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

With some of the world’s highest mountains covering 93% of its territory, Tajikistan faces obvious obstacles to its development. These…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) began working with Turkmenistan in 2000 and has since been helping to diversify exports and increase…

Afghanistan was a founding member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1966 and has since been supported by the bank over two periods…

Bangladesh has more than halved its incidence of poverty over the past 25 years. The country gained lower middleincome status in 2015…

Kazakhstan became a member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1994, shortly after it achieved independence.
During the past 26…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been supporting the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) since 1968 and remains one of the…

Different countries have imposed either partial or full restrictions on people’s movement to contain the spread of the coronavirus…

The first six months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Myanmar saw many early achievements. Despite predictions of disaster, a whole-of-…

This paper examines how debt buildup is related to currency depreciation pressure. It highlights the importance of a debt surveillance…