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Asia’s clean energy investment needs and the role of blended finance

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Expanding the scale of blended finance in clean energy will require innovative efforts from the international community to reform traditional development finance approaches.

ADB calls for innovative financing for ocean health improvement

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At the launch of the publication, Financing the Ocean Back to Health in Southeast Asia: Approaches for Mainstreaming Blue Finance, ADB called for scaling up of finance flows into ocean health improvement and related projects in Asia and the Pacific to combat growing threats from unchecked…

Loan to leverage green recovery and financing approved for Indonesia

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On 16 February, the ADB Board approved a $150 million loan that will hedge a financing facility aimed at accelerating Indonesia’s economic recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and catalyzing public and private funds to support green and bankable infrastructure projects to help…

ADB signs loan to build the largest wind power plant in Central Asia

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The $52 million Zafarshan Wind Power Project loan agreement has been signed by ADB and and Shamol Zarafshan Energy Foreign Enterprise Limited Liability Company (SZE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company Private Joint Stock Company (Masdar) on 5 September. The loan will…

Prospects for Transition from a Linear to Circular Economy in Developing Asia

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The report overviews circular economy principles and provides policy recommendations to promote the transition to circularity. Part I describes the evolution of circular economy in the region and highlights key related initiatives and prospects for future growth. Part II looks at the regulatory and…