This brief presents new projections on the economic impact of COVID-19 and highlights policy implications.

The Asian Development Bank’s partnership with the Government of Thailand focuses on support for knowledge sharing and innovation, fostering private sector development, and promoting regional cooperation and integration.

The Asian Development Bank’s investments in Viet Nam will enhance transport connectivity, urban development, access to quality education, health security, environmental sustainability, and integration into the regional and global economy.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) works closely with the People’s Republic of China in promoting inclusive green development, addressing aging, enhancing rural livelihoods, and tackling environmental degradation.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) will focus on infrastructure and private sector development to support employment and income generation, with environmental sustainability, gender equality, and good governance as crosscutting themes.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations in Myanmar focus on infrastructure for transport, energy, and urban development; education and training; and rural developmen

Conducted by Ministry of Health, Lao PDR, June–December 2018

This study which was undertaken under Loan 3465/G0516-Lao: Health Security Project was able to establish the baseline data as well as the critical focus areas where quality improvement strategies should be developed towards a district-based laboratory quality improvement program model.

The RIF 2022: Second Progress Report and Update (2019) was endorsed by the GMS Ministers at the 23rd Ministerial Conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 18 November 2019. It represents updates to the RIF 2022 during the 2019 cycle (June to November 2019). It includes a revision to the RIF 2022 to a new total of 255 investment and technical assistance projects requiring a total of $92.7 billion in financing.