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ADB has released a $5 million (566 million Ni-Vanuatu vatu) grant from its Pacific Disaster Resilience Program (Phase 3) to help finance the Government of Vanuatu’s response to the community transmission of COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 4.7 million people in Southeast Asia into extreme poverty in 2021, as 9.3 million jobs disappeared, compared with a baseline no-COVID scenario, according to a new ADB report presented at SEADS.

Cambodia is well-positioned for recovery in 2022 thanks to its outstanding progress with its vaccination campaign, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on Wednesday.

Garrett has 20 years of experience in water resources, environment, and evaluation. He currently evaluates projects and programs on urban water, agriculture, and natural resources. Garrett has been based in Asia since 2008, and before joining ADB in 2015 he worked for the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development and for several international development

In his current role, he is part of the IED leadership team and oversees the evaluation of sector and project evaluations and validations, particularly in energy, transport, water, urban, finance, agriculture and natural resources, and all private sector operations. He has more than 23 years of professional experience, about 13 years of which were spent in ADB in the areas of

The Philippines needs to manage its ballooning debt proactively as the country and the rest of emerging markets are expected to wade through turbulent waters with the looming US Fed hikes, according to the Asian Development Bank.

Tanja Kuchenmüller, M.A., M.Sc, coordinates the Evidence to Policy and Impact unit in the Research for Health Department/Science Division at World Health Organization Headquarters. The unit has the dual mandate of (1) strengthening country capacity in generating, translating and using the best available research evidence in policies and practice, and (2) providing leadership

ADB is investing in the Tropical Asia Forest Fund Two, which focuses on sustainable plantation forestry in Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia Vietnam and Malay...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 15 million USD equity investment in New Forest’s Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) L.P. to support sustainable forestry practices in Southeast Asia and reduce logging in natural tropical forests by helping sustainably managed plantation companies to scale up their operations.

Uttam Sharma has over ten years of experience conducting research in Bangladesh, Kenya, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda on programs related to education, labor markets, and agriculture. A native of Nepal, he is keen to explore how learning can be improved in developing countries. He received his Ph. D. in Applied Economics from the University of