ADB asks ASEAN to focus on boosting quality of life
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations should shift from meeting basic development targets to ramping up efforts to ...
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Food stamps tack eyed via ADB aid
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said his administration is set to establish a nationwide food stamp program in partnership ...
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Gov’t eyes $2-b loan for lakeshore road
The Department of Public Works and Highways is seeking a $2-billion loan from the Asian Development Bank to build the ...
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Non-bank financial firms lend over $4.9b to MSMEs
Non-bank financial institutions account for nearly half of loans extended each year to the country’s more than a million micro, ...
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DOTr gets ADB support to privatize NAIA
The Department of Transportation said Thursday it signed three transaction advisory service agreements with the Asian Development Bank to expedite ...
Read moreADB approves $500-m loan to help improve PH agriculture sector
The Asian Development Bank said Friday it approved a $500-million (about P27 billion) policy-based loan to help the Philippine government ...
Read moreADB lending $500m to help PH address impact of pandemic
The Asian Development Bank said Thursday it approved a $500-million (about P27 billion) policy-based loan to help the Philippine government ...
Read moreADB, other lenders grant $107-m loan for ACEN project in Vietnam
ACEN Corp. and the BIM Group said Tuesday the 88-megawatt Ninh Thuan wind farm in South Central Vietnam received a ...
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Rationale on the disposition of sovereign wealth fund
"Fear of corruption is more apparent and real for, often, they treat public funds as their own not to be ...
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IMF, ADB favor wealth fund
Budget chief says both int’l agencies see SWF benefits for country The International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, and ...
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