The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been a major development partner to Sri Lanka since 1966 and is today the country’s largest source…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been supporting Samoa since 1966, and the country has been making strong progress toward achieving…

Composed of 33 small islands dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometers in the Pacific, Kiribati joined the Asian Development Bank (…

Rapid growth since independence, and especially in the 1980s, enabled Malaysia to transition from an agriculture-based economy to a semi…

Nauru is one of the world’s smallest island nations. Its remote location and small domestic market raise the cost of doing business and…

Vanuatu faces development challenges typical of small island economies. These include remoteness, small market size, limited human and…

Bhutan is one of the fastest-growing economies in South Asia and has more than halved its poverty rate since 2007. However, the…

Since achieving independence in 2002, Timor-Leste has made significant progress in state building. However, while access to essential…

Comprising around 1,190 small islands in the Indian Ocean, Maldives was home to around 515,696 people in 2018 and is famous for some of…

The Philippines has maintained its position as one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia in recent years, with average…