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20 December 2007
Papua New Guinea's Lae Port Recieves $108.25M for Expansion
The Asian Development Bank and its development partners are providing a financial assistance package totaling $108.25 million to expand Lae Port, the largest and most important port in Papua New Guinea.
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20 December 2007
ADB Funds Upgrade of Key 'Silk Road' Highway in Uzbekistan
The Asian Development Bank will provide Uzbekistan $75.3 million loan to upgrade a key highway that is an integral part of a regional transport corridor across Central Asia.
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20 December 2007
Kabul's Drug Epidemic Requires Unique Approaches in HIV/AIDS Prevention
The war in Afghanistan has spawned an explosion in illegal drug use on the streets of the nation's capital city Kabul that wasn't even on the radar just three years ago, with residents turning to injecting drugs to escape the traumas of continuing instability, unemployment and poverty.
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December 2007
Japan and ADB Providing $300.8M for Philippines' Local Government Units
Japan and the Asian Development Bank are providing $300.8 million to improve the revenue generation capacity of local government units in the Philippines to help them deliver better basic services to their communities.
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17 December 2007
ADB Provides $100M Loan to Ensure Safety, Efficiency of PRC's Railway Network
The Asian Development Bank is providing a $100 million loan to help develop an efficient and effective emergency management system for the railway network of the People's Republic of China.
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December 2007
ADB Grants $80M Loan to Ensure Safe, Secure Water Supply for PRC's Kunming City
The Asian Development Bank is extending an $80 million loan to ensure a safe, secure and affordable water supply to the capital city of Kunming in Yunnan province in southwestern People's Republic of China.
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17 December 2007
ADB and Samoa Using ICT to Improve Access to Education and Training
The Asian Development Bank is extending a $5.9 million grant to support Samoa's efforts to increase the use of information and communication technology in education.
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17 December 2007
ADB Supports Indonesia's Policy Reforms
The Asian Development Bank will provide a $200 million loan for the third part of Indonesia's Development Policy Support Program, a series of reforms that supports key priorities of the government's medium-term growth and poverty reduction program.
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17 December 2007
ADB Provides $21M to Develop ICT in South Asia
The Asian Development Bank is providing $21.2 million for the development of information and communication technology in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal by enhancing the availability of affordable broadband Internet connections, skilled manpower and local content and Internet applications in line with efforts to promote inclusive growth and reduce poverty.
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14 December 2007
ADB Approves Largest-Ever Project Loan for Billion-Dollar Highway Linking Ha Noi, Kunming
The Asian Development Bank is providing loans totaling US$1.1 billion to Viet Nam for the construction of a modern 244 kilometer highway stretching from suburban Ha Noi to Lao Cai, on Viet Nam's border with the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is the biggest single project financing in ADB's history.
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14 December 2007
Japan and ADB Assist Urban Poor in Viet Nam's Thanh Hoa Province
Japan and the Asian Development Bank are tackling problems faced by the urban poor in Viet Nam's Thanh Hoa province, funding $2 million in improvements to infrastructure, increasing skills training and enhancing local participation in development planning.
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11 December 2007
ADB Helps Improve Education in Uzbekistan
The Asian Development Bank will provide Uzbekistan with a $30 million loan to improve education in rural areas with equipment for laboratories and other teaching and learning materials, as well as enhancing teacher training.
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10 December 2007
ADB Provides $300.7M for Indonesia's Capital Market Development Program
The Asian Development Bank is providing $300.7 million for the development of capital markets in Indonesia to make them more resilient and competitive in order to support a high sustainable rate of economic growth.
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10 December 2007
ADB Provides $202.5M to Improve Water Supply in Bangladesh's Capital City
The Asian Development Bank is providing $202.5 million to improve water supply services in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka to promote better health conditions and contribute to sustainable economic growth.
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7 December 2007
ADB Assists Viet Nam in Ho Chi Minh City Expressway Development
The Asian Development Bank is providing a $10 million loan to help develop an expressway that will ease traffic congestion in and around Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Viet Nam and the country's economic hub.
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7 December 2007
ADB Lowers Charges on LIBOR-based Loans
The Asian Development Bank has reduced its loan charges on LIBOR-based loans to sovereign borrowers or borrowers with sovereign guarantees negotiated on or after 1 October 2007.
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7 December 2007
ADB Approves $135M Loan Program to Aid Viet Nam Capital Markets Development
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $135 million loan program cluster to support the development of Viet Nam's capital markets, in line with efforts to create a deeper and more resilient financial sector in the country.
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7 December 2007
ADB Extends $50M Loan to Sri Lanka to Promote SME Development
The Asian Development Bank is lending $50 million to Sri Lanka to help promote the development of small- to medium-sized enterprises located outside the country's western province.
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6 December 2007
ADB Extends $11.7M Support to Continue Development of Cambodiaˆ‚s Financial Sector
The Asian Development Bank is providing a $10 million loan and a $1.7 million grant to assist in the continued development of a sound, efficient and market-oriented financial system in Cambodia as part of efforts to sustain economic growth and eradicate poverty.
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6 December 2007
ADB Provides $17.6M Loan to Help Bangladesh Plan Padma Bridge Project
The Asian Development Bank is providing a $17.6 million loan to help in the project preparation for the construction of a bridge linking the economically depressed southwest zone of Bangladesh to the more advanced eastern zone.
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