ADB, based in Manila, is dedicated to reducing poverty in the Asia and Pacific region through pro-poor sustainable economic growth, social development, and good governance. Established in 1966, it is owned by 64 members - 46 from the region. 
Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) has launched its new medium-term strategy, covering 2006-2008, to strengthen the poverty-reducing impact of its assistance. To this end, it has adopted five priorities: (i) catalyzing investment, (ii) strengthening inclusiveness, (iii) promoting regional cooperation and integration, (iv) managing the environment, and (v) improving governance and preventing corruption.
A two-day Central Asia Regional Conference on Avian Influenza Control and Human Influenza Pandemic Preparedness and Response, cosponsored by Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB), concludes today in Almaty.
The key to reducing interest rates on microcredit in a sustainable manner is to cut costs through improved market competition, innovation, and efficiency, says a new Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) paper.
The Government of Australia has established a grant facility at Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) to undertake project activities in South Asia with an initial contribution of A$11 million (US$8.5 million).
Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) has launched a package of 11 grant projects totaling US$8.17 million to step up the fight against HIV/AIDS in Asia.
Asian Development Bamk (ASX: ATB) and the Government of Bangladesh today signed a US$790,000 grant to help the erosion-affected poor in the Jamuna-Meghna Floodplains.
An US$800,000 Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) grant will help increase access to upper secondary education for poor girls in Cambodia through the provision of residential facilities with media learning centers.
The Government of the Republic of Korea has set up a US$20 million e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund at ADB. The fund aims to to bridge the digital divide and promote improved access to information and creating and sharing of knowledge through Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in the Asia and Pacific region.
Australia and New Zealand today signed an agreement with Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) and the Government of Papua New Guinea to contribute grants of US$3.5 million each to a project that will help contain the spread of HIV/AIDS in PNG.
The Government of Australia, through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), has made an A$20 million contribution to Asia Development Bank's (ASX: ATB) Pakistan Earthquake Fund (PEF).
