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30 Apr 18
All Indian villages now have access to electricity, prime minister Narendra Modi has announced.
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30 Apr 18
Cambodia’s prime minister has announced a new strategy for budget reform to improve the management of public funds.
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30 Apr 18
The Australian government has pledged more than AU$500m to help the Great Barrier Reef by reducing agricultural pesticides and improving water quality.
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27 Apr 18
Mongolia is to strengthen its water governance as part of an urban infrastructure project, with help from the Asian Development Bank.
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25 Apr 18
Iran has banned its domestic banks from dealing in cryptocurrencies due to money-laundering concerns, the country’s news agency IRNA said on Sunday.
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25 Apr 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $30m policy-based grant to help improve health services in Laos.
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24 Apr 18
Australian councils fear they face huge bills for waste disposal following China’s recently confirmed refusal to accept most imports of recyclables.
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18 Apr 18
India has launched smart card system and an e-measurement book for staff of its Central Public Works Department.
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18 Apr 18
Government in China is increasingly having to carry out duties with no money provided and un-budgeted public debts have built up in the country, an International Monetary Fund working paper has said.
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17 Apr 18
The UK government has pledged £23.5m to help Asian regions better forecast natural disasters, the Department for International Development announced yesterday.
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16 Apr 18
South Asia is once again the fastest growing region in world thanks to India’s economic recovery, the World Bank has said.
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11 Apr 18
The World Bank has called for action to bring down poverty rates in the Philippines’ Mindanao province, which accounts for one-third of the country’s poor but only a quarter of its population.
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11 Apr 18
Asian economies should close regulatory gaps and improve access to digital services, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said.
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9 Apr 18
Thailand’s economy is expected to grow by 4.1% this year the World Bank has said, marking the country’s best economic performance since 2012.
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4 Apr 18
The Asian Development Bank and the government of Mongolia have signed agreements worth $207m to help improve air quality, education and inclusiveness.
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3 Apr 18
Technology is the key that will drive forward green projects in the Asian countries connected by the Mekong River, argues Asian Development Bank’s Pavit Ramachandran.
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3 Apr 18
The World Bank has provided Pakistan with $145m to help make home-ownership more accessible and affordable in the country.
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3 Apr 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $100m results-based loan to help the Sri Lankan government enhance employment skills to support productivity and economic diversification.
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27 Mar 18
Nearly half of voters in Japan believe the prime minister should resign over the land sale scandal, a public opinion survey has found.
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26 Mar 18
South Korea and the US have reached a trade agreement, which is likely to see the Asian country exempt from Donald Trump’s steel tariffs.
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21 Mar 18
A Thai anti-graft agency has started an investigation into a suspected theft of up to 85% of money from a state fund for people living in poverty.
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20 Mar 18
The Indian government sees artificial intelligence as a way to boost the economy - a ‘game changer’. But the change might not be for the good, warns Chatham House’s Urvashi Aneja.
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20 Mar 18
China is to form an international development cooperation agency to enhance planning and coordination of foreign aid, it has been widely reported in a number of media outlets.
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20 Mar 18
The Asian Development Bank has signed a $260m loan agreement with Pakistan to improve its power transmission network.
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15 Mar 18
The South Korean government is set to talk to the International Monetary Fund in an effort to avoid being labelled a ‘currency manipulator’ by the US, the finance minister has said.