【神田眞人ADB総裁のコメント】 産経新聞のインタビューで、変化するアジアと日本のこれからについてお話ししました。 世界は、地政学的な対立や気候変動、AIの急速な進展に伴うリスクなど、これまでにない難しい課題に直面しています。こうした課題は一国だけでは解決できません。中立的な立場から各国をつなぎ、地域全体の強靱性を高めるADBの役割がますます大きくなっていると感じています。 成長するアジアに目を向ければ、日本にも復活の勝機はあると信じています。健全なマクロ経済運営を土台としながら、日本の技術力や強みを生かしていくことが大切です。各国を訪れる中で、日本企業の顔があまり見えないことには危機感を覚えます。日本企業には、もっとリスクを取り、成長するアジアに出ていってほしい。人口が縮小する日本にとっても、アジアの活力を取り込むことは企業の成長につながります。 ADBは、国や企業、資金、技術をつなぐプラットフォームとして、こうした挑戦を支えていきます。 記事全文はこちら： sankei.com/article/20260927-… @ADBPresident

Govt Boys Secondary School Sindhi, Thatta has been transformed with ADB support, offering students a modern, safe and inspiring learning environment that empowers them to learn, grow and build a brighter future ❤️ #SindhSchoolsReimagined @BBhuttoZardari @MinisterEduGos @SELDGOS

This solar farm is generating enough electricity to power millions of homes, marking a major step toward a cleaner energy future for Uzbekistan. We are supporting this transformation by helping the country open the energy sector to competition and giving private companies the confidence to invest.

At a time when the Philippines faces growing pressure from the Middle East conflict, @ADB_HQ has swiftly approved $1.5 billion in financing to protect families from rising prices, keep essential services running, support affected overseas Filipino workers, and strengthen resilience. ADB stands with the Philippines in its determination to keep its people secure and its future within its own hands. Read the news release: link.adb.org/4iLWBUI

I am proud to announce that ADB will partner with Agence Française de Développement (@AFD_France) to bring the Finance in Common Summit to Asia for the first time. Meeting in Bangkok from 31 March to 2 April 2027, the event will host more than 500 public development banks managing around $23 trillion in assets. This will be an opportunity for the world’s public development banks to marshal the full weight of their financial strength and resolve to meet today’s development challenges. Our focus must be to turn commitments into investment and deliver sustainable growth for Asia and the Pacific. Read the news release: adb.org/news/500-development…

Cultural heritage takes many forms, and it's what communities across Asia and the Pacific choose to carry into the future. Our article explores the six types of heritage our projects work to protect, from archaeological sites to living traditions: link.adb.org/4g9dK97

ADB Inflation Projections 2026 People’s Republic of China: 0.9% India: 5% Indonesia: 3.3% Thailand: 2.5% Philippines: 5.9% Vietnam: 4.3% Bangladesh: 8.7% Malaysia: 2% Pakistan: 7.1% Türkiye: 31.5% Kazakhstan: 10.4% 🔗 More in our #ADO2026 September update: link.adb.org/4hjWixJ

.@ADBChiefEcon Albert Park breaks down the latest edition of #ADO2026: why growth in the region remains resilient, and how escalating conflict and El Niño could squeeze households and businesses in the months ahead. link.adb.org/4rzGxaY

ADB Pakistan News: Sustained Reforms and Stronger External Buffers Support Pakistan’s Economic Outlook Pakistan’s economic performance continued to strengthen in fiscal year 2026 (FY2026, ended 30 June 2026), with growth accelerating to 3.7% from 3.2% in FY2025, the Asian Development Bank said in a report today. The expansion was broad-based, supported by resilient services, a rebound in manufacturing, recovery in agriculture, and stronger private investment, although the Middle East conflict slowed economic activity in the final quarter of the fiscal year. According to the Asian Development Outlook September 2026, Pakistan’s gross domestic product growth is projected to remain at 3.7% in FY2027. Sustained implementation of economic reforms, improved external buffers, renewed access to international capital markets, and recent sovereign credit rating upgrades are expected to support investor confidence and private investment. However, elevated energy prices and continued external uncertainty, including lingering effects of the Middle East conflict, are expected to constrain further acceleration in #growth. "Pakistan's economy has made progress in strengthening macroeconomic stability over the past two years, with stronger growth, improved external buffers, restored market confidence, and sovereign credit rating upgrades reflecting the benefits of sustained reforms”, said ADB Country Director for Pakistan Emma Fan. “Maintaining reform momentum will be critical to unlock higher private investment, strengthen resilience to external shocks, and achieve stronger and more inclusive growth." Growth in FY2026 was supported by expansion in manufacturing and services. #Agriculture grew by 2.9%, despite flood-related losses to major crops, while private investment increased by 8.6% amid lower borrowing costs and improved business confidence. Fiscal consolidation continued during FY2026. Gross international reserves increased, strengthening external resilience. #Pakistan’s sovereign credit ratings were upgraded by S&P in July 2026 and #Moody’s in August 2026, reflecting improved macroeconomic stability, stronger external buffers, and continued reform implementation. Pakistan also regained access to international capital markets through Eurobond and Panda bond issuances in April and May 2026. Inflation averaged 7.1% in FY2026, compared with 4.5% in FY2025, as rising food prices and higher global oil prices intensified price pressures during the second half of the year. Average #inflation is projected to rise to 8.3% in FY2027, above the central bank’s medium-term target range of 5%–7%, as elevated energy, logistics, and agricultural input costs continue to affect domestic prices. The outlook is subject to significant downside risks. An escalation of the #MiddleEast conflict could increase energy import costs, intensify inflation, and disrupt labor markets in Gulf economies, affecting workers’ remittances. The reintroduction of austerity measures by Pakistan government could also weigh on domestic demand and economic activity, particularly if expenditure restraint is more pronounced than anticipated, posing an additional downside risk to the #economicoutlook. Other risks include tighter global financing conditions, shortfalls in tax revenue, weather-related agricultural shocks, and delays in #energy-sector and state-owned enterprise reforms. Consistent implementation of #reforms remains critical to reinforcing fiscal and external stability and sustaining investor confidence.

ADB Growth Projections 2026: People’s Republic of China: 4.6% India: 7% Indonesia: 5.2% Thailand: 2% Philippines: 3.3% Vietnam: 7.8% Bangladesh: 3.7% Malaysia: 4.9% Pakistan: 3.7% Türkiye: 2.8% Kazakhstan: 4.8% 🔗 More in our #ADO2026 September update: link.adb.org/4htbGs2

Last night, I was glad to open an exhibition marking 60 years of ADB–Europe partnership and 30 years of @ADB_Europe. Europe has been part of ADB’s story from the beginning, providing $18.3 billion in cofinancing and close to $11 billion to the Asian Development Fund. But what matters is where that support lands: with farmers building food security, students gaining new skills, and small businesses accessing finance. Sixty years of partnership is something to build on, not simply look back on. Europe and Asia are already deeply connected through trade and capital. The opportunity now is to connect just as strongly for shared prosperity.

Today, ADB published the Accountability Mechanism Annual Report 2025 Special Edition, marking 30 years of helping people affected by ADB-assisted operations raise concerns, seek solutions, and request a compliance review. Accountability begins with listening. It means taking people’s concerns seriously, responding appropriately when projects cause or risk harm, and learning from experience to improve future projects. ADB was among the first multilateral development banks to establish an independent accountability mechanism and to introduce a distinct, formal problem-solving function for sovereign project complaints. Now, we are building on that leadership with a comprehensive review of the mechanism’s credibility, accessibility, effectiveness, and efficiency. Read the report: adb.org/documents/adb-accoun…

The September update to our flagship economic report goes live this Wednesday. Economic forecasts and analysis for the world’s most dynamic region. #ADO2026

ADB welcomes its newest cohort of Young Professionals. The Young Professionals Program gives early-career professionals the chance to build expertise, gain international experience, and contribute to projects addressing development challenges across Asia and the Pacific. 📲 Learn more: link.adb.org/4cWes7s 📚 Apply here: ⁠ link.adb.org/3T6qXGM

At the 58th @ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting, I was pleased to announce ADB’s ASEAN Blue Economy Initiative, mobilizing up to $6 billion through 2030. I appreciate the strong statements of support from the Ministers for the work that ADB is doing. The ocean is the economic foundation of Southeast Asia. When marine ecosystems degrade, the damage reaches the fishing net, the family table, and the flooded doorstep. ADB will help turn ASEAN’s Blue Economy Framework into bankable investments for healthier seas, more productive fisheries, better protected coasts, and more private capital. News release: adb.org/news/adb-launches-6-… Photo courtesy of the Philippine Chairship of ASEAN 2026

Southeast Asia's seas support millions of jobs, but face growing pressure from degrading ecosystems, plastic waste, and overfishing. ADB's new @ASEAN Blue Economy Initiative aims to mobilize up to $6 billion through 2030 to protect the ocean economy: link.adb.org/4Anziqi 📷 ASEAN 2026 PH

From connecting global trade routes to connecting ideas, capital, and innovation, Singapore has long been a gateway to opportunity. Today, ADB's Singapore Office is helping bring together investors, businesses, and development partners to turn partnerships into impact: link.adb.org/4Aaw9KD

Pakistan should institutionalise SFF in PSDP: ADB - Business Recorder share.google/ZtXjYMg2Bx3IzZt… @PakistanADB @Financegovpk #bonds #PSDP

🇵🇰 Pakistan’s Landmark Panda Bond Earns Global Recognition Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb thanks the Climate Bonds Initiative, Government of China, AIIB, ADB, investors, advisers, underwriters and all partners behind Pakistan’s landmark Sustainable Panda Bond and its global recognition. The award reflects more than a successful transaction, it marks Pakistan’s growing access to new pools of global capital, deeper international partnerships and continued progress towards diversified, market-based and sustainable financing. Pakistan is moving forward with greater stability, credibility and confidence, opening new markets and building stronger foundations for sustainable growth. 🇵🇰

【神田眞人ADB総裁のコメント】 韓国にて日本経済新聞のインタビューに応じ、イ・ジェミョン大統領との会談で、重要鉱物、エネルギー安全保障、人工知能（AI）などの分野で、ADBと韓国との協力をさらに前進させていく必要性を確認したことをお話しました。また、日本と韓国双方の強みを生かした地域協力が、アジア・太平洋地域に不可欠であることもお話ししました。 重要鉱物では、連携の効果がすでに現れています。日韓両政府が同じ事業に資金協力し、両国企業も連携しています。企業が収益を上げながら地域の発展を後押しし、地域全体が恩恵を受けています。 エネルギー分野では、エネルギー・電力網での協力に大きな可能性があります。ADBはエネルギー政策の見直しを受け、原子力発電に関心を持つ開発途上加盟国と、その開発可能性を探る協力ができるようになりました。韓国の世界トップクラスの技術力は、こうした取組で重要な役割を果たします。 AI分野でも、韓国のリーダーシップと技術を生かし、開発途上加盟国のAI活用と、デジタル分野での共同支援拡大を進めます。 世界の秩序が大きく変化し、各国が安全なサプライチェーンを構築する中、一国では対応できません。だからこそ地域連携が重要です。ADBは日本、韓国、その他のパートナーが連携するための信頼できるプラットフォームです。「中立的な媒介者」として、地域に必要な協力を引き続き後押ししていきます。 ぜひ記事をご覧ください。 nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOGM1… @ADBPresident