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Strengthening Finance Ministries In Pacific Key To Growth
Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 12:40 pm | Asian Development Bank
NADI, REPUBLIC OF FIJI (8 November 2011) – Pacific finance ministries need to improve budgeting and staffing in order to achieve sustainable economic growth, according to delegates at a regional workshop jointly organized by the Asian Development Bank ... More >>
ADB Aids TimorLeste with Drinking Water in District Capitals
Friday, 28 October 2011, 5:27 pm | Asian Development Bank
Timor-Leste and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a grant worth $11 million to help Timor-Leste carry out reforms to improve the safety and quality of drinking water in the district capitals of Manatuto and Pante Macasar. More >>
ADB and Australia to Help Tonga Improve Living Conditions
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 11:27 am | Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Australia, through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), are assisting the Government of Tonga to improve living conditions in the Tongan capital Nuku’alofa through better service ... More >>
ADB Loan Funds PNG Bridge Replacement
Monday, 3 October 2011, 11:21 am | Asian Development Bank
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (30 September 2011) – An Asian Development Bank funded project that focuses on bridge rehabilitation and replacement on national roads in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will improve road safety and connect remote rural communities to ... More >>
Climate Change Threatens to Increase Hunger in the Pacific
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 1:26 pm | Asian Development Bank
Climate change threatens to increase hunger and malnutrition among the Pacific region’s poorest people unless there is action soon, says a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). More >>
Partnership with NZ Foundation for Cooperation in Pacific
Monday, 12 September 2011, 5:45 pm | Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President of Private Sector and Co-financing Operations Lakshmi Venkatachalam reaffirmed ADB's strong partnership with New Zealand during a high-level meeting today with New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully. More >>
Signing Ceremony for Tonga Cable Project at PIF Meeting
Friday, 9 September 2011, 2:50 pm | Asian Development Bank
The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank Group participated in a signing ceremony today for a $34 million grant project which will enable the people of Tonga to gain high-speed internet access by financing ... More >>
AUSTRALIA A KEY PARTNER IN INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Friday, 19 August 2011, 4:07 pm | Asian Development Bank
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (17 August 2011) – Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda reaffirmed ADB's strong partnership with Australia during an official three-day visit aimed at further strengthening cooperation between Australia and ADB in joint ... More >>
Resource-Rich Pacific Economies Thrive While Others Lag
Monday, 18 July 2011, 12:14 pm | Asian Development Bank
The Pacific’s resource-rich economies of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Timor-Leste will continue to expand strongly this year as commodity prices remain firm but growth in the rest of the region is set to remain subdued More >>
Climate-Proof Roads and Bridges in Solomon Islands
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 1:48 pm | Asian Development Bank
The Solomon Islands Government, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), participated in a signing ceremony today for a grant from Australia worth $A4 million to help restore vital transport links destroyed by the 2010 floods in central Solomon Islands. More >>
Timor-Leste: ADB President to Visit Dili to Discuss Support
Monday, 4 July 2011, 2:55 pm | Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank President (ADB) Haruhiko Kuroda will visit Dili next week to attend the launch of Timor-Leste’s Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030. The Director General of ADB's Pacific Department, Robert Wihtol, will accompany the President ... More >>
Asia Must Take Radical Steps towards Clean Energy
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 3:48 pm | Asian Development Bank
With an energy crisis looming, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda today called on Asian nations to “take radical steps” to increase energy efficiency and invest in renewable energy. More >>
Australia Makes Second Contribution To ADB Institute
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 5:17 pm | Asian Development Bank
he Government of Australia, through AusAID, is extending another A$500,000 to the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Special Fund after making an initial contribution in June last year. It has now committed A$1 million to the fund and is the first, ... More >>
ADB Support To Tonga Continues
Monday, 6 June 2011, 12:37 pm | Asian Development Bank
NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA (7 June 2011) – .The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing the Government of Tonga with the second $5 million tranche of its Economic Support Program in response to wide-ranging economic reform in the country. More >>
PNG’s Nationwide Microbank Signs Up 100,000th Customer
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 3:14 pm | Asian Development Bank
Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Nationwide Microbank has signed up its 100,000th customer, highlighting the ongoing demand for quality and accessible banking services in the country. More >>
Timor-Leste Prepares For Membership in ASEAN
Monday, 30 May 2011, 11:56 am | Asian Development Bank
Government ministers and officials, Asian Development Bank (ADB) officials, representatives of non-government organizations and civil society, academia, the private sector and development partners met today for a joint consultation on Timor-Leste’s preparations ... More >>
State-Owned Enterprise Reform Achievable In Pacific
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 12:13 pm | Asian Development Bank
A new ADB study on the comparative performance of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the Pacific has shown that reform is achievable in the Pacific region. More >>
Vanuatu, ADB Sign Agreement On Joint Field Presence
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 10:01 am | Asian Development Bank
The Government of Vanuatu and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement formalizing ADB’s Joint Vanuatu Liaison Office that it shares with the World Bank Group. More >>
Aust, ADB Target Water & Clean Energy Initiatives In Asia
Friday, 6 May 2011, 11:48 am | Asian Development Bank
The Government of Australia has agreed to provide an untied grant of A$21.584 million for Asian Development Bank (ADB)-administered trust funds targeted at water investment and clean energy initiatives in Asia and the Pacific. More >>
Migration Due to Climate Change Demands Attention
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 9:41 am | Asian Development Bank
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Governments in Asia and the Pacific need to prepare for a large increase in climate-induced migration in the coming years, says a forthcoming report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). More >>
