Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 43rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors starts its work in Tashkent’s UzExpoCenter today. This is the first annual meeting in the Central Asian region.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov and the World Bank Vice-President for Europe and Central Asia Philippe Le Houerou discussed perspectives of development of cooperation between Uzbekistan and the World Bank on 30 April.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received President of the Asian Development Bank Haruhiko Kuroda on 30 April, on the eve of the 43rd Annual meeting of the ADB Board of Governors, at Oqsaroy residence in Tashkent.

Delegates began arriving at the Uzexpocentre in Tashkent today to register for Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 43rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors - the first time the event is being held in Central Asia.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the second tranche at the size of US$140 million to the programme on water supply improvement in Uzbekistan.

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a US$50 million loan and a US$600,000 grant to help three Uzbekistan banks expand finance to small and micro businesses.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was on track in its performance in 2009 to deliver output targets in the core sectors of infrastructure, education and finance in the region, says an ADB report released yesterday.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a record $16.1 billion in financing operations, a 42% increase over the $11.3 billion approved the previous year, according to ADB’s 2009 Annual Report, released ahead of the 43rd Annual Meeting to be held 1–4 May in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors on Tuesday approved financing totaling US$350 million to improve energy security and energy efficiency in Uzbekistan.

A key highway in Uzbekistan linking the Central Asian country to its neighbors is getting support from a US$600 million Asian Development Bank (ADB) multitranche financing facility.