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Experts call for clean energy in post-COVID-19 recovery and resilience
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], June 16 (ANI): Greater investment in clean energy infrastructure will contribute to Asia and the Pacific's recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and make economies more resilient against future shocks, participants at the Asia Clean Energy Forum
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ADB convenes high-level advisory panel to support COVID-19 recovery in Sou
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], June 10 (ANI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa has launched a high-level panel of leading experts in economics, finance and health to help ministers, central bank governors and other senior officials identify options for Southeast Asian econ
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ADB, IEA discuss scaling up collaboration in energy systems
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], June 9 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) are discussing scaling up collaboration and renewing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two organisations.
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Rajeev Topno appointed Senior Advisor to World Bank Executive Director
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Rajeev Topno will be the senior advisor to the Executive Director of World Bank, Washington DC, under the Department of Economic Affairs.
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ADB, ESCAP to help Asia Pacific in addressing COVID-19 crisis
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], June 3 (ANI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) Executive Secretary Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana on Wednesday discussed enhancing cooperation to help the region as it addre
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ADB approves $250 million support for Nepal's Covid-19 response
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], May 26 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday approved a 250 million dollar concessional loan to help the government of Nepal fund its response to the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
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COVID-19 economic impact could reach $8.8 trillion globally: ADB
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], May 15 (ANI): The global economy could suffer between 5.8 trillion and 8.8 trillion dollars in losses -- equivalent to 6.4 to 9.7 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP) -- as a result of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a new
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ADB approves $500 million for Bangladesh's COVID-19 response
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], May 7 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday approved an additional 500 million dollar loan to bolster the efforts of Bangladesh government to manage the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the country's economy and public health.
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Japan to support ADB developing member countries' response to COVID-19 cha
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], May 1 (ANI): Japan has committed to providing emergency support of 150 million dollars to Asian Development Bank (ADB) which is providing several targeted interventions to support its developing member countries (DMCs) in combating the effects of novel coronaviru
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ADB approves $1.5 billion financing to support India's COVID-19 response
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 28 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday approved a 1.5 billion dollar loan to India to help fund its response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
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ADB assures USD 1.7 billion help to Pak to fight COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will give USD 1.7 billion dollars to Pakistan to help the nation in containing the coronavirus outbreak and to mitigate the economic impact of it.
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ADB, AIM launch global hackathon for digital ideas to respond to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 24 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) on Friday launched the #DigitalAgainstCOVID-19 virtual challenge to crowdsource digital solutions and ideas to help countries in Asia and the Pacific deal with the medium- a
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