the metro network in Mumbai with a $926 million loan to help operationalize 58 km of the metro network.

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Blog Entry | 19 January 2023

Microfinance Survived the Pandemic but Challenges Lie Ahead

The right actions by microfinance institutions and governments can ensure a promising outlook for microfinance in Asia this year.

Blog Entry | 16 January 2023

How the Dollar-A-Day Poverty Line Changed International Development

Over three decades ago, economic researcher Martin Ravallion and his colleagues found a way to identify and quantify the world’s poorest people with an international poverty line that continues to guide policies to this day.

Blog Entry | 13 December 2022

Five Ways to Fund the Philippines’ Fight against Climate Change

How to finance action against climate change was a key topic at the United Nations COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh. For the Philippines, on the front lines of the global climate emergency, it is a make-or-break question.

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09 Mar 2023 | ADBI, Tokyo

International Conference on Achieving Ocean Equity: Innovative, Fair, Inclusive, and Sustainable Strategies and Blue Impact Investments

This conference will address ocean equity challenges and explore innovative, inclusive, and sustainable policy solutions for Small Island Developing States and coastal countries.

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Upgrading Elderly Care in Yichang City, People's Republic of China

02 Dec 2022 | Project Result / Case Study

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