Multilateral development assistance
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ID Capital ties up with ADB to launch agritech startup accelerator for Mekong region
Singapore-based venture capital company ID Capital has partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and government of Australia to launch an agritech startup accelerator. Named Mekong Agriculture Technology Challenge Startup Accelerator (MATCh), it is aimed at innovative early-stage agritech startups and traditional agriculture businesses with ...
ADB to extend $150m loan to Vietnam for rural development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $150 million loan to support development in four of Vietnam’s northeastern provinces – Bac Kan, Cao Bang, Ha Giang, and Lang Son.[]The provinces of Bac Kan, Cao Bang, Ha Giang, and Lang Son have significant potential to ...
Antonia Timmerman
Beijing scholar signals new regional Mekong order
The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) will replace the longstanding cooperative structure of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) in developing the Mekong basin, a Chinese scholar said recently.Keep reading ...
SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE
Workshop focuses on cross-border cooperation for energy
Policymakers from the Greater-Mekong Subregion (GMS) met their Korean counterparts in Seoul to discuss ways to cooperate in the energy sector amid the increasing need for a stable supply.Keep reading ...
Rachel Lee
ADB, Lao PDR sign agreement to enhance sanitary, phytosanitary management systems
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) signed an agreement on 13 November for a $10 million grant as additional financing for a project that will enhance Lao PDR’s sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) capacity, and improve ...
The FINANCIAL Reporter
ADB urges implementation of cross-border transport pact
As growing trade and investment linkages in Asia and the Pacific have helped to improve the region’s overall resilience to global economic and trade policy uncertainties, countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) need to make swifter progress in streamlining trade through multilateral agreements that ...
Phnom Penh Post News Staff
$64b GMS action plan
Cambodia as a member of the six-nation Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) endorsed a five-year action plan framework that includes $64 billion in projects to help the sub-region achieve inclusive growth and sustainable development. Keep reading ...
Sum Manet
New ADB-Lao PDR strategy to support inclusive, sustainable growth
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has endorsed a new 4-year country partnership strategy (CPS), which is expected to deliver $421 million in assistance through 2020 to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR).The new CPS will help the country achieve more inclusive ...
The Financial News Staff
GMS ministers endorse strategy to boost food safety in Mekong
Agriculture ministers in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) endorsed a five-year strategy and action plan to build a regional food safety system on Friday during a meeting in northwest Cambodia’s Siem Reap province. Keep reading ...
Xinhua News Staff
Asia growth outlook brightens on strong exports - ADB
The Asian Development Bank raised its 2017 and 2018 growth forecasts for the region, reflecting rising exports as manufacturers of smartphones to cars to other consumer goods benefited from improving global demand. Developing Asia – made up of 45 countries in the Asia-Pacific region – is ...
