The FINANCIAL — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $7.74 million concessional loan and a $2.73 million project grant to scale up the ongoing project, Preparing Outer Islands for Sustainable Energy Development (POISED), which is transforming the existing diesel-based grids
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The FINANCIAL — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has endorsed a new 5-year country partnership strategy (CPS) for Maldives covering 2020–2024. A roadmap for ADB operations in Maldives, the CPS will support the country to take on a more resilient, sustainable, and
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The FINANCIAL — Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa today urged Southeast Asian countries to expand investments in digital infrastructure and ensure equitable access to technology as economies recover from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “We must close the digital divide
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The FINANCIAL — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has endorsed a new country partnership strategy (CPS) for Papua New Guinea (PNG) covering 2021–2025. A blueprint for ADB’s operations in PNG, the new CPS focuses on developing the transport and energy sectors; reforming
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The FINANCIAL — Construction of the Malolos–Clark Railway Project, a flagship Philippine project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), is expected to begin soon, following the signing of three civil works contracts worth more than $1.7 billion. The signing ceremony today
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The FINANCIAL — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved $150 million (in euro equivalent) in loans to improve water supply and sanitation services in Georgia and help the government craft an integrated approach to the sector’s development. Under the Sustainable Water Supply
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The FINANCIAL — National Statistics Office of Georgia published data of rapid estimates of economic growth. Estimated real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined by 5.3 percent in August 2020 YoY. Asian Development Bank’s new report says that Georgia is forecast to return to the
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The FINANCIAL — Tthe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced that it will issue an unsecured loan of EUR 217 million to help the Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation (GOGC) refinance a USD 250 million corporate Eurobond. The Bank will
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The FINANCIAL — A new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report, the Asian Development Outlook 2020 Update said that Georgia is forecast to return to the economic growth of 4.5 percent in 2021 thanks to expected recoveries in tourism, private consumption, investment, and net
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The FINANCIAL — The French Development Agency and the Ministry of Finance of Georgia signed a EUR 58 million loan to finance the reconstruction of water and sanitation utilities in Khashuri. The activities financed under the loan will be supplemented by a EUR
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