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News Release | 15 February 2021 DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (15 February 2021) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Shanny Campbell as its new Country Director for Tajikistan. She assumes office today. Ms. Campbell will lead ADB’s operations in Tajikistan and supervise the formulation and implementation of ADB’s country partnership strategy in support of the national development goals and reforms. “I am excited to start my new assignment as ADB’s Country Director in Tajikistan,�...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday said it will provide Rs 100 crore loan to hospital chain Medanta for healthcare services and medical equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will support the purchase of personal protective equipment, basic hygiene products, and patient care equipment such as ventilators and beds. It will also support staff training programmes on infection prevention and control. "Private sector healthcare services play a life-saving role during health...

Medanta to get ₹100 crore from ADB February 15, 2021 × The Gurugram-based Medanta, or Global Health Private Limited, would get ₹100 crore ($13.7 million) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in debt financing to provide essential healthcare services during the Covid-19 pandemic. An agreement for this was signed between Aniruddha Patil, head of Health and Education Investments at ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department, and Naresh Trehan, Chairman and Managing Director of Medanta. T...

Speaking to reporters here, Chavan said the backlog in road work had gone up and the funds required would be more than what the state budget has allocated.

Stefano is a senior trade lawyer, Chief of Technical Assistance in the Division for Africa, LDCs and Special Programmes of UNCTAD. He has over 30 years of experience in designing, managing and delivering research and capacity building programs in Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America, with a focus on legal, regulatory and institutional trade and customs issues, including

Pramila joined ADB in November 2020 from the Goethe University Frankfurt, where she was Assistant Professor, Head of Chair of International Trade. Her main fields of specialization are applied econometrics in international trade policy, regional trade agreements, trade negotiations, rules or origin, non-tariff measures and geographical indications. At ADB, her portfolio also

The US on Thursday slapped sanctions on 10 current and former military officers and three entities in Myanmar who led the recent coup against the democratically elected government and detained its leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint. Six of the individuals are part of the National Defense

NIIFL to invest $100 million from New Development Bank into the NIIF Fund of Funds Xian Zhu, VP and COO of NDB noted that the investment will provide India’s private sector with additional funds during the time of crisis Representative Image The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIFL) on February 11 announced a commitment of $100 million from the New Development Bank (NDB) into the NIIF Fund of Funds (FoF) taking the FoFs secured funding commitments to $800 million. With this, the...

Digital platforms and other technology-based tools are providing new growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes and across all industries in Asia and the Pacific, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank.

The outbreak in 2020 disrupted both supply and demand sides of an interconnected world economy. Asia and the Pacific was not immune as lockdowns and travel and trade restrictions affected nearly all aspects of cross-border economic activity. The Asian Economic Integration Report 2021 looks at how regional economies individually or collectively respond to the crisis by, for example, leveraging rapid technological progress and digitalization as well as increasing services trade to reconnect and ...