ADB is a leading multilateral development bank supporting sustainable, inclusive, and resilient growth across Asia and the Pacific. Working with its members and partners, ADB provides quality development solutions to solve the region’s complex challenges.
Founded in 1966, ADB is owned by 69 members—50 from the region.
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ADB supports projects in developing member countries that create economic and development impact, delivered through both public and private sector operations, advisory services, and knowledge support.
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Across Asia and the Pacific, ADB is working to promote cross-border infrastructure, trade integration, financial links, and regional public goods.
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Closer regional trade and financial integration in Asia and the Pacific has huge benefits that drive economic growth and development.
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As poorer countries become more integrated with the economies of their richer neighbours, they can move up the value chain and boost growth.
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Digitalization has the potential to improve traceability and in turn mitigate carbon emissions and enhance resilience in global value chains.
Asia's Share in
Global Flows
Global interconnectedness increased in the past decades, propelled by developments in technology and greater mobility in goods, services, capital, and labor.
Dimensional contribution to the Asia-Pacific
Regional Cooperation and Integration Index
Regional value chains, social integration and digitalization are boosting connectivity.
Trade Facilitation Implementation
in Asia and the Pacific
Asia and the Pacific continues to enhance efficiency through streamlined and digitalized trade processes.
ADB and the ASEAN Power Grid
The ASEAN Power Grid is a major initiative designed to connect the electricity networks of the 10 members countries of ASEAN, enabling cross-border power trading. ASEAN’s vision is to achieve fully integrated grid operations by 2045.
ADB’s commitment to regional cooperation and integration (RCI) has been a significant part of Asia’s rise as a manufacturing giant over the past forty years, made possible by sophisticated supply chain and production networks. This growth has created millions of jobs and brought development and increased prosperity to many countries in the region.
ADB projects contribute directly to the roads, power lines, bridges, ports, and border crossings that link member countries and boost growth and development throughout the region. The bank has also prioritised the building of trade agreements, treaties and regional institutions that facilitate cooperation and closer integration. ADB is also committed to helping the region collectively address transnational challenges such as pollution, climate change, pandemics like COVID-19, and financial shocks.
Our Impact
Results delivered in 2024 from ADB projects.
$4.1 million
Cargo transported and energy transmitted across borders
$2.9 billion
Trade and investment facilitated
2
Measures to improve the efficiency and/or productivity of cross-border connectivity supported in implementation
Your Questions Answered
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How have regional and subregional cooperation impacted on economic growth in Asia and the Pacific?
ADB supports strengthening infrastructure connectivity between countries, enhancing trade, finance, and investment links. These have all had a major impact on economic development in the region. The bank also works to foster collective regional action on public health, environment, and climate change.
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Give an example of an ADB regional cooperation and integration project that has had a substantial impact on people’s lives.
The PRC Inner Mongolia Sustainable Cross-Border Development Investment Program promotes cooperation between the PRC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) and Mongolia. The program boosts economic inclusion, ecosystems, and crucial services in IMAR’s five border communities and surrounding areas.
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How does ADB work to promote regional cooperation in a territory as vast as the Pacific?
Given the remoteness and dispersion of the Pacific islands, there’s a clear need for RCI tailored to the specific challenges of the Pacific. ADB prioritizes maritime connectivity, such as this project in the Solomon Islands improving port facilities.
What's New
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| Development Asia
Shared Lessons, Shared Solutions: Achieving and Sustaining Universal Health Coverage
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| Reports
Deepening Trade and Transport Facilitation Policy Analysis of Border Crossing Points: Expanding the CAREC Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring Framework
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| Conference Proceedings
Enhancing Critical Minerals for the Clean Energy Transition: Proceedings of the 2024 Regional Cooperation and Integration Conference
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| Development Asia
Moa Housing: A Small-Scale Approach to Transform Seoul's Aging Neighborhoods
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| Article
From Glaciers to Farms: How Regional Cooperation is Shaping Central Asia’s Water Issues
