International remittances now represent the second most important source of external funds after foreign direct investment for all developing economies, including those in Asia. What impact are they having on reducing poverty?
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The ADB Data Library is the central store for all of ADB's public data. Browse data, view visualizations and interact with APIs.
Summary
Featured Datasets
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Total ADB operations approvals by sector and by region for 2017. Includes loans, grants, technical assistance, and cofinancing.
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Information on the amount of assistance approved by the Asian Development Bank from its Ordinary Capital Resources in the form of public sector (sovereign) loans, as of 31 December 2017. Data...
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Statistics on social and economic indicators such as population, gross domestic product (GDP), inflation rate, trade balance, external debt, fiscal balance for 45 economies in the Asia and Pacific.
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Figures and forecasts are as of ADB's Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2017, released in April 2017. This dataset provides the growth rates of real per capita GDP, which is defined as GDP at constant...
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Information on a wide range of statistical indicators on Afghanistan's population, labor force, national accounts, production and price indexes, energy, money and banking, government finance,...
Featured Dashboards
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The latest selected data on Pakistan's economy, poverty and socioeconomic development, and cumulative ADB assistance.
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The latest selected data on Myanmar's economy, poverty and socioeconomic development, and cumulative ADB assistance.
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The latest selected data on the Philippines' economy, poverty and socioeconomic development, and cumulative ADB assistance.
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In 2017, ADB delivered over $4.5 billion in climate finance from its own resources : $3.6 billion for mitigation and $930 million for adaptation. ADB is committed to scaling up its climate financing...
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ADB's operational approvals over the decades since 1967 to 2016 by regional member, funding source, product, and project type.
Latest Data Stories
Countries in developing Asia have moved more quickly and in greater numbers to join the ranks of middle-income economies than anywhere else in the world over the past 50 years.
Household-level poverty and development data often masks key inequalities between men and women, particularly when it comes to the control of resources and assets. A new effort is underway to take a closer look.