Statement of the Asian Development Bank’s Operations in 2017

Abstract

1. In 2017, Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations amounted to $28.90 billion, of which $19.09 billion was for sovereign and nonsovereign project approvals financed by regular ordinary capital resources (OCR), concessional ordinary capital resources (COL), Asian Development Fund (ADF) and other special funds; $206 million was for technical assistance (TA) financed by special funds; and $9.60 billion financed by cofinancing partners. By type, total approvals funded by OCR, COL, ADF and special funds consisted of (i) $17.62 billion in loans, (ii) $553 million in grants, (iii) $526 million in guarantees, (iv) $390 million in equity investments, and (v) $206 million in TA. 2. The top five recipients of ADB’s funding including cofinancing are People’s Republic of China ($3.83 billion), Pakistan ($3.29 billion), India ($3.15 billion), Bangladesh ($3.09 billion), and Indonesia ($3.01 billion). Excluding cofinancing, the top five recipients are People’s Republic of China ($2.74 billion), India ($2.64 billion), Pakistan ($2.12 billion), Bangladesh ($1.96 billion), and Indonesia ($1.96 billion). Appendix 1 provides a breakdown of approvals by financing source, region and country. Appendix 5 provides a glossary of technical terms relating to ADB operations.