The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $29.3 billion from its own resources in 2025 while advancing major institutional reforms designed to help Asia and the Pacific navigate change and turn challenges into opportunities.
The figures were released in ADB’s Annual Report 2025, published on Thursday, which summarizes operational, institutional, and financial highlights in a year marked by complexity and uncertainty.
“In 2025, ADB delivered unprecedented levels of support, with a 20 percent increase over 2024 and expected impacts of more than 3.3 million jobs and benefit to over 180 million people,” ADB President Masato Kanda said.
“This shows ADB’s ability to deliver at a scale and with the speed that matches the demands of Asia and the Pacific.”
According to an ADB press release, loans, grants, equity investments, guarantees, and technical assistance provided to governments and the private sector rose by 20 percent year‑on‑year to $29.3 billion. This was further boosted by $14.7 billion mobilised from partners.
Private sector development was a key priority, accounting for $5.5 billion of commitments. Half of ADB’s public sector commitments directly supported infrastructure, reforms, and institutions aimed at unlocking private investment.
By region, ADB committed $8.3 billion in Central West Asia, $1.4 billion in East Asia, $680 million in the Pacific, $9.7 billion in South Asia, and $9 billion in Southeast Asia, with $302 million allocated to regional projects. Finance, transport, and public sector management were the top three sectors receiving funding.
Groundbreaking institutional reforms approved in 2025 included an amendment to the ADB Charter to remove the bank’s lending limitation, enabling a 50 percent increase in financing capacity without requiring a general capital increase from shareholders.
Under the reform measures, ADB updated its energy policy to better support energy access and security in developing member countries. Procurement procedures were streamlined to reinforce commitments to quality, sustainability, and value for money.
In addition, a new approach was adopted to support critical minerals‑to‑manufacturing value chains. The initiative aims to responsibly and sustainably capitalize on growing demand for materials essential to renewable energy and digital technologies.
