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ADB approves $658.8mln financial support for Pakistan

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This week, three projects totaling $658.8 million were approved by  the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to assist Pakistan in realising  its objective of more equitable and sustainable growth and  development. According to news release on Wednesday, the projects would  promote domestic resource mobilisation, restore schools damaged  by the severe floods in August 2022, and increase agricultural  output to improve food security. ADB Director General for Central and West Asia Yevgeniy Zhukov  stated, “This significant new wave of financing will help Pakistan  recover from the impacts of last year’s cost-of-living crisis and super-floods and return to the path of long-term development that is sustainable and inclusive.”

 

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